HB 2878

relating to the use of revenue in the tax increment fund for certain
tax increment financing reinvestment zones for the acquisition,
construction, or reconstruction of an educational facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 311, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Section 311.0086 to read as follows:
Sec. 311.0086.  POWER OF MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES IN
CERTAIN REINVESTMENT ZONES.  (a) This section applies only to a
(A)  a municipality after January 1, 2005; or
(B)  a county after January 1, 2022;
(2)  that is larger than 500 acres;
(3)  that contains a tract of real property larger than
20 acres that was donated to a school district for the construction
of educational facilities to be owned by or on behalf of the school
(4)  the board of directors of which has entered into a
written agreement with the governing body of the school district
requiring payment of all or part of the tax increment produced by
the school district into the tax increment fund for the zone.
(b)  In addition to exercising the powers described by
Section 311.008, a municipality or county that created a
reinvestment zone to which this section applies or the board of
directors of a reinvestment zone to which this section applies may:
(1)  enter into a new agreement or amend an existing
agreement with a school district located wholly or partly in the
zone to dedicate revenue from the tax increment fund for the zone to
the school district for acquiring, constructing, or reconstructing
an educational facility located in or outside of the zone; or
(2)  contract with a school district located wholly or
partly in the zone to finance the construction of educational
facilities to be owned by or on behalf of the school district,
provided that the cost of the construction of the facilities and any
infrastructure serving the facilities is funded by the tax
increment generated by the school district.
SECTION 2.  Section 48.253(a), Education Code, is amended to
(a)  For each school year, a school district is entitled to
state aid in an amount equal to the amount the district is required
to pay into the tax increment fund for a reinvestment zone under
Section 311.0086 or 311.013(n), Tax Code.
SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
48.253, Education Code, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school
SECTION 4.  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 September 1, 2025.