By: Shine, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Flores) H.B. No. 1613
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2023;
May 12, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
May 19, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 16, Nays 1; May 19, 2023,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1613 By: Flores
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of the law governing the provision of
state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected
by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 140.011(a)(2), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Local government" means:
(A) a municipality adjacent to a United States
military installation; [and]
(B) a county in which a United States military
installation is wholly or partly located; and
(C) a municipality located in a county that:
(i) is described by Paragraph (B); and
(ii) has a population of:
(a) more than 370,000 but not more
than 380,000; or
(b) more than 83,000 but not more than
84,000.
SECTION 2. Section 140.011, Local Government Code, as
amended by this Act, applies to the eligibility of a local
government to apply for a disabled veteran assistance payment
beginning with the fiscal year of the local government that ends in
the 2023 tax year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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