Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB600 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/25/2017

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                            85R6485 TJB-D
 By: Burton S.B. No. 600


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the repeal of the Texas Economic Development Act.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  The following provisions of the Tax Code are
 repealed:
 (1)  Section 312.0025; and
 (2)  Chapter 313.
 SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 42.2515, Education Code,
 is amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 42.2515.  ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR AD VALOREM TAX
 CREDITS UNDER FORMER TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT.
 SECTION 3.  Sections 403.302(d) and (m), Government Code,
 are amended to read as follows:
 (d)  For the purposes of this section, "taxable value" means
 the market value of all taxable property less:
 (1)  the total dollar amount of any residence homestead
 exemptions lawfully granted under Section 11.13(b) or (c), Tax
 Code, in the year that is the subject of the study for each school
 district;
 (2)  one-half of the total dollar amount of any
 residence homestead exemptions granted under Section 11.13(n), Tax
 Code, in the year that is the subject of the study for each school
 district;
 (3)  the total dollar amount of any exemptions granted
 before May 31, 1993, within a reinvestment zone under agreements
 authorized by Chapter 312, Tax Code;
 (4)  subject to Subsection (e), the total dollar amount
 of any captured appraised value of property that:
 (A)  is within a reinvestment zone created on or
 before May 31, 1999, or is proposed to be included within the
 boundaries of a reinvestment zone as the boundaries of the zone and
 the proposed portion of tax increment paid into the tax increment
 fund by a school district are described in a written notification
 provided by the municipality or the board of directors of the zone
 to the governing bodies of the other taxing units in the manner
 provided by former Section 311.003(e), Tax Code, before May 31,
 1999, and within the boundaries of the zone as those boundaries
 existed on September 1, 1999, including subsequent improvements to
 the property regardless of when made;
 (B)  generates taxes paid into a tax increment
 fund created under Chapter 311, Tax Code, under a reinvestment zone
 financing plan approved under Section 311.011(d), Tax Code, on or
 before September 1, 1999; and
 (C)  is eligible for tax increment financing under
 Chapter 311, Tax Code;
 (5)  the total dollar amount of any captured appraised
 value of property that:
 (A)  is within a reinvestment zone:
 (i)  created on or before December 31, 2008,
 by a municipality with a population of less than 18,000; and
 (ii)  the project plan for which includes
 the alteration, remodeling, repair, or reconstruction of a
 structure that is included on the National Register of Historic
 Places and requires that a portion of the tax increment of the zone
 be used for the improvement or construction of related facilities
 or for affordable housing;
 (B)  generates school district taxes that are paid
 into a tax increment fund created under Chapter 311, Tax Code; and
 (C)  is eligible for tax increment financing under
 Chapter 311, Tax Code;
 (6)  the total dollar amount of any exemptions granted
 under Section 11.251 or 11.253, Tax Code;
 (7)  the difference between the comptroller's estimate
 of the market value and the productivity value of land that
 qualifies for appraisal on the basis of its productive capacity,
 except that the productivity value estimated by the comptroller may
 not exceed the fair market value of the land;
 (8)  the portion of the appraised value of residence
 homesteads of individuals who receive a tax limitation under
 Section 11.26, Tax Code, on which school district taxes are not
 imposed in the year that is the subject of the study, calculated as
 if the residence homesteads were appraised at the full value
 required by law;
 (9)  a portion of the market value of property not
 otherwise fully taxable by the district at market value because of:
 (A)  action required by statute or the
 constitution of this state, other than Section 11.311, Tax Code,
 that, if the tax rate adopted by the district is applied to it,
 produces an amount equal to the difference between the tax that the
 district would have imposed on the property if the property were
 fully taxable at market value and the tax that the district is
 actually authorized to impose on the property, if this subsection
 does not otherwise require that portion to be deducted; or
 (B)  action taken by the district under Subchapter
 B or C, Chapter 313, Tax Code, before the repeal [expiration] of
 that [the] subchapter;
 (10)  the market value of all tangible personal
 property, other than manufactured homes, owned by a family or
 individual and not held or used for the production of income;
 (11)  the appraised value of property the collection of
 delinquent taxes on which is deferred under Section 33.06, Tax
 Code;
 (12)  the portion of the appraised value of property
 the collection of delinquent taxes on which is deferred under
 Section 33.065, Tax Code; and
 (13)  the amount by which the market value of a
 residence homestead to which Section 23.23, Tax Code, applies
 exceeds the appraised value of that property as calculated under
 that section.
