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1	1	85S11149 CAE-D
2	2	By: Schubert H.B. No. 274
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the extension of additional state aid for tax reduction
8	8	provided to certain school districts.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	ARTICLE 1. EXTENSION OF ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR TAX REDUCTION
11	11	SECTION 1.01. Section 42.2516(c-1), Education Code, is
12	12	amended to read as follows:
13	13	(c-1) Revenue generated by the portion of a district's
14	14	maintenance and operations tax rate included in calculating the
15	15	district's compressed tax rate under Section 42.101(a-1) and local
16	16	share under Section 42.252(a-1) is included in determining the
17	17	amount to which a district is entitled under this section, but may
18	18	not increase the total amount of revenue per weighted student to
19	19	which the district is entitled under this section. This subsection
20	20	expires September 1, 2019 [2017].
21	21	SECTION 1.02. Section 42.2518(a), Education Code, is
22	22	amended to read as follows:
23	23	(a) For the 2015-2016 through 2018-2019 [and 2016-2017]
24	24	school years, a school district is entitled to additional state aid
25	25	to the extent that state and local revenue under this chapter and
26	26	Chapter 41 is less than the state and local revenue that would have
27	27	been available to the district under Chapter 41 and this chapter as
28	28	those chapters existed on September 1, 2015, if the increase in the
29	29	residence homestead exemption under Section 1-b(c), Article VIII,
30	30	Texas Constitution, and the additional limitation on tax increases
31	31	under Section 1-b(d) of that article as proposed by S.J.R. 1, 84th
32	32	Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, had not occurred.
33	33	SECTION 1.03. Effective September 1, 2019, Section
34	34	42.2518(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
35	35	(a) Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year [For the
36	36	2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school years], a school district is
37	37	entitled to additional state aid to the extent that state and local
38	38	revenue under this chapter and Chapter 41 is less than the state and
39	39	local revenue that would have been available to the district under
40	40	Chapter 41 and this chapter as those chapters existed on September
41	41	1, 2015, excluding any state aid that would have been provided under
42	42	former Section 42.2516, if the increase in the residence homestead
43	43	exemption under Section 1-b(c), Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
44	44	and the additional limitation on tax increases under Section 1-b(d)
45	45	of that article as proposed by S.J.R. 1, 84th Legislature, Regular
46	46	Session, 2015, had not occurred.
47	47	SECTION 1.04. Notwithstanding Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of
48	48	the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, the following
49	49	provisions are effective September 1, 2019:
50	50	(1) Section 57.03, Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 82nd
51	51	Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, which amended Section
52	52	12.106(a), Education Code;
53	53	(2) Section 57.18, Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 82nd
54	54	Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, which amended the heading to
55	55	Section 42.2516, Education Code;
56	56	(3) Section 57.19, Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 82nd
57	57	Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, which amended Section
58	58	42.2516(a), Education Code;
59	59	(4) Section 57.23, Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 82nd
60	60	Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, which amended Section
61	61	42.253(h), Education Code;
62	62	(5) Section 57.29, Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 82nd
63	63	Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, which amended Section
64	64	26.08(i), Tax Code;
65	65	(6) Section 57.32(a), Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
66	66	82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, which repealed various
67	67	provisions of the Education Code; and
68	68	(7) Section 57.32(b), Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
69	69	82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, which repealed Sections
70	70	26.08(i-1) and (j), Tax Code.
71	71	SECTION 1.05. Section 42.2518(e), Education Code, is
72	72	repealed.
73	73	SECTION 1.06. Section 18, Chapter 465 (S.B. 1), Acts of the
74	74	84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, which added Section
75	75	42.2518, Education Code, effective September 1, 2017, is repealed.
76	76	ARTICLE 2. PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR TAX REDUCTION
77	77	SECTION 2.01. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
78	78	amended by adding Section 42.25162 to read as follows:
79	79	Sec. 42.25162. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR TAX REDUCTION. (a)
80	80	A school district is entitled to the additional state aid for the
81	81	2017-2018 and 2018-2019 school years that would have been provided
82	82	to the district for those school years under Section 42.2516, as
83	83	that section existed on January 1, 2017, based on the percentage
84	84	reduction for purposes of former Section 42.2516(i) established by
85	85	appropriation for the 2016-2017 school year.
86	86	(b) Additional funding to which a school district is
87	87	entitled under Section 42.2523 or 42.2524 is in addition to the
88	88	amount of funding to which the district is entitled under this
89	89	section.
90	90	(c) For purposes of Section 26.08(i), Tax Code, state funds
91	91	distributed to a district under this section are included.
92	92	(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to
93	93	implement this section.
94	94	(e) This section expires September 1, 2019.
95	95	SECTION 2.02. Section 42.2518(a), Education Code, as
96	96	effective September 1, 2017, is amended to read as follows:
97	97	(a) Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, a school
98	98	district is entitled to additional state aid to the extent that
99	99	state and local revenue under this chapter and Chapter 41 is less
100	100	than the state and local revenue that would have been available to
101	101	the district under Chapter 41 and this chapter as those chapters
102	102	existed on September 1, 2015, [excluding any state aid that would
103	103	have been provided under former Section 42.2516,] if the increase
104	104	in the residence homestead exemption under Section 1-b(c), Article
105	105	VIII, Texas Constitution, and the additional limitation on tax
106	106	increases under Section 1-b(d) of that article as proposed by
107	107	S.J.R. 1, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, had not
108	108	occurred.
109	109	SECTION 2.03. Effective September 1, 2019, Section
110	110	42.2518(a), Education Code, as effective September 1, 2017, is
111	111	amended to read as follows:
112	112	(a) Beginning with the 2019-2020 [2017-2018] school year, a
113	113	school district is entitled to additional state aid to the extent
114	114	that state and local revenue under this chapter and Chapter 41 is
115	115	less than the state and local revenue that would have been available
116	116	to the district under Chapter 41 and this chapter as those chapters
117	117	existed on September 1, 2015, excluding any state aid that would
118	118	have been provided under former Section 42.25162 [42.2516], if the
119	119	increase in the residence homestead exemption under Section 1-b(c),
120	120	Article VIII, Texas Constitution, and the additional limitation on
121	121	tax increases under Section 1-b(d) of that article as proposed by
122	122	S.J.R. 1, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, had not
123	123	occurred.
124	124	ARTICLE 3. EFFECTIVE DATE
125	125	SECTION 3.01. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this
126	126	subsection, this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote
127	127	of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided
128	128	by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act takes
129	129	effect immediately, Article 2 of this Act has no effect.
130	130	(b) If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
131	131	immediate effect, this Act, except as otherwise provided by this
132	132	subsection, takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
133	133	legislative session. If this Act takes effect on the 91st day after
134	134	the last day of the legislative session, Article 1 of this Act has
135	135	no effect.