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| 5 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 9 | | relating to the applicability of the law governing the provision of |
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| 8 | 10 | | state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected |
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| 9 | 11 | | by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans. |
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| 10 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 140.011(a)(2), Local Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 14 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 15 | | (2) "Local government" means: |
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| 14 | 16 | | (A) a municipality adjacent to or with |
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| 15 | 17 | | extraterritorial jurisdiction located within two miles of the |
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| 16 | 18 | | boundary line of a United States military installation; and |
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| 17 | 19 | | (B) a county in which a United States military |
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| 18 | 20 | | installation is wholly or partly located. |
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| 19 | 21 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the |
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| 20 | 22 | | eligibility of a qualified local government to apply for a disabled |
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| 21 | 23 | | veteran assistance payment beginning with the fiscal year of the |
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| 22 | 24 | | local government that ends in the 2019 tax year. |
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| 23 | 25 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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