** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Ways & Means 

TIME & DATE:  1:00 PM, Monday, April 21, 2025 

PLACE:        JHR 140 
CHAIR:        Rep. Morgan Meyer 

HB 19          Meyer
Relating to the issuance and repayment of debt by local governments, including the adoption of an ad valorem tax rate and the use of ad valorem tax revenue for the repayment of debt.

HB 30          Troxclair                                
Relating to the repeal of provisions authorizing certain taxing units in the year following the year in which a disaster occurs to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate without holding an election to approve the adopted tax rate; making conforming changes.

HB 851         Schofield                                
Relating to the determination and reporting of the number of residence homesteads of certain property owners for which the owner is receiving certain ad valorem tax benefits.

HB 1663        Ashby                                    
Relating to a credit or refund for diesel fuel taxes paid on diesel fuel used in this state by auxiliary power units or power take-off equipment.

HB 1681        Button | et al.                          
Relating to the applicability of sales and use taxes to certain services provided by a marketplace provider.

HB 1769        Darby                                    
Relating to the classification of certain entities as primarily engaged in retail trade for purposes of the franchise tax.

HB 1937        Craddick                                 
Relating to certain tax and fee collection procedures and taxpayer suits.

HB 1979        Little                                   
Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds.

HB 2428        Canales                                  
Relating to certain reimbursements and discounts allowed for the collection and payment of sales and use taxes.

HB 2433        Guillen                                  
Relating to the collection of state, municipal, and county hotel occupancy taxes by an accommodations intermediary.

HB 2825        Craddick                                 
Relating to sales and use tax exemptions and refunds for certain tangible personal property used to provide cable television services, Internet access services, or telecommunications services.

HB 3159        Darby                                    
Relating to a severance tax exemption for oil and gas produced from certain restimulation wells; providing a civil penalty.

HB 3199        Craddick                      Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the requirement that certain ad valorem tax-related notices be delivered to a property owner by certified mail.

HB 3424        Capriglione                              
Relating to the ad valorem taxation of certain dealer's heavy equipment inventory.

HB 3486        Hunter                                   
Relating to a reduction in the amount of sales and use tax collections that the owners of restaurants that purchase Texas farm-raised oysters are required to remit to the comptroller of public accounts.

HB 3487        Hunter                                   
Relating to a reduction in the amount of sales and use tax collections that the owners of restaurants that participate in an oyster shell recycling program are required to remit to the comptroller of public accounts.

HB 3504        Martinez Fischer                         
Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for tools and equipment of skilled trade workers for a limited period.

HB 3605        Ordaz                                    
Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that employ certain apprentices in broadband utility engineering or construction jobs.

HB 3879        Troxclair                                
Relating to restrictions on the levy and use of certain ad valorem taxes and the issuance of certain bonds supported by ad valorem taxes.

HB 3994        Troxclair                                
Relating to the computation of certain tax penalties and interest amounts.

HB 4382        Darby                                    
Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain tangible personal property used in hydraulic fracturing.

HB 4752        Landgraf                                 
Relating to the eligibility of a charitable organization for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the organization's property if the organization provides for the organized solicitation and collection for distributions through gifts, grants, and agreements to nonprofit charitable, education, religious, and youth organizations that provide direct human, health, and welfare services.

HB 4847        Hunter                        Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the dissemination of certain school district ad valorem tax-related information.

HB 5444        Troxclair                                
Relating to the authority of the governing body of a school district to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the district's voter-approval tax rate.

HB 5446        Troxclair                                
Relating to the text of ballot propositions that increase taxes.

HB 5447        Troxclair                                
Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates.

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to

agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until

the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c490

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Bills added after last posting:

HB 3199

HB 4847

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