88R9802 KJE-D     By: LaMantia, Hinojosa S.B. No. 1456       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a credit against required recapture payments for   certain school districts with excess facilities costs under the   public school finance system.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 49.1571 to read as follows:          Sec. 49.1571.  CREDIT FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES COSTS. (a)     This section applies only to a school district located in a county   that borders on the Gulf of Mexico.          (b)  The total amount required under Section 49.153 for a   school district to which this section applies to purchase   attendance credit under this subchapter for any school year is   reduced by an amount equal to the amount of money spent by the   district in the preceding school year to:                (1)  perform necessary facility maintenance,   renovations, and repairs attributable to damage resulting from   natural conditions associated with the facility's proximity to the   Gulf of Mexico; and                (2)  pay for property insurance to cover the costs of   facility maintenance, renovations, and repairs described by   Subdivision (1).          (c)  A reduction under Subsection (b) shall be made after   making any reduction to which the district is entitled under   Section 49.157 or another provision of this chapter.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.