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TX Educ Code § 49.302 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter G. Detachment and Annexation by Commissioner|Section 49.302. Determination of Taxable Value

Sec. 49.302.  DETERMINATION OF TAXABLE VALUE.  (a)  For purposes of this subchapter, the taxable value of an individual parcel or other item of property and the total taxable value of property in a school district resulting from the detachment of property from or annexation of property to that district is determined by applying the appraisal ratio for the appropriate category of property determined under Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, for the preceding tax year to the taxable value of the detached or annexed property determined under Title 1, Tax Code, for the preceding tax year.(b)  For purposes of this subchapter, the taxable value of all or a portion of a parcel or item of real property includes the taxable value of personal property having taxable situs at the same location as the real property.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.059, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.303 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter G. Detachment and Annexation by Commissioner|Section 49.303. Property Subject to Detachment and Annexation

Sec. 49.303.  PROPERTY SUBJECT TO DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION.  (a)  Only the following property may be detached and annexed under this subchapter:(1)  a mineral property;(2)  real property used in the operation of a public utility, including a pipeline, pipeline gathering system, or railroad or other rail system; and(3)  real property used primarily for industrial or other commercial purposes, other than property used primarily for agriculture or for residential purposes.(b)  If a final judgment of a court determines that a mineral interest may not be annexed and detached as provided by this subchapter without an attendant annexation and detachment of the surface estate or any other interest in the same land, the detachment and annexation of a mineral interest under this subchapter includes the surface estate and each other interest in the land covered by the mineral interest.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.059, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.304 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter G. Detachment and Annexation by Commissioner|Section 49.304. Taxation of Personal Property

Sec. 49.304.  TAXATION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.  Personal property having a taxable situs at the same location as real property detached and annexed under this subchapter is taxable by the school district to which the real property is annexed.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.059, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.305 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter G. Detachment and Annexation by Commissioner|Section 49.305. Detachment of Property

Sec. 49.305.  DETACHMENT OF PROPERTY.  (a)  The commissioner shall detach property under this section from each school district from which the commissioner is required under Section 49.004 to detach property under this subchapter.(b)  The commissioner shall detach from each school district covered by Subsection (a) one or more whole parcels or items of property in descending order of the taxable value of each parcel or item, beginning with the parcel or item having the greatest taxable value, until the school district's local revenue level is equal to or less than the level established under Section 48.257, except as otherwise provided by Subsection (c).(c)  If the detachment of whole parcels or items of property as provided by Subsection (a) would result in a district's local revenue level that is less than the level established under Section 48.257 by more than the product of $10,000 multiplied by weighted average daily attendance, the commissioner may not detach the last parcel or item of property and shall detach the next one or more parcels or items of property in descending order of taxable value that would result in the school district having a local revenue level that is equal to or less than the level established under Section 48.257 by not more than the product of $10,000 multiplied by weighted average daily attendance.(d)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a), (b), and (c), the commissioner may detach only a portion of a parcel or item of property if:(1)  it is not possible under this subchapter to reduce the district's local revenue level to a level that is equal to or less than the level established under Section 48.257 unless some or all of the parcel or item of property is detached and the detachment of the whole parcel or item would result in the district from which it is detached having a local revenue level that is less than the level established under Section 48.257 by more than the product of $10,000 multiplied by weighted average daily attendance; or(2)  the commissioner determines that a partial detachment of that parcel or item of property is preferable to the detachment of one or more other parcels or items having a lower taxable value in order to minimize the number of parcels or items of property to be detached consistent with the purposes of this chapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.059, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.307 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter G. Detachment and Annexation by Commissioner|Section 49.307. Limitations on Detachment and Annexation

Sec. 49.307.  LIMITATIONS ON DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION.  The commissioner may detach and annex property under this subchapter only if:(1)  the property is not exempt from ad valorem taxation under Section 11.20 or 11.21, Tax Code; and(2)  the property does not contain a building or structure owned by the United States, this state, or a political subdivision of this state that is exempt from ad valorem taxation under law.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.059, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.308 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter G. Detachment and Annexation by Commissioner|Section 49.308. Orders and Notice

