85R4772 CJC-D By: Estes S.B. No. 1026 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the method for determining whether a property owner has created the number of new qualifying jobs required for eligibility for a limitation on the appraised value of property for school district maintenance and operations ad valorem tax purposes under the Texas Economic Development Act. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 313.024(d-2), Tax Code, is repealed. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an application under Chapter 313, Tax Code, that is pending on the effective date of this Act or is filed on or after that date. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.