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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas restricts local governments from using voter-approved tax revenue to pay public securities
Last action · July 30, 2025: FiledSponsor: Carl Tepper
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas HB 231 prohibits municipalities, counties, and local government corporations from using maintenance and operations tax revenue derived from certain tax elections to repay public securities. The restriction applies to public securities issued on or after the effective date of the Act.
Local s face new statutory limits on how they can allocate property tax funds approved through specific elections, preventing those revenues from being pledged toward municipal or county debt repayments.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Municipalities
Municipalities are prohibited from using specific ad valorem tax revenues from elections to pay public securities.
Counties
Counties are prohibited from dedicating or pledging certain election-derived tax revenues for the payment of public securities.
Local Government Corporations
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Jul 30, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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