Sec. 49.308.  ORDERS AND NOTICE.  (a)  The commissioner shall order any detachments and annexations of property under this subchapter not later than November 8 of each year.(b)  As soon as practicable after issuing the order under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall notify each affected school district and the appraisal district in which the affected property is located of the determination.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 465 (S.B. 1), Sec. 16, eff. June 15, 2015.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.059, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.309 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter G. Detachment and Annexation by Commissioner|Section 49.309. Treatment of Subdivided Property

Sec. 49.309.  TREATMENT OF SUBDIVIDED PROPERTY.  (a)  If the commissioner orders the detachment or annexation of a portion of a parcel or item of property under this subchapter, the order shall specify the portion of the taxable value of the property to be detached or annexed and may, but need not, describe the specific area of the parcel or item to be detached or annexed.(b)  If an order for the detachment or annexation of a portion of a parcel or item of property does not describe the specific area of the parcel or item to be detached or annexed, the commissioner, as soon as practicable after issuing the order, shall determine the specific area to be detached or annexed and shall certify that determination to the appraisal district for the county in which the property is located.(c)  If portions of a parcel or item of property are located in two or more school districts as the result of a detachment or annexation, the parcel or item shall be appraised for taxation as a unit, and the commissioner shall determine the portion of the taxable value of the property that is located in each of those school districts based on the square footage of the property, or any other reasonable method adopted by the commissioner.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.059, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.310 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter G. Detachment and Annexation by Commissioner|Section 49.310. Duties of Chief Appraiser

Sec. 49.310.  DUTIES OF CHIEF APPRAISER.  (a)  The chief appraiser of each appraisal district shall cooperate with the commissioner in administering this subchapter.  The commissioner may require the chief appraiser to submit any reports or provide any information available to the chief appraiser in the form and at the times required by the commissioner.(b)  As soon as practicable after the detachment and annexation of property, the chief appraiser of the appraisal district in which the property is located shall send a written notice of the detachment and annexation to the owner of any property taxable in a different school district as a result of the detachment and annexation.  The notice must include the name of the school district by which the property is taxable after the detachment and annexation.(c)  The commissioner may reimburse an appraisal district for any costs incurred in administering this subchapter and may condition the reimbursement or the amount of the reimbursement on the timely submission of reports or information required by the commissioner or the satisfactory performance of any other action required or requested by the commissioner.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 648 (H.B. 1010), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2008.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.059, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.311 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter G. Detachment and Annexation by Commissioner|Section 49.311. Student Attendance

Sec. 49.311.  STUDENT ATTENDANCE.  A student who is a resident of real property detached from a school district may choose to attend school in that district or in the district to which the property is annexed.  For purposes of determining average daily attendance under Section 48.005, the student shall be counted in the district to which the property is annexed.  If the student chooses to attend school in the district from which the property is detached, the state shall withhold any foundation school funds from the district to which the property is annexed and shall allocate to the district in which the student is attending school those funds and the amount of funds equal to the difference between the state funds the district is receiving for the student and the district's cost in educating the student.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.059, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.312 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter G. Detachment and Annexation by Commissioner|Section 49.312. Bond Taxes

Sec. 49.312.  BOND TAXES.  Property detached from a school district is released from the obligation for any tax to pay principal and interest on bonds authorized by the district before detachment.  The property is subject to any tax to pay principal or interest on bonds authorized by the district to which the property is annexed whether authorized before or after annexation.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.059, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.313 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter G. Detachment and Annexation by Commissioner|Section 49.313. Determination by Commissioner Final

Sec. 49.313.  DETERMINATION BY COMMISSIONER FINAL.  A decision or determination of the commissioner under this subchapter is final and not appealable.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.059, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.351 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter H. Consolidation by Commissioner|Section 49.351. Commissioner Order

Sec. 49.351.  COMMISSIONER ORDER.  If the commissioner is required under Section 49.004 to order the consolidation of districts, the consolidation is governed by this subchapter.  The commissioner's order shall be effective on a date determined by the commissioner, but not later than the earliest practicable date after November 8.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter H, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.060, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.352 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter H. Consolidation by Commissioner|Section 49.352. Selection Criteria

