88R2825 RDS-F
 
  By: Buckley H.B. No. 1596
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the applicability of the law governing the provision of
  state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected
  by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 140.011(a)(2), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (2)  "Local government" means:
                     (A)  a municipality adjacent to or with
  extraterritorial jurisdiction located within two miles of the
  boundary line of a United States military installation; and
                     (B)  a county in which a United States military
  installation is wholly or partly located.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to the
  eligibility of a qualified local government to apply for a disabled
  veteran assistance payment beginning with the fiscal year of the
  local government that ends in the 2023 tax year.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.