Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2267 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/22/2019

                            86R2602 JCG-F
 By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 2267


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to compensation to be paid to an emergency services
 district for a municipality's annexation of the district's
 territory.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 775.022(e), Health and Safety Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (e)  The amount of compensation under Subsection (c) shall be
 determined by multiplying the district's total indebtedness at the
 time of the annexation by a fraction:
 (1)  the numerator of which is the assessed value of the
 property to be annexed based on the most recent certified county
 property tax rolls at the time of annexation plus the total amount
 of the district's sales and use tax revenue collected by retailers
 located in the property to be annexed in the 12 months preceding the
 date of annexation, as reported by the comptroller; and
 (2)  the denominator of which is the total assessed
 value of the property of the district based on the most recent
 certified county property tax rolls at the time of annexation plus
 the total amount of the district's sales and use tax revenue
 collected by retailers located in the district in the 12 months
 preceding the date of annexation, as reported by the comptroller.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.