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• Under existing law, Chairman, under existing law, counties and municipalities may create tax increment
• Right now, class 3 municipalities can have over 50%.
• This allows class 2 municipalities to also be afforded that same consideration. Same consideration.
• together, exceed 10% of the value of the Cannot exceed 10% of the value of the real property in the municipality

Bills: HB567

Keywords: tax increment financing, economic development, municipal authority, urban revitalization, local government, 1136, house, all

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• The Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee will come to order.
• Hello, Elections Finance Committee. My name is Lewis Schwarzkoff.
• <00:15:53.440> from uh 4077 to prohibit municipalities from uh 4077 to prohibit municipalities
• projects that included public financing projects that included public financing in<00:36:24.560>
• First, this bill protects local government finances.

Bills: HF4077, HF3798, HF3886

Keywords: municipal nondisclosure agreement, NDA, public records, transparency, local government, county, city, town, school district, housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, port authority, economic development, land development, public financing, tax increment financing, TIF, abatement, municipal bonds, debt obligations

Bills: HB150

Keywords: improvement district, special assessment, assessment lien, public infrastructure, bond financing, bond interest rate, county commission, tax assessor, tax collector, judge of probate, ad valorem tax, tax lien, tax sale, foreclosure, delinquent taxes, municipal finance, public improvements, infrastructure financing, collection enforcement, property lien

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• The program was created as a financial tool to assist Texas municipalities with financing of headquarters
• This bill expands the list of qualifying municipalities to include a municipality through which the Comal
• of a municipally owned convention center.
• Municipal hotel revenue may not be used for general government.
• House Bill 3118 relates to municipal hotel tax revenue.

Bills: HB 1039, HB2289, HB2370, HB2404, HB3066, HB3076, HB3117, HB3118, HB3169, HB3178, HB3179, HB3182, HB3196, HB3241, HB3377, HB3500, HB3567, HB3715, HB3954, HB4098, HB4109, HB4222, HB4226, HB4412, HB4659, HB4682, HB4683, HB4755, HB4926, HB5165, HB5562, HB5596

Keywords: hotel occupancy tax, municipal revenue, tax authority, border counties, tax legislation, municipalities, hotel tax revenue, convention centers, economic development, local government authority, HB 2370, HOT tax, venue projects, convention center, municipal finance, local government code, Section 334.0082, tourism tax, debt financing, bond repayment

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• Although COs are oftentimes used to finance public infrastructure.
• So my inquiry here is there's a number of financing vehicles available.
• So, my inquiry is what other financing vehicles are available?
• That's financed with a traditional debt, we would close on the loan.
• And they don't want to lose control of their finances.

Bills: HB1453, HB1718, HB2043, HB2207, HB2798

Keywords: local governments, anticipation notes, certificates of obligation, public works, flood control, financial management, local government, municipal financing, private activity bonds, closing definition, real estate finance, bond issuance, government regulation, bond election, general obligation bonds, GO bonds, political subdivision, city bonds, county bonds, school district bonds

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• And I think it needs to be taken note that municipalities... need to listen to our constituents, and
• Can we change and use that language a little bit to protect the municipality and our taxpayers?
• But I'm also the past president of the Government Finance Officers Association of Texas.
• And so we're gonna finance the project over three to five years.
• One to finance the cleanup, mitigation, or remediation of a natural disaster.

Bills: SB512, SB1024

Keywords: SB 512, Texas Finance Code, money transmission, money services business, money transmitter, money transmission licensee, terms of service, consumer protection, civil penalty, attorney general enforcement, account closure, refund of balance, financial services regulation, payments industry, fintech, prepaid accounts, remittance, licensee compliance, local government debt, municipal finance

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• The project financing zone only includes 21 hotels, and it's expected to generate $122 million over a
• Consultants and municipalities that have no connection to the municipality that is home to the business
• To an eligible coastal municipality defeats the purpose of a park board.
• There are over 200 municipalities. In Texas that levy a hotel occupancy tax.
• Legislation that could have long-term effects on the financing for the city.

Bills: SB317, SB1250, SB1520, SB1950, SB2298, SB2532, SB2539, SB2747, SB2925, SB2993

Keywords: monuments, memorials, public property, historical significance, civil penalties, local governance, project financing zone, municipal tax revenue, convention centers, multipurpose arenas, infrastructure development, hike and bike trails, outdoor recreation, environmental stewardship, Bicentennial Trail, Texas history, cultural heritage, unemployment benefits, eligibility, Texas Workforce Commission

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• This bill will allow the Mall the time it needs to put financing in place for its next phase. phase,
• We very much value TIF as a financing tool, using it judiciously to support this work.
• We did have a housing development that made application to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for the
• She approached six different banks, and they all told her they couldn't provide the financing she needed
• Eventually, she found financing of about... $1.8 million through the New Markets program that the state

Bills: HF2048, HF2360, HF2006, HF950, HF912, HF3140, HF2931

Keywords: individual income tax, retirement contributions, tax corrections, annuity contracts, tax year attribution, tax credit, economic development, community investment, data disclosure, Minnesota regulations, tax increment financing, municipal authority, job creation, transferred increment, public hearing, nonresident employees, income tax exemption, Minnesota taxation, employment duties, tax withholding

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• This bill will allow the mall the time it needs to put financing in place for its next phase, and we
• We very much value TIF as a financing tool, using it judiciously to support this work.
• did not select this Marshall Finance did not select this Marshall housing<00:37:42.560> project.
• > that<00:48:39.119> financing<00:48:39.680> about needed.
• She found that financing about needed.

