Bill Text: TX HB634 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Referred to Finance [HB634 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB634-Comm_Sub.html

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86R16524 LHC-D
By: Buckley, Shine, Lambert, Cortez H.B. No. 634
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 634:
By: Longoria C.S.H.B. No. 634

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 140.011(a)(2), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Local government" means:
(A) a municipality adjacent to or with
extraterritorial jurisdiction located within two miles of the
boundary line of a United States military installation; and
(B) a county in which a United States military
installation is wholly or partly located.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the
eligibility of a qualified local government to apply for a disabled
veteran assistance payment beginning with the fiscal year of the
local government that ends in the 2019 tax year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.