H.B. No. 755         AN ACT   relating to the use by certain tax-exempt organizations of certain   payments made in connection with real property transfers to provide   educational activities through certain schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 5.202(c), Property Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (c)  The benefit described by Subsection (b)(9)(C) may   collaterally benefit:                (1)  a community composed of:                      (A) [(1)]  property that is adjacent to the   encumbered property; or                      (B) [(2)]  property a boundary of which is not   more than 1,000 yards from a boundary of the encumbered property; or                (2)  with respect to a payment to a school for   educational activities, property not described by Subdivision (1)   if the encumbered property is located within:                      (A)  the school's assigned attendance zone; and                      (B)  a county with a population of more than   650,000 that is adjacent to two counties, each of which has a   population of more than 1.8 million.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 755 was passed by the House on April   20, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 755 was passed by the Senate on May   24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor