Bill Text: TX HB5 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to agreements authorizing a limitation on taxable value of certain property to provide for the creation of jobs and the generation of state and local tax revenue; authorizing fees; authorizing penalties.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 54-32)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2023-05-30 - Sent to the Governor [HB5 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to agreements authorizing a limitation on taxable value of certain property to provide for the creation of jobs and the generation of state and local tax revenue; authorizing fees; authorizing penalties.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 54-32)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2023-05-30 - Sent to the Governor [HB5 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5-Introduced.html
By: Hunter | H.B. No. 5 |
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relating to agreements to create jobs and to generate state and | ||
local tax revenue for this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 403, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subchapter S to read as follows: | ||
Subchapter S. AGREEMENTS TO CREATE JOBS AND TO GENERATE STATE AND | ||
LOCAL REVENUE | ||
Sec. 403.6005. PURPOSES. The purposes of this subchapter | ||
are to: | ||
(1) create new, high-paying permanent jobs and | ||
construction jobs in this state; | ||
(2) encourage financially beneficial economic | ||
development in this state; | ||
(3) provide a temporary and limited competitive | ||
economic incentive for attracting to this state large-scale | ||
manufacturing projects that, in the absence of this subchapter, | ||
would likely locate in another state or nation; | ||
(4) strengthen the security and resource independence | ||
of this state and nation by encouraging infrastructure development; | ||
(5) promote the relocation of offshore manufacturing | ||
facilities to this state; | ||
(6) make this state a national and international | ||
leader in new and innovative technologies; | ||
(7) encourage the establishment of advanced | ||
manufacturing industry sectors critical to national defense and | ||
security; | ||
(8) create new wealth, raise personal income, and | ||
foster long-term expansion of state and local tax bases; and | ||
(9) provide growing and sustainable economic | ||
opportunity for the citizens of this state. | ||
Sec. 403.601. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
(1) "Agreement" means a written agreement between the | ||
owner of a new investment project and a school district in this | ||
state. | ||
(2) "New investment project" means the construction | ||
and operation of new improvements to realty or placement into | ||
service in this state new tangible personal property that did not | ||
exist on the date of the agreement. | ||
(3) "Qualified industry" means: | ||
(A) manufacturing; | ||
(B) critical infrastructure; or | ||
(C) national and state security and critical | ||
domestic supply chain support. | ||
Sec. 403.602. APPLICATION. (a) A person may apply to the | ||
school district for approval of an agreement under this subchapter. | ||
An application must be made on a form prescribed by the comptroller | ||
and contain the following information: | ||
(1) the applicant's name, address, Texas taxpayer | ||
identification number, and contact information of an authorized | ||
representative; | ||
(2) the applicant's form of business and, if | ||
applicable, the name, address, and Texas taxpayer identification | ||
number of the applicant's parent entity; | ||
(3) the school district's name and address, the county | ||
in which the district is located or the county in which the project | ||
is located if the district is in more than one county, and the | ||
contact information of the district's authorized representative; | ||
(4) the address of the project or proposed facility, | ||
if different from the applicant's address; | ||
(5) a brief description of the project, including the | ||
classification of the project as designated by the North American | ||
Industry Classification System as of the date of the application; | ||
(6) a brief description of the eligible property for | ||
which the applicant is seeking an agreement; | ||
(7) the estimated dates of commencement of | ||
construction, completion of construction, and commencement of | ||
commercial operations of the project; | ||
(8) the name and location of the reinvestment zone or | ||
enterprise zone in which the project is located; | ||
(9) a brief summary of the economic benefits of the | ||
project; and | ||
(10) the applicant's signature and certification. | ||
(b) The application must be accompanied by an application | ||
fee payable to the school district. | ||
(c) The school district shall forward the application to the | ||
comptroller within 30 days of receipt from the applicant. | ||
(d) Subject to the confidentiality requirements of Section | ||
403.616, the comptroller shall publish the application and the | ||
information described by Subsections (b)(2)-(5), and any | ||
subsequent revisions of the application or the information on the | ||
comptroller's Internet website. | ||
Sec. 403.603. ECONOMIC BENEFIT STATEMENT. (a) The | ||
applicant shall submit with the application an economic benefit | ||
