Relating to restrictions on the use of certain ad valorem tax revenue for the payment of public securities.
HB 49 restricts how local governments in Texas can use property tax revenue from specific elections. It prohibits cities, counties, and local government corporations from using increased maintenance and operations tax revenue (derived from certain property tax elections) to repay public securities like bonds. The bill amends both the Tax Code and Government Code to explicitly ban dedicating or pledging this property tax revenue for debt payments. This applies only to public securities issued after the bill's effective date.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Aug 20, 2025
Last action Aug 20, 2025
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Aug 20, 2025
Committee
Referred to Ways & Means
lower
Aug 20, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Role
Legislator
Party
State
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P
Carl Tepper
RRepublican
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