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TX HB1309
Bill
Status
11/13/2024
Primary Sponsor
Hillary Hickland
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AI Summary
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Expands eligibility for disabled veteran assistance payments to include municipalities located in counties where a U.S. military installation is wholly or partly located, replacing the previous requirement that municipalities be "adjacent to" a military installation
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Counties containing a U.S. military installation (wholly or partly) remain eligible for disabled veteran assistance payments
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Prohibits qualified local governments that receive disabled veteran assistance payments from adopting a maintenance and operations ad valorem tax rate higher than the rate adopted for the preceding tax year
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Eligibility changes apply beginning with local government fiscal years ending in the 2025 tax year
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Tax rate limitation takes effect January 1, 2026; remaining provisions take effect September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
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 and to the effect of the receipt of such aid on the maintenance and operations ad valorem tax rate of a local government.
State Finances
Last Action
Referred to Ways & Means
3/10/2025