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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of state aid to certain local governments |
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disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax |
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relief to disabled veterans. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 140.011(a)(2), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Local government" means: |
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(A) a municipality [adjacent to a United States |
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military installation]; and |
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(B) a county [in which a United States military |
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installation is wholly or partly located]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 140.011(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) To serve the state purpose of ensuring that the cost of |
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providing ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans is shared |
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equitably among the residents of this state, a local government is |
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entitled to a disabled veteran assistance payment from the state |
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for each fiscal year that the local government is a qualified local |
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government. A local government is a qualified local government for |
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a fiscal year if the amount of lost ad valorem tax revenue |
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calculated under Subsection (c) for that fiscal year is equal to or |
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greater than: |
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(1) two percent of the local government's general fund |
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revenue for that fiscal year if the local government is: |
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(A) a municipality adjacent to a United States |
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military installation; or |
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(B) a county in which a United States military |
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installation is wholly or partly located; and |
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(2) 10 percent of the local government's general fund |
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revenue for that fiscal year if the local government is: |
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(A) a municipality in a county: |
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(i) described by Subdivision (1)(B) that |
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has a population of: |
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(a) more than 370,000 but not more |
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than 380,000; or |
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(b) more than 83,000 but not more than |
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84,000; or |
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(ii) described by Paragraph (B); or |
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(B) a county with a population of less than |
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25,000 that is adjacent to two counties that contain the same United |
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States Army installation, neither of which has a population greater |
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than 400,000. |
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SECTION 3. Section 140.011(a)(2), Local Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to the eligibility of a local |
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government to apply for a disabled veteran assistance payment |
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beginning with the fiscal year of the local government that ends in |
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the 2025 tax year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2894 was passed by the House on April |
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23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2894 on May 23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2894 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 19, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |