Bill Text: TX HB106 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a one-time payment for certain homeowners; making an appropriation.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-09-27 - Referred to Appropriations [HB106 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB106-Introduced.html
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| By: Shaheen | H.B. No. 106 | |
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| relating to a one-time payment for certain homeowners; making an | ||
| appropriation. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: | ||
| (1) "Comptroller" means the state comptroller of | ||
| public accounts. | ||
| (2) "Eligible residence homestead" means a residence | ||
| homestead that qualified for an exemption under Section 11.13, Tax | ||
| Code, for the 2021 tax year. | ||
| SECTION 2. ONE-TIME PAYMENT; AMOUNT. (a) Not later than | ||
| August 31, 2022, the comptroller shall provide a one-time payment | ||
| to the owner of each eligible residence homestead in an amount | ||
| determined as provided by this section. | ||
| (b) Subject to Subsection (c) of this section, the amount of | ||
| the one-time payment to which the owner of an eligible residence | ||
| homestead is entitled under this section is determined by dividing | ||
| the amount appropriated to the comptroller under Section 4 of this | ||
| Act by the total number of eligible residence homesteads and | ||
| rounding down to the nearest whole dollar amount. | ||
| (c) If an eligible residence homestead is owned by two or | ||
| more persons, the amount of the one-time payment to which each owner | ||
| of the eligible residence homestead is entitled under this section | ||
| is determined by dividing the amount determined under Subsection | ||
| (b) of this section by the total number of owners of the eligible | ||
| residence homestead. | ||
| SECTION 3. RULES. The comptroller by rule shall establish | ||
| the process to be used to: | ||
| (1) determine which residence homesteads are eligible | ||
| residence homesteads; | ||
| (2) determine the amount of the one-time payment to | ||
| which each owner of an eligible residence homestead is entitled | ||
| under this Act; and | ||
| (3) distribute the one-time payments required under | ||
| this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION. The amount of $7,907,194,307.50 | ||
| is appropriated to the comptroller from money received by this | ||
| state from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds | ||
| (42 U.S.C. Sections 802 and 803) established under the American | ||
| Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited to the | ||
| credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325 for the purpose of | ||
| providing the one-time payments required under Section 2 of this | ||
| Act during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2022. | ||
| SECTION 5. EXPIRATION. This Act expires December 31, 2022. | ||
| SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
| immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members | ||
| elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas | ||
| Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
| immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
