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TX Educ Code § 49.005 (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 A. General Provisions|Section 49.005. Comptroller and Appraisal District Cooperation

Sec. 49.005.  COMPTROLLER AND APPRAISAL DISTRICT COOPERATION.  The chief appraiser of each appraisal district and the comptroller shall cooperate with the commissioner and school districts in implementing this chapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 41.005 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.049, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.006 (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 A. General Provisions|Section 49.006. Rules

Sec. 49.006.  RULES.  (a)  The commissioner may adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this chapter.  The rules may provide for the commissioner to make necessary adjustments to the provisions of Chapter 48, including providing for the commissioner to make an adjustment in the funding element established by Section 48.202, at the earliest date practicable, to the amount the commissioner believes, taking into consideration options exercised by school districts under this chapter and estimates of student enrollments, will match appropriation levels.(b)  As necessary for the effective and efficient administration of this chapter, the commissioner may modify effective dates and time periods for actions described by this chapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1071, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 41.006 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.049, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.007 (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 A. General Provisions|Section 49.007. Commissioner to Approve Subsequent Boundary Changes

Sec. 49.007.  COMMISSIONER TO APPROVE SUBSEQUENT BOUNDARY CHANGES.  A school district that is involved in an action under this chapter that results in boundary changes to the district or in the consolidation of tax bases is subject to consolidation, detachment, or annexation under Chapter 13 only if the commissioner certifies that the change under Chapter 13 will not result in a district with a local revenue level in excess of entitlement.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 41.007 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.049, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.008 (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 A. General Provisions|Section 49.008. Homestead Exemptions

Sec. 49.008.  HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.  (a)  The governing board of a school district that results from consolidation under this chapter, including a consolidated taxing district under Subchapter F, for the tax year in which the consolidation occurs may determine whether to adopt a homestead exemption provided by Section 11.13, Tax Code, and may set the amount of the exemption, if adopted, at any time before the school district adopts a tax rate for that tax year.  This section applies only to an exemption that the governing board of a school district is authorized to adopt or change in amount under Section 11.13, Tax Code.(b)  This section prevails over any inconsistent provision of Section 11.13, Tax Code, or other law.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 41.008 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.049, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.009 (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 A. General Provisions|Section 49.009. Tax Abatements

Sec. 49.009.  TAX ABATEMENTS.  (a)  A tax abatement agreement executed by a school district that is involved in consolidation or in detachment and annexation of territory under this chapter is not affected and applies to the taxation of the property covered by the agreement as if executed by the district within which the property is included.(b)  The commissioner shall determine the local revenue of a school district under this chapter as if any tax abatement agreement executed by a school district on or after May 31, 1993, had not been executed.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 41.009 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.049, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.010 (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 A. General Provisions|Section 49.010. Tax Increment Obligations

Sec. 49.010.  TAX INCREMENT OBLIGATIONS.  The payment of tax increments under Chapter 311, Tax Code, is not affected by the consolidation of territory or tax bases or by annexation under this chapter.  In each tax year a school district paying a tax increment from taxes on property over which the district has assumed taxing power is entitled to retain the same percentage of the tax increment from that property that the district in which the property was located before the consolidation or annexation could have retained for the respective tax year.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 41.010 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.049, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.011 (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 A. General Provisions|Section 49.011. Contingency

Sec. 49.011.  CONTINGENCY.  (a)  If any of the options described by Section 49.002 as applied to a school district are held invalid by a final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, a school district is entitled to exercise any of the remaining valid options in accordance with a schedule approved by the commissioner.(b)  If a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction should hold each of the options provided by Section 49.002 invalid, the commissioner shall act under Subchapter G or H  to reduce the local revenue level in excess of entitlement only after notice and hearing is afforded to each school district affected by the order.  The commissioner shall adopt a plan that least disrupts the affected school districts.  If because the exigency to adopt a plan prevents the commissioner from giving a reasonable time for notice and hearing, the commissioner shall timely give notice to and hold a hearing for the affected school districts, but in no event less than 30 days from time of notice to the date of hearing.(c)  If a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction should hold an option provided by Section 49.002 invalid and order a refund to a district of any amounts paid by a district choosing that option, the amount shall be refunded but held in reserve and not expended by the district until released by order of the commissioner.  The commissioner shall order the release immediately on the commissioner's determination that, through one of the means provided by law, the district has reduced the district's local revenue level in excess of entitlement to the level established under Section 48.257.  The amount released shall be deducted from any state aid payable to the district according to a schedule 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, Section 41.011 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.049, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.012 (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 A. General Provisions|Section 49.012. Date of Elections

