By: Meyer H.R. No. 299
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
         BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
  Texas, 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021, That House Rule
  13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
  Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
  resolve the differences on Senate Bill 1 (an increase in the amount
  of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation
  by a school district and the protection of school districts against
  the resulting loss in local revenue) to consider and take action on
  the following matter:
         House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the
  committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house
  or senate version of the bill by adding the following new SECTIONS
  to the bill:
         SECTION 1.  Section 11.13(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         (b)  An adult is entitled to exemption from taxation by a
  school district of $40,000 [$25,000] of the appraised value of the
  adult's residence homestead, except that only $5,000 of the
  exemption applies to an entity operating under former Chapter 17,
  18, 25, 26, 27, or 28, Education Code, as those chapters existed on
  May 1, 1995, as permitted by Section 11.301, Education Code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 46.071, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsections
  (a-1), (b-1), and (c-1) to read as follows:
         (a)  Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year and continuing
  through the 2021-2022 school year, a school district is entitled to
  additional state aid under this subchapter to the extent that state
  and local revenue used to service debt eligible under this chapter
  is less than the state and local revenue that would have been
  available to the district under this chapter as it existed on
  September 1, 2015, if the increase in the residence homestead
  exemption under Section 1-b(c), Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
  and the additional limitation on tax increases under Section 1-b(d)
  of that article as proposed by S.J.R. 1, 84th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2015, had not occurred.
         (a-1)  Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, a school
  district is entitled to additional state aid under this subchapter
  to the extent that state and local revenue used to service debt
  eligible under this chapter is less than the state and local revenue
  that would have been available to the district under this chapter as
  it existed on September 1, 2021, if any increase in the residence
  homestead exemption under Section 1-b(c), Article VIII, Texas
  Constitution, as proposed by the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called
  Session, 2021, had not occurred.
         (b)  Subject to Subsections (c), (d), and (e) [(c)-(e)],
  additional state aid under this section through the 2021-2022
  school year is equal to the amount by which the loss of local
  interest and sinking revenue for debt service attributable to the
  increase in the residence homestead exemption under Section 1-b(c),
  Article VIII, Texas Constitution, and the additional limitation on
  tax increases under Section 1-b(d) of that article as proposed by
  S.J.R. 1, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is not offset by
  a gain in state aid under this chapter.
         (b-1)  Subject to Subsections (c-1), (d), and (e),
  additional state aid under this section beginning with the
  2022-2023 school year is equal to the amount by which the loss of
  local interest and sinking revenue for debt service attributable to
  any increase in the residence homestead exemption under Section
  1-b(c), Article VIII, Texas Constitution, as proposed by the 87th
  Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021, is not offset by a gain in
  state aid under this chapter.
         (c)  For the purpose of determining state aid under
  Subsections (a) and (b) [this section], local interest and sinking
  revenue for debt service is limited to revenue required to service
  debt eligible under this chapter as of September 1, 2015, including
  refunding of that debt, subject to Section 46.061. The limitation
  imposed by Section 46.034(a) does not apply for the purpose of
  determining state aid under this section.
         (c-1)  For the purpose of determining state aid under
  Subsections (a-1) and (b-1), local interest and sinking revenue for
  debt service is limited to revenue required to service debt
  eligible under this chapter as of September 1, 2021, including
  refunding of that debt, subject to Section 46.061. The limitation
  imposed by Section 46.034(a) does not apply for the purpose of
  determining state aid under this section.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter F, Chapter 48, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 48.2543 to read as follows:
         Sec. 48.2543.  ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
  (a) Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, a school district is
  entitled to additional state aid to the extent that state and local
  revenue under this chapter and Chapter 49 is less than the state and
  local revenue that would have been available to the district under
  this chapter and Chapter 49 as those chapters existed on September
  1, 2021, if any increase in the residence homestead exemption under
  Section 1-b(c), Article VIII, Texas Constitution, as proposed by
  the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021, had not occurred.
         (b)  The lesser of the school district's currently adopted
  maintenance and operations tax rate or the adopted maintenance and
  operations tax rate for the 2021 tax year is used for the purpose of
  determining additional state aid under Subsection (a).
         SECTION 4.  The comptroller of public accounts may adopt
  rules for the purpose of implementing and administering the changes
  in law made by this Act, including rules relating to the form of
  certain information required to be provided by tax officials and
  the date on which the information must be provided.   
         SECTION 5.  Section 11.13, Tax Code, as amended by this Act,
  applies beginning with the 2022 tax year.
         Explanation: The addition is necessary to increase the amount
  of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation
  by a school district from $25,000 to $40,000, protect school
  districts against the resulting loss in local revenue, authorize
  the comptroller of public accounts to adopt rules to implement the
  change in law made by Senate Bill 1, and provide that the change in
  law made by Senate Bill 1 to Section 11.13, Tax Code, takes effect
  beginning with the 2022 tax year.