Tex. Tax Code § 26.0444
This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 26.0444, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.
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§ 26.0444. TAX RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR DEFUNDING MUNICIPALITY.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section:
(1) "Defunding municipality" means a municipality that is considered to be a defunding municipality for the current tax year under Chapter 109, Local Government Code.
(2) "Municipal public safety expenditure adjustment" means an amount equal to the positive difference, if any, between:
(A) the amount of money appropriated for public safety in the budget adopted by the municipality for the preceding fiscal year; and
(B) the amount of money spent by the municipality for public safety during the period for which the budget described by Paragraph (A) is in effect.
(b) The no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate for a defunding municipality is decreased by the rate computed according to the following formula:
Municipal Public Safety Expenditure Adjustment / (Current Total Value - New Property Value)
(c) A defunding municipality shall provide a notice of the decrease in the no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate provided by this section in the information published under Section 26.04(e) and, as applicable, in the notice prescribed by Section 26.06 or 26.061.
(d) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), the amount of money appropriated for public safety and the amount of money spent by the municipality for public safety does not include:
(1) any grant money received by the municipality during any fiscal year; or
(2) any sales and use tax revenue received by the municipality for the purpose of financing a crime control and prevention district under Chapter 363, Local Government Code, during any fiscal year.
(1) "Defunding municipality" means a municipality that is considered to be a defunding municipality for the current tax year under Chapter 109, Local Government Code.
(2) "Municipal public safety expenditure adjustment" means an amount equal to the positive difference, if any, between:
(A) the amount of money appropriated for public safety in the budget adopted by the municipality for the preceding fiscal year; and
(B) the amount of money spent by the municipality for public safety during the period for which the budget described by Paragraph (A) is in effect.
(b) The no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate for a defunding municipality is decreased by the rate computed according to the following formula:
Municipal Public Safety Expenditure Adjustment / (Current Total Value - New Property Value)
(c) A defunding municipality shall provide a notice of the decrease in the no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate provided by this section in the information published under Section 26.04(e) and, as applicable, in the notice prescribed by Section 26.06 or 26.061.
(d) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), the amount of money appropriated for public safety and the amount of money spent by the municipality for public safety does not include:
(1) any grant money received by the municipality during any fiscal year; or
(2) any sales and use tax revenue received by the municipality for the purpose of financing a crime control and prevention district under Chapter 363, Local Government Code, during any fiscal year.
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