Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 575
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79th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION
(2) the tax rate that, applied to the current total value for the district,
would impose taxes in the amount that, when added to state funds that would be
distributed to the district under Chapter 42, Education Code, for the school year
beginning in the current tax year using that tax rate, permits the district to comply
with Section 3, Article 3.50-9, Insurance Code;
(3) the rate of $0.04 [$-.96] per $100 of taxable value; and
(4) the district's current debt rate.
SECTION 1A.17. Section 311.013, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (1) to read as follows:
(1) This subsection applies only to a reinvestment zone created before
January 1, 2005, for which a school district entered into an agreement before that
date to pay a portion of the tax increment produced by the school district into the
tax increment fund established for the zone. In addition to the amount the school
district is otherwise required to pay into the tax increment fund each year, the
comptroller shall pay into the fund from any available source an additional
amount. The additional amount is the amount by which the amount the district
would have been required to pay into the fund for the current year under the
agreement if the district levied taxes at the district's 2004 tax rate exceeds the
amount the district is otherwise required to pay into the fund for the current year.
This subsection ceases to apply to the reinvestment zone on the later of the dates
specified by Sections 311.017(a)(1) and (2) for the reinvestment zone.
PART B. SCHOOL DISTRICT EFFICIENCY
SECTION 1B.01. Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Education Code, is amended
by adding Section 11.003 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.003. ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY. (a) The Commissioner
shall develop and implement a program allowing a school district board of
trustees to enter into an agreement with another district or a regional education
service center for a cooperative arrangement regarding administrative services,
including transportation, food service, purchasing, and payroll functions.
(b) An agreement under this section must contain an explanation of how the
cooperative arrangement would allow a participating school district to reduce
costs, operate more efficiently, and improve educational quality.
(c) This section does not limit a school district's authority to enter into any
other agreement authorized by law.
(d) The commissioner shall develop and implement the program described
by this section not later than January 1, 2006. This subsection expires March 1,
2006.
SECTION 1B.02. Subchapter H, Chapter 45, Education Code, is amended
by adding Section 45.233 to read as follows:
Sec. 45.233. REVIEW OF TAX COLLECTIONS. The comptroller shall
periodically examine the effectiveness of school districts in collecting district
taxes.
(2) Strike SECTION 2A.04 and substitute the following:
SECTION 2A.04. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsections (c-1), (c-2), (c-3), (e)
and (f) to read as follows:574
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