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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 49.001. Definitions - Sec. 49.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Local revenue level...
Section 49.002. Options to Reduce Local Revenue Level - Sec. 49.002. OPTIONS TO REDUCE LOCAL REVENUE LEVEL. A district...
Section 49.003. Inclusion of Attendance Credit and Nonresidents in Weighted Average Daily Attendance - Sec. 49.003. INCLUSION OF ATTENDANCE CREDIT AND NONRESIDENTS IN WEIGHTED...
Section 49.004. Annual Review of Local Revenues - Sec. 49.004. ANNUAL REVIEW OF LOCAL REVENUES. (a) Not later...
Section 49.0041. Local Revenue Level in Excess of Entitlement After Review Notification - Sec. 49.0041. LOCAL REVENUE LEVEL IN EXCESS OF ENTITLEMENT AFTER...
Section 49.005. Comptroller and Appraisal District Cooperation - Sec. 49.005. COMPTROLLER AND APPRAISAL DISTRICT COOPERATION. The chief appraiser...
Section 49.006. Rules - Sec. 49.006. RULES. (a) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary...
Section 49.007. Commissioner to Approve Subsequent Boundary Changes - Sec. 49.007. COMMISSIONER TO APPROVE SUBSEQUENT BOUNDARY CHANGES. A school...
Section 49.008. Homestead Exemptions - Sec. 49.008. HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS. (a) The governing board of a...
Section 49.009. Tax Abatements - Sec. 49.009. TAX ABATEMENTS. (a) A tax abatement agreement executed...
Section 49.010. Tax Increment Obligations - Sec. 49.010. TAX INCREMENT OBLIGATIONS. The payment of tax increments...
Section 49.011. Contingency - Sec. 49.011. CONTINGENCY. (a) If any of the options described...
Section 49.012. Date of Elections - Sec. 49.012. DATE OF ELECTIONS. An election under this chapter...
Section 49.013. Procedure - Sec. 49.013. PROCEDURE. (a) Except as provided by Subchapter G,...
Subchapter B. Consolidation by Agreement
Section 49.051. Agreement - Sec. 49.051. AGREEMENT. The governing boards of any two or...
Section 49.052. Governing Law - Sec. 49.052. GOVERNING LAW. Except to the extent modified by...
Section 49.053. Governance Plan - Sec. 49.053. GOVERNANCE PLAN. (a) The agreement among the consolidating...
Section 49.054. Incentive Aid - Sec. 49.054. INCENTIVE AID. (a) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th...
Subchapter C. Detachment and Annexation by Agreement
Section 49.101. Agreement - Sec. 49.101. AGREEMENT. (a) By agreement of the governing boards...
Section 49.102. Governing Law - Sec. 49.102. GOVERNING LAW. Except to the extent of any...
Section 49.103. Allocation of Appraised Value of Divided Unit - Sec. 49.103. ALLOCATION OF APPRAISED VALUE OF DIVIDED UNIT. If...
Section 49.104. Allocation of Indebtedness - Sec. 49.104. ALLOCATION OF INDEBTEDNESS. The annexation agreement may allocate...
Section 49.105. Notice - Sec. 49.105. NOTICE. As soon as practicable after the agreement...
Subchapter D. Purchase of Attendance Credit
Section 49.151. Agreement - Sec. 49.151. AGREEMENT. A school district with a local revenue...
Section 49.152. Credit - Sec. 49.152. CREDIT. The amount of credit purchased decreases the...
Section 49.153. Cost - Sec. 49.153. COST. (a) The total cost of credit is...
Section 49.154. Payment - Sec. 49.154. PAYMENT. (a) A school district shall pay for...
Section 49.155. Duration - Sec. 49.155. DURATION. An agreement under this section is valid...
Section 49.156. Voter Approval - Sec. 49.156. VOTER APPROVAL. (a) After first executing an agreement...
Section 49.157. Credit for Appraisal Costs - Sec. 49.157. CREDIT FOR APPRAISAL COSTS. The total amount required...
Section 49.158. Limitation - Sec. 49.158. LIMITATION. (a) Sections 49.154 and 49.157 apply only...
Subchapter E. Education of Nonresident Students
Section 49.201. Agreement - Sec. 49.201. AGREEMENT. The board of trustees of a district...
Section 49.202. Voter Approval - Sec. 49.202. VOTER APPROVAL. (a) After first executing an agreement...
