Bill Text: TX SB393 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to issue debt to purchase or lease tangible personal property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-19 - Filed [SB393 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB393-Introduced.html

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89R1488 AMF-D
By: Sparks S.B. No. 393

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a political subdivision to issue debt
to purchase or lease tangible personal property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 1253, Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 1253. PUBLIC SECURITIES [GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS]
ISSUED BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
SECTION 2. Section 1253.001, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 1253.001. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this chapter:
(1) "Political [, "political] subdivision" means a
county, municipality, school district, junior college district,
other special district, or other subdivision of state government.
(2) "Public security" has the meaning assigned by
Section 1201.002.
SECTION 3. Chapter 1253, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 1253.0015 to read as follows:
Sec. 1253.0015. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PUBLIC
SECURITY FOR TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. A political subdivision
may not issue a public security to purchase or lease tangible
personal property if the expected useful life of the property for
the purpose of calculating depreciation deductions under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ends before the maturity date of the
public security.
SECTION 4. Section 1253.002
, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 1253.002. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO ISSUE GENERAL
OBLIGATION BONDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO REAL PROPERTY. [(a) In this
section, "personal property" has the meaning assigned by Section
1.04, Tax Code.
[(b)] Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
political subdivision may not issue general obligation bonds to
purchase, improve, or construct one or more improvements to real
property [, to purchase one or more items of personal property, or
to do both,] if the weighted average maturity of the issue of bonds
exceeds 120 percent of the reasonably expected weighted average
economic life of the improvements [and personal property] financed
with the issue of bonds.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.