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               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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               AN ACT
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            relating to the applicability of the law governing the provision of  | 
         
         
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            state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected  | 
         
         
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            by the granting of ad valorem tax 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 or with  | 
         
         
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            extraterritorial jurisdiction located within two miles of the  | 
         
         
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            boundary line of a United States 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.  The change in law made by this Act applies to the  | 
         
         
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            eligibility of a qualified local government to apply for a disabled  | 
         
         
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            veteran assistance payment beginning with the fiscal year of the  | 
         
         
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            local government that ends in the 2021 tax year. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |