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	Amend CSHB 3676 by inserting the following new SECTION, 
appropriately numbered, and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of 
the bill accordingly as follows:
	(1) Amend Section 313.103, Tax Code as follows:                                
	APPLICATION.  An application for a tax credit under this 
subchapter must be made to the governing body of the school district 
to which the ad valorem taxes were paid.  The application must be:
		(1) made on the form prescribed for that purpose by the 
comptroller and verified by the applicant;
		(2) accompanied by:                                                           
			(A) a tax receipt from the collector of taxes for 
the school district showing full payment of school district ad 
valorem taxes on the qualified property for the applicable 
qualifying time period; and
			(B) any other document or information that the 
comptroller or the governing body considers necessary for a 
determination of the applicant's eligibility for the credit or the 
amount of the credit.; and
		(3) filed before September 1 of the year immediately 
following the applicable qualifying time period.
	(2) Amend Section 313.104, Tax Code as follows:                                
	Sec. 313.104. ACTION ON APPLICATION; GRANT OF CREDIT. Before 
granting the 90th day after the date the application for a tax 
credit is filed, the governing body of the school district shall:
		(1) determine the person's eligibility for a tax credit 
under this subchapter; and 
		(2) if the person's application is approved, by order or 
resolution direct the collector of taxes for the school district:
			(A) in the second and subsequent six tax years 
that begin after the date the application is approved, to credit 
against the taxes imposed on the qualified property by the district 
in that year an amount equal to one-seventh of the total amount of 
tax credit to which the person is entitled under Section 313.102, 
except that the amount of a credit granted in any of those tax years 
may not exceed 50 percent of the total amount of ad valorem school 
taxes imposed on the qualified property by the school district in 
that tax year; and
			(B) in the first three tax years that begin on or 
after the date the person's eligibility for the limitation under 
Subchapter B or C expires, to credit against the taxes imposed on 
the qualified property by the district an amount equal to the 
portion of the total amount of tax credit to which the person is 
entitled under Section 313.102 that was not credited against the 
person's taxes under Paragraph (A) in a tax year covered by 
Paragraph (A), except that the amount of a tax credit granted under 
this paragraph in any tax year may not exceed the total amount of ad 
valorem school taxes imposed on the qualified property by the 
school district in that tax year.