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1		-	H.B. No. 3143
	1	+	By: Murphy, et al. (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 3143
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2019;
	3	+	May 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
	4	+	Resources & Economic Development; May 16, 2019, reported
	5	+	adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following
	6	+	vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 16, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3143 By: Powell
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act.
6	14		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	15		SECTION 1. Section 312.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding
8	16		Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows:
9	17		(c-1) Before the governing body of a taxing unit may adopt,
10	18		amend, repeal, or reauthorize guidelines and criteria, the body
11	19		must hold a public hearing regarding the proposed adoption,
12	20		amendment, repeal, or reauthorization at which members of the
13	21		public are given the opportunity to be heard.
14	22		(c-2) A taxing unit that maintains an Internet website shall
15	23		post the current version of the guidelines and criteria governing
16	24		tax abatement agreements adopted under this section on the website.
17	25		SECTION 2. Section 312.005, Tax Code, is amended by adding
18	26		Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
19	27		(a-1) For each of the first three tax years following the
20	28		expiration of a tax abatement agreement executed under this
21	29		chapter, the chief appraiser shall deliver to the comptroller a
22	30		report containing the appraised value of the property that was the
23	31		subject of the agreement.
24	32		SECTION 3. Section 312.006, Tax Code, is amended to read as
25	33		follows:
26	34		Sec. 312.006. EXPIRATION DATE. If not continued in effect,
27	35		this chapter expires September 1, 2029 [2019].
28	36		SECTION 4. Section 312.207, Tax Code, is amended by adding
29	37		Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
30	38		(c) In addition to any other requirement of law, the public
31	39		notice of a meeting at which the governing body of a municipality or
32	40		other taxing unit will consider the approval of a tax abatement
33	41		agreement with a property owner must contain:
34		-	(1) the name of the property owner and the name of the
35		-	applicant for the tax abatement agreement
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	42	+	(1) the name of the property owner;
37	43		(2) the name and location of the reinvestment zone in
38	44		which the property subject to the agreement is located;
39	45		(3) a general description of the nature of the
40	46		improvements or repairs included in the agreement; and
41	47		(4) the estimated cost of the improvements or repairs.
42	48		(d) The notice of a meeting required by this section must be
43	49		given in the manner required by Chapter 551, Government Code,
44	50		except that the notice must be provided at least 30 days before the
45	51		scheduled time of the meeting.
46	52		SECTION 5. Subchapter C, Chapter 312, Tax Code, is amended
47	53		by adding Section 312.404 to read as follows:
48	54		Sec. 312.404. APPROVAL BY GOVERNING BODY. To be effective,
49	55		an agreement made under this subchapter must be approved by the
50	56		governing body of the county or other taxing unit in the manner that
51	57		the governing body of a municipality authorizes an agreement under
52	58		Section 312.207.
53	59		SECTION 6. Section 312.002(c-1), Tax Code, as added by this
54	60		Act, applies only to the adoption, amendment, repeal, or
55	61		reauthorization of guidelines and criteria under Section 312.002,
56	62		Tax Code, on or after the effective date of this Act.
57	63		SECTION 7. Section 312.005(a-1), Tax Code, as added by this
58	64		Act, applies only to a tax abatement agreement entered into under
59	65		Chapter 312 of that code that expires on or after the effective date
60	66		of this Act.
61	67		SECTION 8. Sections 312.207(c) and (d) and 312.404, Tax
62	68		Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a tax abatement agreement
63	69		entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.
64	70		SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
65		-	______________________________ ______________________________
66		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
67		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3143 was passed by the House on April
68		-	30, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
69		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
70		-	No. 3143 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 7,
71		-	1 present, not voting.
72		-	______________________________
73		-	Chief Clerk of the House
74		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3143 was passed by the Senate, with
75		-	amendments, on May 20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
76		-	1.
77		-	______________________________
78		-	Secretary of the Senate
79		-	APPROVED: __________________
80		-	Date
81		-	__________________
82		-	Governor
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