Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 403.303. PROTEST. (a) A school district or a property owner whose property is included in the study under Section 403.302 and whose tax liability on the property is $100,000 or more may protest the comptroller's findings under Section 403.302(g) or (h) by filing a petition w…

Sec. 403.304. COOPERATION WITH COMPTROLLER; CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) A school district, appraisal district, or other governmental entity in this state shall promptly comply with an oral or written request from the comptroller for information to be used in conducting a study, includin…

Sec. 403.401. PURPOSE. The purpose of this subchapter is to: (1) promote green industry employment opportunities, including through the establishment of training programs to enhance green job skills and create career opportunities that result in high-wage jobs; (2) foster regiona…

Sec. 403.402. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Development fund" means the Texas green job skills development fund. (2) "Green job" means a job in the field of renewable energy or energy efficiency, including a job relating to: (A) energy-efficient building, construction, an…

Sec. 403.403. TEXAS GREEN JOB SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FUND. (a) The Texas green job skills development fund is an account in the general revenue fund. The account is composed of: (1) legislative appropriations; (2) gifts, grants, donations, and matching funds received under Subsection…

Sec. 403.404. ESTABLISHMENT OF GREEN JOB SKILLS GRANT PROGRAM. The comptroller shall establish a green job skills grant program, funded by the development fund under Section 403.403, through which the comptroller may award grants in cooperation with the Texas Workforce Commission…

Sec. 403.405. GRANT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. (a) A training program funded through a grant awarded under this subchapter must: (1) be hosted by a regional partnership that presents a plan to implement training programs that lead trainees to economic self-sufficiency and career pathw…

Sec. 403.406. APPLICATION. (a) A regional partnership, as described by Section 403.405, may apply for a grant under this subchapter in the manner prescribed by the comptroller. (b) The grant application must require the applicant to provide to the comptroller the applicant's plan…

Sec. 403.407. ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN AWARDING GRANTS. (a) In addition to the factors described by Sections 403.404 and 403.405, in determining whether to award a grant to an applicant under this subchapter, the comptroller shall give preference to a training program that: (…

Sec. 403.408. RESERVATION FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS. Twenty percent of the funds available for grant programs under this subchapter must be reserved for job skills training programs that serve the unemployed and individuals whose incomes are at or below 200 percent of the federal pove…

Sec. 403.409. REPORT. (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date funding for a grant under this subchapter ends, the grant recipient shall submit a report to the comptroller that contains the following information: (1) the number of participants who entered the program; (2) t…

Sec. 403.410. STANDARDS. The comptroller by rule shall adopt standards for a green job skills training program awarded a grant under this subchapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 654 (H.B. 1935), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009. SUBCHAPTER Q. SUPPORT FOR HABITAT PROTEC…

Sec. 403.451. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Candidate conservation plan" means a plan to implement such actions as necessary for the conservation of one or more candidate species or species likely to become a candidate species in the near future. (2) "Candidate species" m…

Sec. 403.452. COMPTROLLER POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) To promote compliance with federal law protecting endangered species and candidate species in a manner consistent with this state's economic development and fiscal stability, the comptroller may: (1) develop or coordinate the devel…

Sec. 403.453. STATE AGENCY POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) Upon consideration of the factors identified in Subsection (b), the comptroller may designate one of the following agencies to undertake the functions identified in Section 403.452(a)(1), (2), (3), (5), or (6): (1) the Department …

Sec. 403.454. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Information collected under this subchapter by an agency, or an entity acting on the agency's behalf, from a private landowner or other participant or potential participant in a habitat conservation plan, proposed habitat conservation plan,…

Sec. 403.455. RULES. The comptroller or agencies identified in Section 403.453 may adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this subchapter. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 67.01, eff. September 28, 2011. SUBCHAPTER R. STATEWIDE OPIOID SETT…

Sec. 403.501. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Account" means the opioid abatement account established by Section 403.505. (2) "Council" means the Texas opioid abatement fund council established by Section 403.503 to manage the distribution of money allocated to the council …

Sec. 403.502. SETTLEMENT RECORDS. The attorney general and comptroller shall maintain a copy of a statewide opioid settlement agreement, including any amendments to the agreement, and make the copy available on the attorney general's and comptroller's Internet websites. Added by …

Sec. 403.503. TEXAS OPIOID ABATEMENT FUND COUNCIL. (a) The Texas opioid abatement fund council is established to ensure that money recovered by this state through a statewide opioid settlement agreement is allocated fairly and spent to remediate the opioid crisis in this state by…

Sec. 403.504. COUNCIL OPERATION. (a) A council member is not entitled to compensation for council service but is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing council duties. (b) The council may hold public meetings as necessary to fulfill its…

Sec. 403.5041. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. (a) A council member shall recuse himself or herself from participating in the review, discussion, deliberation, or vote on an application for an award under this subchapter if the council member knows that the council member or a person who i…

Sec. 403.505. OPIOID ABATEMENT ACCOUNT. (a) The opioid abatement account is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund administered by the comptroller. (b) The account is composed of: (1) money obtained from a statewide opioid settlement agreement and deposited in the accoun…

Sec. 403.506. OPIOID ABATEMENT TRUST FUND. (a) The opioid abatement trust fund is a trust fund established outside of the state treasury for the purposes of this subchapter that is administered by the trust company. The trust company may authorize money from the fund to be invest…