Sec. 49.012.  DATE OF ELECTIONS.  An election under this chapter for voter approval of an agreement entered by the board of trustees shall be held on a Tuesday or Saturday not more than 45 days after the date of the agreement.  Section 41.001, Election Code, does not apply to the election.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 41.012 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.049, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.013 (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 A. General Provisions|Section 49.013. Procedure

Sec. 49.013.  PROCEDURE.  (a)  Except as provided by Subchapter G, a decision of the commissioner under this chapter is appealable under Section 7.057.(b)  Any order of the commissioner issued under this chapter shall be given immediate effect and may not be stayed or enjoined pending any appeal.(c)  Chapter 2001, Government Code, does not apply to a decision of the commissioner under this chapter.(d)  On the request of the commissioner, the secretary of state shall publish any rules adopted under this chapter in the Texas Register and the Texas Administrative Code.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 41.013 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.049, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.051 (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 B. Consolidation by Agreement|Section 49.051. Agreement

Sec. 49.051.  AGREEMENT.  The governing boards of any two or more school districts may consolidate the districts by agreement in accordance with this subchapter to establish a consolidated district with a local revenue level equal to or less than the level established under Section 48.257.  The agreement is not effective unless the commissioner certifies that the consolidated district, as a result of actions taken under this chapter, will have a local revenue level equal to or less than the level established under Section 48.257.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter B, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.050, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.052 (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 B. Consolidation by Agreement|Section 49.052. Governing Law

Sec. 49.052.  GOVERNING LAW.  Except to the extent modified by the terms of the agreement, the consolidated district is governed by the applicable provisions of Subchapter D, Chapter 13, other than a provision requiring consolidating districts to be contiguous.  The agreement may not be inconsistent with the requirements of this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter B, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.050, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.053 (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 B. Consolidation by Agreement|Section 49.053. Governance Plan

Sec. 49.053.  GOVERNANCE PLAN.  (a)  The agreement among the consolidating districts may include a governance plan designed to preserve community-based and site-based decision making within the consolidated district, including the delegation of specific powers of the governing board of the district other than the power to levy taxes, including a provision authorized by Section 13.158(b).(b)  The governance plan may provide for a transitional board of trustees during the first year after consolidation, but beginning with the next year the board of trustees must be elected from within the boundaries of the consolidated district.  If the consolidating districts elect trustees from single-member districts, the consolidated district must adopt a plan to elect its board of trustees from single-member districts.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter B, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.050, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.054 (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 B. Consolidation by Agreement|Section 49.054. Incentive Aid

Sec. 49.054.  INCENTIVE AID.  (a)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 806 (H.B. 1525), Sec. 48(a)(5), eff. September 1, 2021.(b)  A consolidated district under this subchapter is entitled to incentive aid under Subchapter G, Chapter 13.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 806 (H.B. 1525), Sec. 48(a)(5), eff. September 1, 2021.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter B, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.050, eff. September 1, 2019.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 806 (H.B. 1525), Sec. 44, eff. September 1, 2021.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 806 (H.B. 1525), Sec. 48(a)(5), eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 49.101 (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 C. Detachment and Annexation by Agreement|Section 49.101. Agreement

