Bill Text: TX HB2712 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of energy storage systems used for the control of air pollution in a nonattainment area.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 1/1/14 [HB2712 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2712-Introduced.html

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83R6009 TJB-F
By: Perez H.B. No. 2712

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of energy
storage systems used for the control of air pollution in a
nonattainment area.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 11, Tax Code, is amended by
adding Section 11.315 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.315. ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM IN NONATTAINMENT AREA.
(a) In this section, "energy storage system" means a device capable
of storing energy to be discharged at a later time, including a
chemical, mechanical, or thermal storage device.
(b) A person is entitled to an exemption from taxation of an
energy storage system the person owns that is used, constructed,
acquired, or installed wholly or partly to meet or exceed rules or
regulations adopted by any environmental protection agency of the
United States, this state, or a political subdivision of this state
for the prevention, monitoring, control, or reduction of air
pollution and that:
(1) is located in an area designated as a
nonattainment area within the meaning of Section 107(d) of the
federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7407);
(2) has a capacity of at least 10 megawatts; and
(3) is installed on or after January 1, 2014.
SECTION 2. Section 11.43(c), Tax Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(c) An exemption provided by Section 11.13, 11.131, 11.17,
11.18, 11.182, 11.1827, 11.183, 11.19, 11.20, 11.21, 11.22,
11.23(h), (j), or (j-1), 11.231, 11.254, 11.29, 11.30, [or] 11.31,
or 11.315, once allowed, need not be claimed in subsequent years,
and except as otherwise provided by Subsection (e), the exemption
applies to the property until it changes ownership or the person's
qualification for the exemption changes. However, the chief
appraiser may require a person allowed one of the exemptions in a
prior year to file a new application to confirm the person's current
qualification for the exemption by delivering a written notice that
a new application is required, accompanied by an appropriate
application form, to the person previously allowed the exemption.
SECTION 3. Section 26.012(6), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(6) "Current total value" means the total taxable
value of property listed on the appraisal roll for the current year,
including all appraisal roll supplements and corrections as of the
date of the calculation, less the taxable value of property
exempted for the current tax year for the first time under Section
11.31 or 11.315, except that:
(A) the current total value for a school district
excludes:
(i) the total value of homesteads that
qualify for a tax limitation as provided by Section 11.26; and
(ii) new property value of property that is
subject to an agreement entered into under Chapter 313; and
(B) the current total value for a county,
municipality, or junior college district excludes the total value
of homesteads that qualify for a tax limitation provided by Section
11.261.
SECTION 4. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 42.2512 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.2512. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR EXEMPTION OF ENERGY
STORAGE SYSTEMS. (a) Notwithstanding Section 42.2516 or any other
provision of this chapter, a school district is entitled to
additional state aid to the extent that state aid under this chapter
based on the determination of the school district's taxable value
of property as provided under Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government
Code, does not fully compensate the district for ad valorem tax
revenue lost due to the exemption for energy storage systems under
Section 11.315, Tax Code.
(b) The commissioner, using information provided by the
comptroller, shall compute the amount of additional state aid to
which a district is entitled under Subsection (a). A determination
by the commissioner under this section is final and may not be
appealed.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in
computing state aid for the 2014-2015 school year, the taxable
value of property in a school district shall be determined under
Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, as if the exemption for
energy storage systems under Section 11.315, Tax Code, had been in
effect for the 2013 tax year. This subsection expires September 1,
2015.
SECTION 5. Section 403.302(d-1), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d-1) For purposes of Subsection (d), a residence homestead
that receives an exemption under Section 11.131, Tax Code, or an
energy storage system that receives an exemption under Section
11.315, Tax Code, in the year that is the subject of the study is not
considered to be taxable property.
SECTION 6. This Act applies only to ad valorem taxes imposed
for a tax year that begins on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.