By: Geren H.B. No. 4740
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the study of school district property values conducted
  by the comptroller of public accounts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 403.3011(2), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (2)  "Eligible school district" means a school district
  for which the comptroller has determined the following:
                     (A)  in the most recent study, the local value is
  invalid under Section 403.302(c) and does not exceed the state
  value for the school district determined in the study;
                     (B)  in [the two studies preceding] the most
  recent study, the school district's local value was valid under
  Section 403.302(c); and
                     (C)  in the most recent study, the aggregate local
  value of all of the categories of property sampled by the
  comptroller is not less than 90 percent of the lower limit of the
  margin of error as determined by the comptroller of the aggregate
  value as determined by the comptroller of all of the categories of
  property sampled by the comptroller[; and
                     [(D) the appraisal district that appraises
  property for the school district was in compliance with the scoring
  requirement of the comptroller's most recent review of the
  appraisal district conducted under Section 5.102, Tax Code].
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.