 (m)  Subsection (d)(9) does not apply to property that was
 the subject of an application under former Subchapter B or C,
 Chapter 313, Tax Code, made after May 1, 2009, that the comptroller
 recommended should be disapproved.
 SECTION 4.  Section 2303.507, Government Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 Sec. 2303.507.  TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AND ABATEMENT[;
 LIMITATIONS ON APPRAISED VALUE]. Designation of an area as an
 enterprise zone is also designation of the area as a reinvestment
 zone for:
 (1)  tax increment financing under Chapter 311, Tax
 Code; and
 (2)  tax abatement under Chapter 312, Tax Code[; and
 [(3)     limitations on appraised value under Chapter 313,
 Tax Code].
 SECTION 5.  Section 23.03, Tax Code, is amended to read as
 follows:
 Sec. 23.03.  COMPILATION OF LARGE PROPERTIES AND PROPERTIES
 SUBJECT TO LIMITATION ON APPRAISED VALUE. Each year the chief
 appraiser shall compile and send to the Texas [Department of]
 Economic Development and Tourism Office a list of properties in the
 appraisal district that in that tax year:
 (1)  have a market value of $100 million or more; or
 (2)  are subject to a limitation on appraised value
 under former Chapter 313.
 SECTION 6.  Section 26.012(6), Tax Code, is amended to read
 as follows:
 (6)  "Current total value" means the total taxable
 value of property listed on the appraisal roll for the current year,
 including all appraisal roll supplements and corrections as of the
 date of the calculation, less the taxable value of property
 exempted for the current tax year for the first time under Section
 11.31 or 11.315, except that:
 (A)  the current total value for a school district
 excludes:
 (i)  the total value of homesteads that
 qualify for a tax limitation as provided by Section 11.26; and
 (ii)  new property value of property that is
 subject to an agreement entered into under former Chapter 313; and
 (B)  the current total value for a county,
 municipality, or junior college district excludes the total value
 of homesteads that qualify for a tax limitation provided by Section
 11.261.
 SECTION 7.  Section 151.359(k), Tax Code, is amended to read
 as follows:
 (k)  A data center is not eligible to receive an exemption
 under this section if the data center is subject to an agreement
 limiting the appraised value of the data center's property under
 former Subchapter B or C, Chapter 313.
 SECTION 8.  Section 151.3595(j), Tax Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 (j)  A data center is not eligible to receive an exemption
 under this section if the data center is subject to an agreement
 limiting the appraised value of the data center's property under
 former Subchapter B or C, Chapter 313.
 SECTION 9.  Section 171.602(f), Tax Code, is amended to read
 as follows:
 (f)  The comptroller may not issue a credit under this
 section before the later of:
 (1)  September 1, 2018; or
 (2)  the expiration of an agreement under former
 Chapter 313 regarding the clean energy project for which the credit
 is issued.
 SECTION 10.  Section 312.403(a), Tax Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 (a)  In this section, "nuclear electric power generation"
 means activities described in category 221113 of the 2002 North
 American Industry Classification System [has the meaning assigned
 by Section 313.024(e)].
 SECTION 11.  Chapter 320, Tax Code, is amended by adding
 Section 320.002 to read as follows:
 Sec. 320.002.  SAVING PROVISIONS AFTER REPEAL OF CHAPTER
 313. (a) An agreement limiting the appraised value of property
 approved under Subchapter B or C, Chapter 313, before the repeal of
 that subchapter continues in effect according to that subchapter as
 that subchapter existed immediately before its repeal, and that law
 is continued in effect for purposes of the agreement.
 (b)  The repeal of Subchapter D, Chapter 313, does not affect
 a property owner's entitlement to a tax credit granted under that
 subchapter if the property owner qualified for the tax credit
 before the repeal of that subchapter.
 SECTION 12.  This Act takes effect immediately if it
 receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
 house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
 If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
 effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017.