Sec. 49.352.  SELECTION CRITERIA.  (a)  In selecting the districts to be consolidated with a district that has taxable values of property in an amount that exceeds the local revenue level established under Section 48.257, the commissioner shall select one or more districts that, when consolidated, will result in a consolidated district with a local revenue level equal to or less than the level established under Section 48.257.  In achieving that result, the commissioner shall give priority to school districts in the following order:(1)  first, to the contiguous district that has the lowest local revenue level and is located in the same county;(2)  second, to the district that has the lowest local revenue level and is located in the same county;(3)  third, to a contiguous district with a local revenue level below the level established under Section 48.257 that has requested the commissioner that it be considered in a consolidation plan;(4)  fourth, to include as few districts as possible that have the lowest local revenue levels below the level established under Section 48.257 within the consolidation order that have not requested the commissioner to be included;(5)  fifth, to the district that has the lowest local revenue level and is located in the same regional education service center area; and(6)  sixth, to a district that has a tax rate similar to that of the district that has a local revenue level greater than the level established under Section 48.257.(b)  The commissioner may not select a district that has been created as a result of consolidation by agreement under Subchapter B to be consolidated under this subchapter with a district that has a local revenue level greater than the level established under Section 48.257.(c)  In applying the selection criteria specified by Subsection (a), if more than two districts are to be consolidated, the commissioner shall select the third and each subsequent district to be consolidated by treating the district that has a local revenue level greater than the level established under Section 48.257 and the district or districts previously selected for consolidation as one district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter H, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.060, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.353 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter H. Consolidation by Commissioner|Section 49.353. Governance

Sec. 49.353.  GOVERNANCE.  (a)  Until the initial trustees elected as provided by Subsection (b) have qualified and taken office, a district consolidated under this subchapter is governed by a transitional board of trustees consisting of the board of trustees of the district having the greatest student membership on the last day of the school year preceding the consolidation plus one member of the board of trustees of each other consolidating district selected by that board.(b)  The transitional board of trustees shall divide the consolidated district into nine single-member trustee districts in accordance with the procedures provided by Section 11.052.  The transitional board shall order an election for the initial board of trustees to be held on the first May uniform election date after the effective date of a consolidation order.(c)  Members of the board of trustees of a consolidated district serve staggered terms of office for four years.(d)  Section 13.156 applies to districts consolidated under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter H, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.060, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.354 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter H. Consolidation by Commissioner|Section 49.354. Dissolution of Consolidated District

Sec. 49.354.  DISSOLUTION OF CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT.  (a)  If the legislature abolishes ad valorem taxes for public school maintenance and operations and adopts another method of funding public education, the board of trustees of a consolidated district created under this subchapter may dissolve the consolidated district, provided that the dissolution is approved by a majority of those voters residing within the district participating in an election called for the purpose of approving the dissolution of the consolidated school district.(b)  If a consolidated district is dissolved, each of the former districts is restored as a separate district and is classified as an independent district.(c)  Title to real property of the consolidated district is allocated to the restored district in which the property is located.  Title to proportionate shares of the fund balances and personal property of the consolidated district, as determined by Subsection (e), are allocated to each restored district.(d)  Each of the restored districts assumes and is liable for:(1)  indebtedness of the consolidated district that relates to real property allocated to the district; and(2)  a proportionate share, as determined by Subsection (e), of indebtedness of the consolidated district that does not relate to real property.(e)  A restored district's proportionate share of fund balances, personal property, or indebtedness is equal to the proportion that the number of students in average daily attendance in the restored district bears to the number of students in average daily attendance in the consolidated district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter H, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.060, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.355 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter H. Consolidation by Commissioner|Section 49.355. Fund Balances

Sec. 49.355.  FUND BALANCES.  Fund balances of a school district consolidated under this subchapter may be used only for the benefit of the schools within the district that generated the funds.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter H, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.060, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.356 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management|Chapter 49 - Options for Local Revenue Levels in Excess of Entitlement|Subchapter H. Consolidation by Commissioner|Section 49.356. Employment Contracts

Sec. 49.356.  EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS.  A consolidated district created under this subchapter shall honor an employment contract entered into by a consolidating district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter H, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.060, eff. September 1, 2019.|