Honorable Dennis Bonnen, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2622 by Anderson, Rodney (Relating to the procedure for claiming an exemption from ad valorem taxation by the Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District of certain property subject to a tax abatement agreement with the district and to the validation of certain actions of the district.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend session law to provide that if the Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District enters into a tax abatement agreement with an owner of a single-family residential property, the district's tax assessor-collector may file the exemption application on behalf of the property owner with the chief appraiser. All governmental and proprietary actions of the district, except matters involved in pending litigation or held invalid by a final court judgement, taken before the effective date of this bill are validated, ratified, and confirmed in all respects as if the actions had been taken as authorized by law.
The bill would not affect taxable property values, tax rates, collection rates, or any other variable which might affect the revenues of units of local governments or the state.
The bill would take effect immediately upon enactment, assuming that it received the requisite two-thirds majority votes in both houses of the Legislature. Otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2015.
Local Government Impact
Because the bill would not have statewide impact on units of local government of the same type or class, no comment from this office is required by the rules of the House/Senate as to its probable fiscal implication on units of local government.