| 1 | | - | By: Parker (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 755 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017; |
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| 3 | | - | May 3, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Education; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | | - | Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 755 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to the use by certain tax-exempt organizations of certain |
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| 12 | 6 | | payments made in connection with real property transfers to provide |
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| 13 | 7 | | educational activities through certain schools. |
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| 14 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 5.202(c), Property Code, is amended to |
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| 16 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 17 | 11 | | (c) The benefit described by Subsection (b)(9)(C) may |
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| 18 | 12 | | collaterally benefit: |
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| 19 | 13 | | (1) a community composed of: |
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| 20 | 14 | | (A) [(1)] property that is adjacent to the |
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| 21 | 15 | | encumbered property; or |
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| 22 | 16 | | (B) [(2)] property a boundary of which is not |
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| 23 | 17 | | more than 1,000 yards from a boundary of the encumbered property; or |
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| 24 | 18 | | (2) with respect to a payment to a school for |
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| 25 | 19 | | educational activities, property not described by Subdivision (1) |
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| 26 | 20 | | if the encumbered property is located within: |
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| 27 | 21 | | (A) the school's assigned attendance zone; and |
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| 28 | 22 | | (B) a county with a population of more than |
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| 29 | 23 | | 650,000 that is adjacent to two counties, each of which has a |
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| 30 | 24 | | population of more than 1.8 million. |
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| 31 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 32 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 26 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 27 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 28 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 755 was passed by the House on April |
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| 29 | + | 20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 30 | + | voting. |
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| 31 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 32 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 33 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 755 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 34 | + | 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 35 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 36 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 37 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 38 | + | Date |
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| 39 | + | _____________________ |
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| 40 | + | Governor |
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