Section 49.203. Wada Count - Sec. 49.203. WADA COUNT. For purposes of Chapter 48, students...
Section 49.204. Transfers - Sec. 49.204. TRANSFERS. (a) The board of trustees of a...
Section 49.205. Career and Technology Education Programs - Sec. 49.205. CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAMS. (a) The board...
Subchapter F. Tax Base Consolidation
Section 49.251. Agreement - Sec. 49.251. AGREEMENT. The board of trustees of two or...
Section 49.252. Date of Election - Sec. 49.252. DATE OF ELECTION. Any agreement under this subchapter...
Section 49.253. Proposition - Sec. 49.253. PROPOSITION. (a) The ballot shall be printed to...
Section 49.254. Approval - Sec. 49.254. APPROVAL. The proposition is approved only if the...
Section 49.255. Consolidated Taxing District - Sec. 49.255. CONSOLIDATED TAXING DISTRICT. A consolidated taxing district is...
Section 49.256. Governance - Sec. 49.256. GOVERNANCE. (a) The consolidated taxing district is governed...
Section 49.257. Maintenance Tax - Sec. 49.257. MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) The joint board shall levy...
Section 49.258. Revenue Distribution - Sec. 49.258. REVENUE DISTRIBUTION. The consolidated taxing district shall distribute...
Section 49.259. Taxes of Component Districts - Sec. 49.259. TAXES OF COMPONENT DISTRICTS. (a) The governing board...
Section 49.260. Optional Total Tax Base Consolidation - Sec. 49.260. OPTIONAL TOTAL TAX BASE CONSOLIDATION. (a) An agreement...
Subchapter G. Detachment and Annexation by Commissioner
Section 49.301. Definition - Sec. 49.301. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "mineral property" means a...
Section 49.302. Determination of Taxable Value - Sec. 49.302. DETERMINATION OF TAXABLE VALUE. (a) For purposes of...
Section 49.303. Property Subject to Detachment and Annexation - Sec. 49.303. PROPERTY SUBJECT TO DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION. (a) Only...
Section 49.304. Taxation of Personal Property - Sec. 49.304. TAXATION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. Personal property having a...
Section 49.305. Detachment of Property - Sec. 49.305. DETACHMENT OF PROPERTY. (a) The commissioner shall detach...
Section 49.306. Annexation of Property - Sec. 49.306. ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY. (a) The commissioner shall annex...
Section 49.307. Limitations on Detachment and Annexation - Sec. 49.307. LIMITATIONS ON DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION. The commissioner may...
Section 49.308. Orders and Notice - Sec. 49.308. ORDERS AND NOTICE. (a) The commissioner shall order...
Section 49.309. Treatment of Subdivided Property - Sec. 49.309. TREATMENT OF SUBDIVIDED PROPERTY. (a) If the commissioner...
Section 49.310. Duties of Chief Appraiser - Sec. 49.310. DUTIES OF CHIEF APPRAISER. (a) The chief appraiser...
Section 49.311. Student Attendance - Sec. 49.311. STUDENT ATTENDANCE. A student who is a resident...
Section 49.312. Bond Taxes - Sec. 49.312. BOND TAXES. Property detached from a school district...
Section 49.313. Determination by Commissioner Final - Sec. 49.313. DETERMINATION BY COMMISSIONER FINAL. A decision or determination...
Subchapter H. Consolidation by Commissioner
Section 49.351. Commissioner Order - Sec. 49.351. COMMISSIONER ORDER. If the commissioner is required under...
Section 49.352. Selection Criteria - Sec. 49.352. SELECTION CRITERIA. (a) In selecting the districts to...
Section 49.353. Governance - Sec. 49.353. GOVERNANCE. (a) Until the initial trustees elected as...
Section 49.354. Dissolution of Consolidated District - Sec. 49.354. DISSOLUTION OF CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT. (a) If the legislature...
Section 49.355. Fund Balances - Sec. 49.355. FUND BALANCES. Fund balances of a school district...
Section 49.356. Employment Contracts - Sec. 49.356. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS. A consolidated district created under this...
Section 49.357. Application of Sparse Adjustment and Small and Transportation Allotments - Sec. 49.357. APPLICATION OF SPARSE ADJUSTMENT AND SMALL AND TRANSPORTATION...