HB244 - 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.

  89R3033 CS-D     By: Guillen H.B. No. 244       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 wholly or partly located in a   county described by Paragraph (B) or (C) [ adjacent to a United   States military installation ]; [ and ]                      (B)  a county in which a United States military   installation is wholly or partly located ; and                       (C)     a county adjacent to a county described by   Paragraph (B) .          SECTION 2.  Section 140.011, Local Government Code, as   amended by this Act, applies to the eligibility of a local   government to apply for a disabled veteran assistance payment   beginning with the fiscal year of the local government that ends in   the 2025 tax year.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.