Sec. 403.507. DEPOSIT AND ALLOCATION OF SETTLEMENT MONEY; EFFECT OF BANKRUPTCY. (a) Money obtained under a statewide opioid settlement agreement must be deposited as provided by this section and further allocated in accordance with the settlement agreement. (b) Of money obtained …

Sec. 403.508. COUNCIL ALLOCATION OF MONEY. (a) Of the money allocated to the council under Section 403.506(c)(2), the council shall allocate: (1) one percent to the comptroller for the administration of the council and this subchapter; (2) 15 percent to hospital districts; and (3…

Sec. 403.509. COUNCIL POWERS AND DUTIES AND COUNCIL-APPROVED OPIOID ABATEMENT STRATEGY. (a) The council shall: (1) determine and approve one or more evidence-based opioid abatement strategies that include: (A) an annual regional allocation methodology to distribute 75 percent of …

Sec. 403.510. REPORT. Not later than October 1 of each year, the council shall submit a written report to the legislature detailing all expenditures made by the council during the preceding state fiscal year. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 781 (S.B. 1827), Sec. 1, eff. …

Sec. 403.511. RULEMAKING. The council may adopt rules to implement this subchapter. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 781 (S.B. 1827), Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2021. SUBCHAPTER S. INFRASTRUCTURE AND BROADBAND FUNDING

Sec. 403.551. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Pole replacement fund" means the broadband pole replacement fund established under Section 403.552. (2) "Pole replacement program" means the Texas Broadband Pole Replacement Program established under Section 403.553. Added by Ac…

Sec. 403.552. BROADBAND POLE REPLACEMENT FUND. (a) The broadband pole replacement fund is created as a fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue fund. (b) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by federal law, the comptroller shall make a one-time trans…

Sec. 403.553. TEXAS BROADBAND POLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. (a) In this section: (1) "Eligible broadband facility" means a facility used by a retail broadband service provider to provide qualifying broadband service to residences or businesses in an unserved area, including a facilit…

Sec. 403.601. PURPOSES. The purposes of this subchapter are to: (1) create new, high-paying permanent jobs and construction jobs in this state; (2) encourage financially positive economic development in this state; (3) provide a temporary competitive economic incentive for attrac…

Sec. 403.602. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Additional job" means a full-time job in connection with an eligible project that is not a required job for the same project. (2) "Agreement" means an agreement entered into under Section 403.612. (3) "Applicant" means a person …

Sec. 403.603. EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires December 31, 2033. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 377 (H.B. 5), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2024.

Sec. 403.604. REQUIRED JOBS AND INVESTMENT. (a) A jobs requirement prescribed by this section does not apply to an eligible project that is an electric generation facility described by Section 403.602(8)(A)(i)(b). (b) To be eligible to enter into an agreement, an applicant for a …

Sec. 403.605. TAXABLE VALUE OF ELIGIBLE PROPERTY. (a) The taxable value for school district maintenance and operations ad valorem tax purposes of eligible property subject to an agreement for each tax year of the incentive period prescribed by the agreement is equal to: (1) 50 pe…

Sec. 403.606. CERTAIN PERSONS INELIGIBLE. A person is not eligible to submit an application to the comptroller or enter into an agreement under this subchapter if the person is a company that is listed as ineligible to receive a state contract or investment under Chapter 808, 809…

Sec. 403.607. APPLICATION. (a) A person who proposes to construct an eligible project in a school district for which the person seeks a limitation on the taxable value for maintenance and operations ad valorem tax purposes of the district of the eligible property used as part of …

Sec. 403.608. ECONOMIC BENEFIT STATEMENT. (a) An applicant shall submit an economic benefit statement with the applicant's application. (b) An economic benefit statement must include the following information for each year of the period that begins on the date the applicant proje…

Sec. 403.609. COMPTROLLER ACTION ON APPLICATION. (a) The comptroller shall determine whether to recommend or not recommend for approval an application submitted to the comptroller under Section 403.607. The comptroller shall recommend an application for approval if the comptrolle…

Sec. 403.610. GOVERNOR ACTION ON APPLICATION. (a) The governor shall, not later than the 30th day after the date the governor receives an application sent to the governor by the comptroller under Section 403.609, consider the application and by official action determine whether t…

Sec. 403.611. SCHOOL DISTRICT ACTION ON APPLICATION. (a) The governing body of a school district shall, not later than the 30th day after the date the district receives an application sent to the district by the comptroller under Section 403.609, consider the application and by o…

Sec. 403.612. AGREEMENT. (a) The governor, the governing body of a school district, and an applicant may enter into an agreement to limit the taxable value for maintenance and operations ad valorem tax purposes of the district of the eligible property used as part of an eligible …

Sec. 403.613. INCENTIVE PERIOD. (a) An incentive period pertaining to an eligible project is a period of 10 consecutive tax years specified in the agreement pertaining to the project. (b) An incentive period may not begin: (1) earlier than January 1 of the first tax year followin…

Sec. 403.614. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH JOBS OR WAGE REQUIREMENT. (a) An applicant is liable to the state for a penalty in the amount computed under this subsection if the applicant fails to maintain at least the number of required jobs prescribed by the agreement to whi…