| 1 | 1 | | 89R1640 MLH-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Leo Wilson H.B. No. 776 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the definition of "eligible school district" for |
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| 10 | 10 | | purposes of the study of school district property values conducted |
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| 11 | 11 | | by the comptroller of public accounts. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 403.3011(2), Government Code, is amended |
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| 14 | 14 | | to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) "Eligible school district" means a school district |
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| 16 | 16 | | for which the comptroller has determined the following: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (A) in the most recent study, the local value is |
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| 18 | 18 | | invalid under Section 403.302(c) and does not exceed the state |
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| 19 | 19 | | value for the school district determined in the study; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (B) in the two studies preceding the most recent |
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| 21 | 21 | | study, the school district's local value was valid under Section |
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| 22 | 22 | | 403.302(c)[; |
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| 23 | 23 | | [(C) in the most recent study, the aggregate |
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| 24 | 24 | | local value of all of the categories of property sampled by the |
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| 25 | 25 | | comptroller is not less than 90 percent of the lower limit of the |
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| 26 | 26 | | margin of error as determined by the comptroller of the aggregate |
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| 27 | 27 | | value as determined by the comptroller of all of the categories of |
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| 28 | 28 | | property sampled by the comptroller; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | [(D) the appraisal district that appraises |
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| 30 | 30 | | property for the school district was in compliance with the scoring |
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| 31 | 31 | | requirement of the comptroller's most recent review of the |
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| 32 | 32 | | appraisal district conducted under Section 5.102, Tax Code]. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 34 | 34 | | to a study conducted under Section 403.302, Government Code, for a |
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| 35 | 35 | | tax year that begins on or after January 1, 2026. A study conducted |
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| 36 | 36 | | before that date is governed by the law in effect immediately before |
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| 37 | 37 | | the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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| 38 | 38 | | effect for that purpose. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 40 | 40 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 41 | 41 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 42 | 42 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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