Tax Abatement Chapter 312
Summary

The City of Lockhartand Caldwell County considers tax abatements to eligible developments, based upon the new tax base value the project will add to Lockhart and based upon the number and type of jobs the project will save or create.

Tax abatements

The City of Lockhartand Caldwell County considers tax abatements to eligible developments, based upon the new tax base value the project will add to Lockhart and based upon the number and type of jobs the project will save or create.

Tax Abatement Act Chapter 312, Tax Code

A tax abatement is an agreement between a taxpayer and a taxing unit that exempts all or part of the increase in the value of the real property and/or tangible personal property from taxation for a period not to exceed 10 years. School districts may not enter into abatement agreements. Each taxing unit that wants to consider tax abatement proposals must adopt guidelines and criteria for the creation of a reinvestment zone and must hold a public hearing. After these steps are complete, the taxing unit may, by official action, designate a zone.

Seven days written notice of the hearing must be given to the presiding officer of each of the other taxing units that has taxing jurisdiction over real property within the zone. Notice of the hearing must also be published at least seven days before the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. At the public hearing on the reinvestment zone, the governing body must find that the improvements sought are feasible and would benefit the zone after the expiration of the agreement, and the zone meets one of the applicable criteria for reinvestment zones.