HB2894 - Relating to the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans.

      H.B. No. 2894         AN ACT   relating to 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 a United States   military installation ]; and                      (B)  a county [ in which a United States military   installation is wholly or partly located ].          SECTION 2.  Section 140.011(b), Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  To serve the state purpose of ensuring that the cost of   providing ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans is shared   equitably among the residents of this state, a local government is   entitled to a disabled veteran assistance payment from the state   for each fiscal year that the local government is a qualified local   government.  A local government is a qualified local government for   a fiscal year if the amount of lost ad valorem tax revenue   calculated under Subsection (c) for that fiscal year is equal to or   greater than :                 (1)   two percent of the local government's general fund   revenue for that fiscal year if the local government is:                       (A)     a municipality adjacent to a United States   military installation; or                       (B)     a county in which a United States military   installation is wholly or partly located; and                 (2)     10 percent of the local government's general fund   revenue for that fiscal year if the local government is:                       (A)  a municipality in a county:                             (i)     described by Subdivision (1)(B) that   has a population of:                                   (a)     more than 370,000 but not more   than 380,000; or                                   (b)     more than 83,000 but not more than   84,000; or                             (ii)  described by Paragraph (B); or                       (B)     a county with a population of less than   25,000 that is adjacent to two counties that contain the same United   States Army installation, neither of which has a population greater   than 400,000 .          SECTION 3.  Section 140.011(a)(2), Local Government Code, as   amended by this Act, applies only 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2894 was passed by the House on April   23, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 2894 on May 23, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 137, Nays 0,   2 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 2894 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 19, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays   1.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor