By: Bettencourt S.R. No. 97
 
 
 
SENATE RESOLUTION
         BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th
  Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
  suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 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:
         Senate Rule 12.03(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.
  Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction,
  S.B. No. 1.
 
 
 
 
    _______________________________ 
        President of the Senate
     
         I hereby certify that the
    above Resolution was adopted by
    the Senate on October 18, 2021,
    by the following vote:  Yeas 31,
  Nays 0.
   
   
   
    _______________________________ 
        Secretary of the Senate