statement containing estimates of the economic and fiscal impacts | ||
on the school district and the state for the 25-year period | ||
commencing on the date on which the applicant estimates | ||
construction of the project will commence. | ||
(b) The comptroller shall establish criteria for the | ||
methodology of the economic benefit statement submitted by the | ||
applicant and may require the applicant to supplement or modify the | ||
statement to ensure the accuracy of the estimates listed in | ||
Subsection (a). | ||
Sec. 403.604. COMPTROLLER RECOMMENDATION OF APPLICATION. | ||
(a) The comptroller shall recommend an application for approval by | ||
the school district if the comptroller finds that the project | ||
provides a net economic or financial benefit to the state. | ||
(b) If the comptroller finds that the project does not meet | ||
the criteria established by Subsection (a), the comptroller shall | ||
not recommend the application for approval. | ||
Sec. 403.605. SCHOOL DISTRICT APPROVAL. (a) Within days of | ||
receiving a recommendation to approve an application from the | ||
comptroller under Section 403.604, the school district shall either | ||
approve or disapprove of the agreement. | ||
Sec. 403.606. REPORTS BY APPLICANT. The comptroller shall | ||
promulgate an online reporting form for applicants to submit to the | ||
agency by April 1 of each even-numbered year that reports the | ||
following information for each year since the application was | ||
approved and for three years after the limitation has expired: | ||
(1) the application number, name of the applicant, | ||
name of the school district which levies ad valorem taxes on the | ||
project, and name and contact information for the applicant's | ||
representative; | ||
(2) the parcel number of the property subject to the | ||
agreement; | ||
(3) the total number of jobs created by the project; | ||
(4) the total wages paid; | ||
(5) the total amount of the investment; | ||
(6) the appraised value of all property associated | ||
with the project, including property subject to the agreement and | ||
any other real or tangible personal property owned by the applicant | ||
as part of the project; | ||
(7) the taxable value of all property associated with | ||
the project, including property subject to the agreement and any | ||
other real or tangible personal property owned by the applicant as | ||
part of the project, for school district maintenance and operations | ||
ad valorem tax purposes; | ||
(8) the total amount of school district maintenance | ||
and operations ad valorem taxes paid by the applicant; | ||
(9) the total amount of school district interest and | ||
sinking fund ad valorem taxes paid by the applicant; | ||
(10) the total amount for school district ad valorem | ||
taxes the applicant would have paid in the absence of an agreement; | ||
(11) the total amount of payments other than ad | ||
valorem taxes made by the applicant to the school district. | ||
Sec. 403.607. REPORTS BY SCHOOL DISTRICT. (a) A school | ||
district that levies ad valorem taxes on the project shall submit at | ||
its own expense to the comptroller a report not later than April 1 | ||
of each even-numbered year since the application was approved and | ||
for three years after the limitation has expired. | ||
(b) The report shall include: | ||
(1) the total amount of payments other than ad valorem | ||
taxes received from the applicant; | ||
(2) the total amount of any other direct or indirect | ||
benefits received from the applicant such as in-kind contributions | ||
or other financial benefits; and | ||
(3) the purposes for which the payments and benefits | ||
were used by the school district. | ||
(c) The comptroller shall promulgate a form to be used by | ||
the school district for purposes of this section. | ||
Sec. 403.608. DISTRIBUTION OF SAVINGS FROM THE AGREEMENT. | ||
(a) If an application is approved under this subchapter, the | ||
applicant shall not later than January 31 of each year of the term | ||
of the agreement and as provided by rule: | ||
(1) retain the greater percentage of any tax savings | ||
resulting from the agreement; and | ||
(2) remit the lesser percentage of any tax savings | ||
resulting from the agreement to the comptroller. | ||
(b) The comptroller shall distribute the funds received | ||
under Subsection (a) as provided by rule as follows: | ||
(1) the greater percentage of the funds received are | ||
payable to the school district that levies ad valorem taxes on the | ||
project, to be used solely for direct instructional purposes; and | ||
(2) the lesser percentage of the funds received shall | ||
be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund for | ||
distribution as specified by a general appropriations act. | ||
(c) The applicant shall annually calculate the tax savings | ||
from the agreement by multiplying the school district maintenance | ||
and operations ad valorem tax rate by the difference between the | ||
taxable value in the absence of the agreement and the taxable value | ||
as specified by the agreement, as shown on the tax bill received by | ||
the applicant from the school district. | ||
Sec. 403.609. RULES AND FORMS. The comptroller shall adopt | ||
rules and forms necessary for the implementation and administration | ||
of this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |