H.B. No. 2999         AN ACT       relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property   owned by certain medical centers in certain counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 11.23(j-1), Tax Code, is amended to read   as follows:          (j-1)  Medical Center Development in Populous Counties. In a   county with a population of 3.3 million or more [described by   Section 201.1055(1), Transportation Code], all real and personal   property owned by a nonprofit corporation, as that term is defined   by Section 22.001, Business Organizations Code, organized   exclusively for benevolent, charitable, and educational purposes   [in the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et   seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes)], and held for use in the   development or operation of a medical center area or areas in which   the nonprofit corporation has donated land for a state medical,   dental, or nursing school, [and] for other hospital, medical,   educational, research, or nonprofit uses and uses reasonably   related to those uses [thereto], for auxiliary uses to support   those benevolent, charitable, and educational functions, including   the invention, development, and dissemination of materials, tools,   technologies, processes, and similar means for translating and   applying medical and scientific research for practical   applications to advance public health, or for governmental or   public purposes, including the relief of traffic congestion, [and   not leased or otherwise used with a view to profit,] is exempt from   all ad valorem taxation [as though the property were, during that   time, owned and held by the state for health and educational   purposes]. In connection with the application or enforcement of a   deed restriction or a covenant related to the property, a use or   purpose described in this subsection shall also be considered to be   a hospital, medical, or educational use, or a use that is reasonably   related to a hospital, medical, or educational use.  This   subsection may not be construed to exempt from taxation any   interest in real or personal property, including a leasehold or   other possessory interest, of a for-profit lessee of property for   which a nonprofit corporation is entitled to an exemption from   taxation under this subsection.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to ad valorem taxes imposed   for a tax year beginning on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2999 was passed by the House on April   20, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 2999 on May 21, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 0,   2 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 2999 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 18, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays   0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor