Fiscal Year	Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2024	$0
2025	($96,304,000)
2026	($101,218,000)
2027	($113,756,000)
2028	($123,054,000)

Fiscal Year	Probable Savings/(Cost) from Foundation School Fund 193	Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from School Districts	Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from Cities	Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from Counties
2024	$0	$0	$0	$0
2025	($96,304,000)	($480,000,000)	($33,607,000)	($142,331,000)
2026	($101,218,000)	($504,000,000)	($35,596,000)	($151,209,000)
2027	($113,756,000)	($529,000,000)	($37,352,000)	($159,139,000)
2028	($123,054,000)	($555,000,000)	($39,510,000)	($168,841,000)

Fiscal Year	Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from Other Special Districts
2024	$0
2025	($131,400,000)
2026	($141,087,000)
2027	($150,072,000)
2028	($160,921,000)

Under Chapter 23 of the Tax Code, qualified land is appraised at a value much lower than market value. Tax Code Sections 23.55 (Subchapter D), 23.76 (Subchapter E), 23.86 (Subchapter F), 23.96 (Subchapter G), and 23.9807 (Subchapter H) impose an additional property tax and interest in certain instances when the property owner changes the use of the land that receives a special reduced appraisal; the additional tax is referred to as the rollback tax. The additional tax is computed based on the difference in each of the preceding three years between the market value of the land and the taxable value of the land as reduced by the special appraisal. The bill's proposed repeal of the rollback tax on land subject to special appraisal would create a cost to school districts and other units of local government because they would no longer receive the additional tax. The loss of the additional tax would also create a cost to the state through the operation of the school funding formula.

The bill does not repeal Section 23.46 of the Tax Code, regarding additional taxation on land subject to special appraisal as agricultural land under Subchapter C of the Tax Code, which is similar to the provisions the bill would repeal. Little agricultural land is qualified under Subchapter C because its qualification requirements are much more stringent. Further, because of its requirement that the owner's income be primarily from the agricultural operations the land tends to be further from urban areas, is less likely to be diverted from an agricultural use, and the difference between the special appraised value and the market value is less. For these reasons, and the lack of relevant information, no adjustment for the absence of a Section 23.46 repeal was made to the estimated costs and any such adjustment would be insignificant. Additionally, no timber, parkland or public access airport property rollback information is available; consequently, the effect of the proposed rollback changes on taxing units containing land in those categories is unknown.

The costs were estimated based on information from appraisal districts.

Under provisions of the Education Code, the school district tax revenue loss is partially transferred to the state. The estimated cost to the Foundation School Program (FSP) is $96.3 million in fiscal year 2025, increasing to $123.1 million in fiscal year 2028.

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION


April 24, 2023

TO:	Honorable Morgan Meyer, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means

FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board

IN RE:	HB1027 by Slawson (Relating to the repeal of the additional ad valorem taxes imposed as a result of a sale or change of use of certain land.), As Introduced

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