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TX HB3586

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Don McLaughlin

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits local taxing units from entering into tax abatement agreements under the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act for property where solar power facilities are located or planned

  • Defines "solar power facility" as a facility designed and used primarily for collecting, generating, or storing solar energy

  • Applies only to solar power facilities with a generation or storage capacity of 10 megawatts or more

  • The prohibition covers both real property where the facility is located and tangible personal property on that land during the agreement term

  • Takes effect September 1, 2025, and applies only to agreements entered into on or after that date; existing agreements remain unaffected

Legislative Description

Relating to the authority of a taxing unit to enter into an agreement under the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the value of property on which a solar power facility is located or is planned to be located.

Taxation

Last Action

Referred to Ways & Means

3/25/2025

Committee Referrals

Ways & Means3/25/2025

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