Texas Tax Code

§ 311.017 — TERMINATION OF REINVESTMENT ZONE

TX § 311.017Title 3. LOCAL TAXATION · Part B. SPECIAL PROPERTY TAX PROVISIONS · Ch. 311. TAX INCREMENT FINANCING ACT

Statute text

(a)A reinvestment zone terminates on the earlier of:

(1)the termination date designated in the ordinance or order, as applicable, designating the zone or an earlier or later termination date designated by an ordinance or order adopted under Section 311.007(c); or

(2)the date on which all project costs, tax increment bonds and interest on those bonds, and other obligations have been paid in full. Text of subsection as added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 910 (H.B. 1770), Sec. 5 (a-1) Notwithstanding the designation of a later termination date under Subsection (a), a taxing unit that taxes real property located in the reinvestment zone, other than the municipality or county that created the zone, is not required to pay any of its tax increment into the tax increment fund for the zone after the termination date designated in the ordinance or order creating the zone unless the governing body of the taxing unit enters into an agreement to do so with the governing body of the municipality or county that created the zone. Text of subsection as added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 137 (S.B. 1105), Sec. 1 (a-1) This subsection applies only to a reinvestment zone created by a municipality that has a population of more than 256,000 but less than 280,000 and is the county seat of a county that has a population of 325,000 or less. Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), a municipality by ordinance adopted subsequent to the ordinance adopted by the municipality creating a reinvestment zone may designate a termination date for the zone that is later than the termination date designated in the ordinance creating the zone but not later than the 20th anniversary of that date. If a municipality adopts an ordinance extending the termination date for a reinvestment zone as authorized by this subsection, the zone terminates on the earlier of:

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2120), Sec. 46, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 189 (S.B. 1264), Sec. 3, eff. May 23, 2007. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 137 (S.B. 1105), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2009. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 910 (H.B. 1770), Sec. 5, eff. June 19, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 2853), Sec. 17, eff. June 17, 2011. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 118, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 224, eff. September 1, 2023.