Sec. 49.101.  AGREEMENT.  (a)  By agreement of the governing boards of two school districts, territory may be detached from one of the districts and annexed to the other district if, after the action:(1)  the local revenue level of the district from which territory is detached is equal to or less than the level established under Section 48.257; and(2)  the local revenue level of the district to which territory is annexed is not greater than the dollar amount guaranteed level of funds provided under Section 48.202(a-1)(2).(b)  The agreement is not effective unless the commissioner certifies that, after all actions taken under this chapter, the local revenue level of each district involved will be equal to or less than the applicable level permitted by Subsection (a).|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.051, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.102 (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 C. Detachment and Annexation by Agreement|Section 49.102. Governing Law

Sec. 49.102.  GOVERNING LAW.  Except to the extent of any conflict with this chapter and except for any requirement that detached property must be annexed to a school district that is contiguous to the detached territory, the annexation and detachment is governed by Chapter 13.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.051, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.103 (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 C. Detachment and Annexation by Agreement|Section 49.103. Allocation of Appraised Value of Divided Unit

Sec. 49.103.  ALLOCATION OF APPRAISED VALUE OF DIVIDED UNIT.  If portions of a parcel or other item of property are located in different school districts as a result of a detachment and annexation under this subchapter, the parcel or other item of property shall be appraised for taxation as a unit, and the agreement shall allocate the taxable value of the property between the districts.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.051, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.104 (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 C. Detachment and Annexation by Agreement|Section 49.104. Allocation of Indebtedness

Sec. 49.104.  ALLOCATION OF INDEBTEDNESS.  The annexation agreement may allocate to the receiving district any portion of the indebtedness of the district from which the territory is detached, and the receiving district assumes and is liable for the allocated indebtedness.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.051, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.105 (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 C. Detachment and Annexation by Agreement|Section 49.105. Notice

Sec. 49.105.  NOTICE.  As soon as practicable after the agreement is executed, the districts involved shall notify each affected property owner and the appraisal district in which the affected property is located.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.051, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.151 (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 D. Purchase of Attendance Credit|Section 49.151. Agreement

Sec. 49.151.  AGREEMENT.  A school district with a  local revenue level in excess of entitlement may execute an agreement with the commissioner to purchase attendance credit in an amount sufficient, in combination with any other actions taken under this chapter, 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.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 41.091 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.053, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.152 (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 D. Purchase of Attendance Credit|Section 49.152. Credit

Sec. 49.152.  CREDIT.  The amount of credit purchased decreases the dollar amount of a district's local revenue level for purposes of determining whether the district exceeds the level established under Section 48.257.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 41.092 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.053, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.153 (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 D. Purchase of Attendance Credit|Section 49.153. Cost

Sec. 49.153.  COST.  (a) The total cost of credit is the amount of the district's maintenance and operations tax revenue that exceeds the level established under Section 48.257.(b)  For purposes of this section, a school district's maintenance and operations tax revenue does not include any amounts paid into a tax increment fund under Chapter 311, Tax Code.(c)  The cost of attendance credit for a school district is computed using the final tax collections of the district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 592, Sec. 1.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1071, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 396, Sec. 1.06, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 5 (H.B. 1), Sec. 1.02, eff. May 31, 2006.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1328 (H.B. 3646), Sec. 45, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 448 (H.B. 7), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 41.093 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.053, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 49.154 (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 D. Purchase of Attendance Credit|Section 49.154. Payment

Sec. 49.154.  PAYMENT.  (a)  A school district shall pay for credit purchased:(1)  in equal monthly payments as determined by the commissioner beginning February 15 and ending August 15 of the school year for which the agreement is in effect; or(2)  in one payment for the total amount required to be paid by the district not later than August 15 of the school year for which the agreement is in effect.(a-1)  If a school district elects to pay for credit purchased in the manner provided by Subsection (a)(2), the district must notify the commissioner not later than February 15 of the school year for which the agreement is in effect. (b)  Receipts shall be deposited in the state treasury and may be used only for foundation school program purposes.|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. 14, eff. June 15, 2015.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 41.094 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.053, eff. September 1, 2019.|