Texas Education Code - EDUC § 45.0021. Restriction on Maintenance Tax Levy

(1) develop a method to identify school districts that may have adopted a maintenance tax rate in violation of Subsection (a), which must include a review of data over multiple years;

(2) for each school district identified under the method developed under Subdivision (1), investigate as necessary to determine whether the district has adopted a maintenance tax rate in violation of Subsection (a);

(3) if the agency determines that a school district has adopted a maintenance tax rate in violation of Subsection (a):

(4) post on the agency's Internet website a list of each school district the agency has determined to have adopted a maintenance tax rate in violation of Subsection (a).

(1) the amount of state and local funding the district received as a result of adopting a maintenance tax rate in violation of Subsection (a);  and

(2) the amount of state and local funding the district would have received if the district had not adopted a maintenance tax rate in violation of Subsection (a).

(1) using a surplus in maintenance tax revenue to pay the district's debt service if:

(2) paying a portion of the district's maintenance tax revenue into the tax increment fund for a reinvestment zone under Chapter 311, Tax Code;  or

(3) using money disbursed from the tax increment fund for a reinvestment zone under Chapter 311, Tax Code, in accordance with the agreement entered into by the district with the governing body of the municipality or county that designated the zone under Section 311.013(f) of that code.