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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to additional state aid for tax reduction provided to |
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certain school districts for two additional school years. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.2516(c-1), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c-1) Revenue generated by the portion of a district's |
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maintenance and operations tax rate included in calculating the |
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district's compressed tax rate under Section 42.101(a-1) and local |
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share under Section 42.252(a-1) is included in determining the |
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amount to which a district is entitled under this section, but may |
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not increase the total amount of revenue per weighted student to |
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which the district is entitled under this section. This subsection |
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expires September 1, 2019 [2017]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 42.2518(a) and (e), Education Code, as |
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effective until September 1, 2017, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) For the 2015-2016 through 2018-2019 [and 2016-2017] |
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school years, a school district is entitled to additional state aid |
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to the extent that state and local revenue under this chapter and |
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Chapter 41 is less than the state and local revenue that would have |
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been available to the district under Chapter 41 and this chapter as |
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those chapters existed on September 1, 2015, if the increase in the |
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residence homestead exemption under Section 1-b(c), Article VIII, |
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Texas Constitution, and the additional limitation on tax increases |
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under Section 1-b(d) of that article as proposed by S.J.R. 1, 84th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, had not occurred. |
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(e) This section expires August 31, 2019 [2017]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 42.2518(a), Education Code, as effective |
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September 1, 2017, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Beginning with the 2019-2020 [2017-2018] school year, a |
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school district is entitled to additional state aid to the extent |
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that state and local revenue under this chapter and Chapter 41 is |
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less than the state and local revenue that would have been available |
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to the district under Chapter 41 and this chapter as those chapters |
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existed on September 1, 2015, excluding any state aid that would |
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have been provided under former Section 42.2516, if the increase in |
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the residence homestead exemption under Section 1-b(c), Article |
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VIII, Texas Constitution, and the additional limitation on tax |
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increases under Section 1-b(d) of that article as proposed by |
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S.J.R. 1, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, had not |
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occurred. |
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SECTION 4. Notwithstanding Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the |
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82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, the following |
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provisions are effective September 1, 2019: |
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(1) Section 57.03, Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the |
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82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, which amended Section |
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12.106(a), Education Code; |
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(2) Section 57.18, Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the |
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82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, which amended the |
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heading to Section 42.2516, Education Code; |
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(3) Section 57.19, Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the |
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82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, which amended Section |
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42.2516(a), Education Code; |
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(4) Section 57.23, Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the |
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82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, which amended Section |
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42.253(h), Education Code; |
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(5) Section 57.29, Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the |
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82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, which amended Section |
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26.08(i), Tax Code; |
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(6) Section 57.32(a), Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the |
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82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, which repealed various |
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provisions of the Education Code; and |
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(7) Section 57.32(b), Chapter 4 (S.B. 1), Acts of the |
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82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, which repealed Sections |
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26.08(i-1) and (j), Tax Code. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |