Relating to the creation of a study group to evaluate the school district property value study conducted by the comptroller of public accounts, the official text

H.B. No. 4236

AN ACT

relating to the creation of a study group to evaluate the school

district property value study conducted by the comptroller of

public accounts.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. (a) In this Act:

(1) "Comptroller" means the comptroller of public

accounts.

(2) "Study" means the school district property value

study conducted by the comptroller under Section 403.302,

Government Code.

(3) "Study group" means the school district property

value study group established by this Act.

(4) "Taxing unit" has the meaning assigned by Section

1.04, Tax Code.

(b) The purpose of the study group is to hold a single public

meeting to:

(1) examine the use and effect of the study in the

annual distribution of state financial aid for public education;

and

(2) develop recommendations on alternative methods

for verifying that valuations of complex properties are determined

appropriately and included in the study.

(c) The study group is composed of six members appointed as

follows:

(1) three members of the senate, including one

vice-chair of a standing substantive committee of the senate,

appointed by the lieutenant governor; and

(2) three members of the house of representatives,

including one vice-chair of a standing substantive committee of the

house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of

representatives.

(d) The study group may request relevant information from

the comptroller, Texas Education Agency, appraisal districts, and

taxing units, and the entity receiving the request shall comply

with the request.

(e) The study group shall examine the use and effect of the

study in the annual distribution of state financial aid for public

education and develop recommendations on alternative methods for

verifying that valuations of complex properties are determined

appropriately and included in the study.

(f) Not later than December 1, 2026, the study group shall

prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and

the speaker of the house of representatives and electronically

provide each other member of the legislature a report on the use and

effect of the study and the recommendations developed by the study

group.

(g) The study group is abolished and this Act expires

January 1, 2027.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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______________________________

President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4236 was passed by the House on April

30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 14, 1 present, not

voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.

No. 4236 on May 30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 96, Nays 39,

3 present, not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4236 was passed by the Senate, with

amendments, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays

3.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

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Governor