HB 228

AN ACT relating to the allocation and deposit of certain surplus state

House Bill • Bell, Cecil
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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

relating to the allocation and deposit of certain surplus state

Subject Areas

Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS State Finances--Management & Control EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS Taxation--School District

Bill Text

relating to the allocation and deposit of certain surplus state
revenue to the property tax relief fund for use in reducing school
district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 403.109, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
(e)  Not later than the 90th day after the last day of each
state fiscal biennium, the comptroller shall deposit to the credit
of the fund general revenue in an amount equal to one-half of the
amount by which the total available general revenue for that
biennium at the end of the biennium exceeds the amount of total
available general revenue stated in the comptroller's biennial
revenue estimate for that biennium.
(f)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
money deposited to the credit of the fund under Subsection (e) may
be appropriated only to the Texas Education Agency for use in
providing property tax relief through reduction of the state
compression percentage, as defined by Section 48.255, Education
SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the state fiscal
biennium beginning September 1, 2027.
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Bill Sponsors

Legislators who authored or co-sponsored this bill.

Cecil Bell

Cecil Bell

Primary Author
R House District 3

Bill History

filed

Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the allocation and deposit of certain surplus state

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