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TX SB2767

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Molly Cook

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Origin

Senate

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires approval from all taxing units (not just the municipality or county) for multifamily residential developments seeking property tax exemptions through public facility corporations

  • Prohibits corporations from transferring tax exemptions to another entity unless substantially all assets are also transferred in the same transaction

  • Mandates that acquired multifamily developments spend at least 15% of total acquisition cost on rehabilitation/renovation, with work beginning within one year and completing within three years of acquisition

  • Requires annual rent reductions at developments to equal at least 60% of what property taxes would be without the exemption, with tax exemption lost if this threshold is not met

  • Expands audit requirements to all multifamily residential developments claiming property tax exemptions (not just certain developments) and requires annual compliance reports to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and local appraisal districts

  • Prohibits corporations or sponsors from accepting payments from developers in exchange for participation unless approved by each taxing unit where the development is located

Legislative Description

Relating to public facility corporations.

Property Interests

Last Action

Referred to Local Government

4/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Local Government4/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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