Bills: HF2048, HF2360, HF2006, HF950, HF912, HF3140, HF2931

Keywords: individual income tax, retirement contributions, tax corrections, annuity contracts, tax year attribution, tax credit, economic development, community investment, data disclosure, Minnesota regulations, tax increment financing, municipal authority, job creation, transferred increment, public hearing, nonresident employees, income tax exemption, Minnesota taxation, employment duties, tax withholding

Bills: HB168

Keywords: certificates of obligation, local government debt, municipal finance, county finance, public works, bond election, voter petition, registered voters, refinancing certificates, Texas Local Government Code, municipality, county, hospital district, infrastructure financing, public improvement, debt issuance, general obligation alternative, public oversight, local bonds, historic preservation

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• This is just a local ordinance, yeah, and a municipal ordinance, yes.
• It's very specific in that agreement between the municipality.
• do a finance sale...
• On cash or finance sales, it doesn't matter.
• So this gives the government or the local municipality... ...municipalities the option to create this

Bills: HB303, HB 1107, HB 1063, HB1517, HB1991, HB2464, HB3509, HB3527, HB303

Keywords: municipality, local government, Type A, Type B, Type C, change authority, emergency medical services, civil service status, municipal government, public safety, local government code, school funding, education, state budget, local control, equity, tenant legal services, eviction, low-income tenants, disability rights

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• Welcome to our tax and finance general fund meeting this morning.

Bills: SB107, HB158, HB353, HB354, HB357, HB181, HB465, HB526

Keywords: SSUT, simplified sellers use tax, sales tax distribution, municipal revenue, municipal population, annexation, deannexation, incorporation, boundary change, federal census, decennial census, Department of Revenue, local government finance, revenue sharing, municipal boundaries, population recalculation, probate judge, Boundary and Annexation Survey, Alabama municipalities, HB158

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• mayor, or the finance director? mayor, or the finance director?
• produce revenue to sufficient to finance produce revenue to sufficient to finance the<01:19:43.120
• <01:29:06.400> And finance and facilitate this project.
• And finance and facilitate this project.
• >> And thank Norris and the mayor, finance >> And thank Norris and the mayor, finance

Bills: HR1, HF387

Keywords: January 6 insurrection, pardon, law enforcement, violent crimes, public safety, justice system, political accountability, Blaine, local sales tax, special tax, restaurant tax, lodging tax, admissions tax, amusement tax, hotel tax, redevelopment, capital improvements, municipal finance, bonding authority, tourism tax

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• owned land or owned by the municipality.
• Importantly, current statute limits municipalities to one qualified project in perpetuity, except municipalities
• As you've already heard, Project Financing Zones...
• Project Financing Zones serve as a powerful economic development tool for municipalities.
• That's the beauty of the Project Financing Zone model.

Bills: SB1071, SB1444, SB1483, SB1556, SB1703, SB1756, SB1854, SB2036, SB2133, SB2297, SB2622, SB2779, SB2955, SB2979

Keywords: municipality, tax revenue, hotel project, convention center, economic development, hotel tax, municipal authority, local governments, local authority, convention centers, hotel occupancy tax, municipal finance, local tax revenue, tourism, hotel and convention center project, Tax Code Chapter 351, city revenue, special district, Texas municipalities, venue financing

Bills: SB48, HB250, SB17

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, technology, innovation, advisory board, entrepreneurial support, stakeholder representation

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• We first went to the Board of Finance, and Ashley Leach is here if you have any questions, and then the
• New Mexico Finance Authority, and the final step is the legislature.
• bond attorney that's working with the state, and this is Ashley Leach, the Director of the Board of Finance
• So, Board of Finance. Ashley Leach, the Director of the Board of Finance. Right. Always confused.
• So, Board of Finance. Very good. And they're here for questions and support, moral support.

Bills: SB48, HB250, SB17

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, technology, innovation, advisory board, entrepreneurial support, stakeholder representation

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• Ladies and gentlemen, it's always great to be here in Senate Finance.
• Under Senate Committees, you click on Finance. That's our committee.
• My name is Wayne Propst with the Department of Finance and Administration.
• Is three years ago the state board of finance received.
• Street Funds, and then a County and Municipal Government Fund.

Bills: SB2

Keywords: SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways

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• Ladies and gentlemen, it's always great to be here in Senate Finance.
• Everybody remembers Phelps, former representative, or Don Corleone of the Senate Finance.
• My name is Wayne Props with the Department of Finance and Administration.
• The County Road Funds, Municipal Street Funds, and then County and Municipal Government Funds are distributed
• And we could leak that down into municipalities. County roads.

Bills: SB2

Keywords: SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways

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• Chair, members of the House Appropriations Finance Committee, it's wonderful to be here with you.
• And then before I turn to sharing with you the House Appropriations Hearing Finance Committee, our 27
• Finance committee has recommended a little under $77 million.
• And we actually have a five-year finance plan that outlines that.
• Chair, Representative Dixon, that is the five-year finance plan.

Bills: SB2

Keywords: SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways

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• Some of the municipalities and some of the counties are saying don't write a violation so we're not getting
• The way it is now only applies for the municipalities and the county.
• But on the handicap, the municipalities and the counties keep it off since they're not writing anything
• So, what this bill does is give the municipalities and the county an incentive to keep that money.
• municipal bond market.

Bills: HB134, SB217, SB180, HB157, HB92, HB335

Keywords: vehicle registration, disability access, fines, law enforcement, public accommodation, bond financing, municipal bonds, county debt, local government debt, debt service schedule, bond disclosure, public finance, bond underwriter, county commission, city council, refunding bonds, swap agreements, interest rate swaps, derivatives, fiscal transparency