Texas HB 109: Relating to a limitation on increases in the appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Bill Text

89(R) HB 109 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.B. No. 109

  

  

  

  

 AN ACT

  

 relating to the construction, expansion, and operation of certain 

  

 inpatient mental health facilities and the designation of 

  

 residential treatment facilities for certain juveniles.

  

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

  

        SECTION 1.  Section 551.007, Health and Safety Code, is 

  

 amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

  

        (c)  If the legislature appropriates money to the commission 

  

 for the purpose of the construction, expansion, or operation of 

  

 certain inpatient mental health facilities under authority 

  

 conferred by Sections 2155.144(b-2) and 2166.251, Government Code, 

  

 the commission may award the money as a one-time grant directly to 

  

 an entity for that purpose.

  

        SECTION 2.  Section 554.001(a), Health and Safety Code, is 

  

 amended to read as follows:

  

        (a)  The department shall designate state facilities for use 

  

 [the Waco Center for Youth] as [a] residential treatment facilities

  

 [facility] for emotionally disturbed juveniles who:

  

              (1)  have been admitted under Subtitle C to a facility 

  

 of the department; or

  

              (2)  are under the managing conservatorship of the 

  

 Department of Family and Protective Services and have been admitted 

  

 under Subtitle C to a state facility designated by the department 

  

 under this section [the Waco Center for Youth].

  

        SECTION 3.  Section 554.002, Health and Safety Code, is 

  

 amended to read as follows:

  

        Sec. 554.002.  SERVICES. (a) The department shall provide 

  

 without charge appropriate education services for all clients 

  

 residing at state facilities designated by the department under 

  

 Section 554.001 [the Waco Center for Youth].

  

        (b)  The department shall pay for the [those] services 

  

 described by Subsection (a) from funds appropriated [to the center] 

  

 for that purpose.

  

        (c)  A client of a state facility designated by the 

  

 department under Section 554.001 [the center] who is not a resident 

  

 of the school district that serves the geographical area in which 

  

 the facility is located [Waco Independent School District] may 

  

 receive education services from the district [Waco Independent 

  

 School District] only with the prior approval of the superintendent 

  

 of the district.

  

        SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

  

  

  
 ______________________________
 ______________________________

  
    President of the Senate
 Speaker of the House     

  

  

   

        I certify that H.B. No. 109 was passed by the House on April 

   

 29, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 2, 1 present, not 

   

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

   

 No. 109 on May 20, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 126, Nays 1, 1 

   

 present, not voting.

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Chief Clerk of the House   

  

   

        I certify that H.B. No. 109 was passed by the Senate, with 

   

 amendments, on May 14, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 

   

 0.

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Secretary of the Senate   

   

 APPROVED: __________________

   

                 Date       

   

  

   

          __________________

   

               Governor