1. (a) Each taxing unit that taxes real property located in a reinvestment zone shall provide for the collection of its taxes in the zone as for any other property taxed by the unit.

2. (b) Each taxing unit shall pay into the tax increment fund for the zone an amount equal to the tax increment produced by the unit, less the sum of:

   1. (1) property taxes produced from the tax increments that are, by contract executed before the designation of the area as a reinvestment zone, required to be paid by the unit to another political subdivision; and
   2. (2) for a taxing unit other than the municipality that created the zone, a portion, not to exceed 15 percent, of the tax increment produced by the unit as provided by the reinvestment zone financing plan or a larger portion as provided by Subsection (f).
3. (c) Notwithstanding any termination of the reinvestment zone under Section 311.017(a), a taxing unit shall make a payment required by Subsection (b) not later than the 90th day after the delinquency date for the unit's property taxes. A delinquent payment incurs a penalty of five percent of the amount delinquent and accrues interest at an annual rate of 10 percent.

4. (d) If the reinvestment zone is created on or after August 29, 1983, a taxing unit is not required to pay a tax increment into the tax increment fund of the zone after three years from the date the zone is created unless the following conditions exist or have been met within the three-year period:

   1. (1) bonds have been issued for the zone under Section 311.015;
   2. (2) the municipality or county that created the zone has acquired property in the zone pursuant to the project plan; or
   3. (3) construction of improvements pursuant to the project plan has begun in the zone.

5. (e) If the reinvestment zone was created before August 29, 1983, a taxing unit is not required to pay a tax increment into the tax increment fund of the zone after September 1, 1986, unless the following conditions existed or were met before September 1, 1986:

   1. (1) bonds were issued for the zone under Section 311.015;
   2. (2) the municipality acquired property in the zone pursuant to the project plan; or
   3. (3) construction of improvements pursuant to the project plan has begun in the zone.
6. (f) A taxing unit is not required to pay into the tax increment fund any of its tax increment produced from property located in a reinvestment zone designated under Section 311.005(a) or in an area added to a reinvestment zone under Section 311.007 unless the taxing unit enters into an agreement to do so with the governing body of the municipality or county that created the zone. A taxing unit may enter into an agreement under this subsection at any time before or after the zone is created or enlarged. The agreement may include conditions for payment of that tax increment into the fund and must specify the portion of the tax increment to be paid into the fund and the years for which that tax increment is to be paid into the fund. The agreement and the conditions in the agreement are binding on the taxing unit, the municipality or county, and the board of directors of the zone.

7. (g) Subject to the provisions of Section 311.0125, in lieu of permitting a portion of its tax increment to be paid into the tax increment fund, and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 312.203, a taxing unit, including a municipality, may elect to offer the owners of taxable real property in a reinvestment zone created under this chapter an exemption from taxation of all or part of the value of the property. To be effective, an agreement to exempt real property from ad valorem taxes under this subsection must be approved by:

   1. (1) the board of directors of the reinvestment zone; and
   2. (2) the governing body of each taxing unit that imposes taxes on real property in the reinvestment zone and deposits or agrees to deposit any of its tax increment into the tax increment fund for the zone.
8. (h) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 8, Sec. 1, eff. April 24, 2003.
9. (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (c) and Section 311.012(a), a taxing unit is not required to pay into a tax increment fund the applicable portion of a tax increment attributable to delinquent taxes until those taxes are collected.
10. (j) Section 26.05(f) does not prohibit a taxing unit from depositing all of the tax increment produced by the taxing unit in a reinvestment zone into the tax increment fund for that zone.
11. (k) A school district is not required to pay into the tax increment fund any of its tax increment produced from property located in an area added to the reinvestment zone under Section 311.007(a) or (b) unless the governing body of the school district enters into an agreement to do so with the governing body of the municipality or county that created the zone. The governing body of a school district may enter into an agreement under this subsection at any time before or after the zone is created or enlarged. The agreement may include conditions for payment of that tax increment into the fund and must specify the portion of the tax increment to be paid into the fund and the years for which that tax increment is to be paid into the fund. The agreement and the conditions in the agreement are binding on the school district, the municipality or county, and the board of directors of the zone.
12. (l) The governing body of a municipality that designates an area as a reinvestment zone may determine, in the designating ordinance adopted under Section 311.003 or in the ordinance adopted under Section 311.011 approving the reinvestment zone financing plan for the zone, the portion of the tax increment produced by the municipality that the municipality is required to pay into the tax increment fund for the zone. If a municipality does not determine the portion of the tax increment produced by the municipality that the municipality is required to pay into the tax increment fund for a reinvestment zone, the municipality is required to pay into the fund for the zone the entire tax increment produced by the municipality, except as provided by Subsection (b)(1).
13. (m) The governing body of a municipality that is located in a county with a population of more than 1.4 million but less than 2.1 million or in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more by ordinance may reduce the portion of the tax increment produced by the municipality that the municipality is required to pay into the tax increment fund for the zone. The municipality may not reduce under this subsection the portion of the tax increment produced by the municipality that the municipality is required to pay into the tax increment fund for the zone unless the municipality provides each county that has entered into an agreement with the municipality to pay all or a portion of the county's tax increment into the fund an opportunity to enter into an agreement with the municipality to reduce the portion of the tax increment produced by the county that the county is required to pay into the tax increment fund for the zone by the same proportion that the portion of the municipality's tax increment that the municipality is required to pay into the fund is reduced. The portion of the tax increment produced by a municipality that the municipality is required to pay into the tax increment fund for a reinvestment zone, as reduced by the ordinance adopted under this subsection, together with all other revenues required to be paid into the fund, must be sufficient to complete and pay for the estimated costs of projects listed in the reinvestment zone financing plan and pay any tax increment bonds or notes issued for the zone, and any other obligations of the zone.
14. (n) This subsection applies only to a school district whose taxable value computed under Section 403.302(d), Government Code, is reduced in accordance with Subdivision (5) of that subsection. In addition to the amount otherwise required to be paid into the tax increment fund, the district shall pay into the fund an amount equal to the amount by which the amount of taxes the district would have been required to pay into the fund in the current year if the district levied taxes at the rate the district levied in 2005 exceeds the amount the district is otherwise required to pay into the fund in the year of the reduction, not to exceed the amount the school district realizes from the reduction in the school district's taxable value under Section 403.302(d)(5), Government Code.

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 191, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1137, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;

Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 17.06, eff. Aug. 26, 1991;

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 112, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993;

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 983, Sec. 7, eff. June 18, 1999;

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 8, Sec. 1, eff. April 24, 2003.

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2120), Sec. 44, eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1347 (S.B. 771), Sec. 5, eff. June 18, 2005.

Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 5 (H.B. 1), Sec. 1.16, eff. May 31, 2006.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 910 (H.B. 1770), Sec. 4, eff. June 19, 2009.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1358 (S.B. 576), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.