Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB664 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/07/2019

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 By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 664


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to a limitation on the amount of school property tax
 revenue that is subject to recapture under the public school
 finance system.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 41, Education Code, is
 amended by adding Section 41.0932 to read as follows:
 Sec. 41.0932.  LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST. Notwithstanding
 any other provision of this chapter, a school district that
 executes an agreement to purchase all attendance credits necessary
 to reduce the district's wealth per student to the equalized wealth
 level may not be required to pay a total amount for attendance
 credits that exceeds the amount equal to 60 percent of the amount of
 maintenance and operations tax revenue collected by the district
 for the tax year that ends during the school year for which the
 agreement is executed.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.