Tex. Transportation Code § 173.256
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§ 173.256. FINANCING OF CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
Official statutory text
(a) This section applies only to a local government, other than a school district, that is a member of a district and that is authorized to impose ad valorem taxes on real property.
(b) A district may enter into an interlocal contract with one or more local government members for the financing of transportation infrastructure that is constructed or that is to be constructed in the territory of the local governments by the district.
(c) The agreement must include:
(1) the duration of the agreement;
(2) a description of each transportation infrastructure project or proposed project;
(3) a map showing the location of each project; and
(4) an estimate of the cost of each project.
(d) The agreement may establish one or more transportation infrastructure zones. The district and the local government may agree that, at one or more specified times, the local government will pay to the district an amount that is calculated on the basis of increased ad valorem tax collections in a zone that are attributable to increased values of property located in the zone resulting from an infrastructure project. Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), the amount may not exceed an amount that is equal to 30 percent of the increase in ad valorem tax collections for the specified period.
(d-1) A transportation infrastructure zone of a district established before January 1, 2005, may consist of a contiguous or noncontiguous geographic area in the territory of one or more local governments and must include a commuter rail facility or the site of a proposed commuter rail facility. The amount paid by a local government under Subsection (d) to a district established before January 1, 2005, may not exceed an amount that is equal to the increase in ad valorem tax collections in the zone for the specified period.
(e) Money received by the district under this section may be used:
(1) to provide a local match for the acquisition of right-of-way in the territory of the local government; or
(2) for design, construction, operation, or maintenance of transportation facilities in the territory of the local government.
(b) A district may enter into an interlocal contract with one or more local government members for the financing of transportation infrastructure that is constructed or that is to be constructed in the territory of the local governments by the district.
(c) The agreement must include:
(1) the duration of the agreement;
(2) a description of each transportation infrastructure project or proposed project;
(3) a map showing the location of each project; and
(4) an estimate of the cost of each project.
(d) The agreement may establish one or more transportation infrastructure zones. The district and the local government may agree that, at one or more specified times, the local government will pay to the district an amount that is calculated on the basis of increased ad valorem tax collections in a zone that are attributable to increased values of property located in the zone resulting from an infrastructure project. Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), the amount may not exceed an amount that is equal to 30 percent of the increase in ad valorem tax collections for the specified period.
(d-1) A transportation infrastructure zone of a district established before January 1, 2005, may consist of a contiguous or noncontiguous geographic area in the territory of one or more local governments and must include a commuter rail facility or the site of a proposed commuter rail facility. The amount paid by a local government under Subsection (d) to a district established before January 1, 2005, may not exceed an amount that is equal to the increase in ad valorem tax collections in the zone for the specified period.
(e) Money received by the district under this section may be used:
(1) to provide a local match for the acquisition of right-of-way in the territory of the local government; or
(2) for design, construction, operation, or maintenance of transportation facilities in the territory of the local government.
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