Texas Parks and Wildlife Code
§ 12.005 — FUNDS IN LIEU OF TAXES
PW § 12.005Title 2. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT · Ch. 12. POWERS AND DUTIES CONCERNING WILDLIFE · Art. A. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
Statute text
View on source(a)The department shall expend funds to counties and school districts for assessments in lieu of property taxes on wildlife management areas purchased from federal funds or grants authorized by the Pittman-Robertson Act or Dingell-Johnson Act.
(b)No general revenue funds may be expended in lieu of taxes for wildlife management areas; however, special funds may be expended for this purpose provided reimbursement or matching from the federal government is available at a federal ratio of two to one or better.
Legislative history
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.