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Tex. Gov't Code § 403.601

PURPOSES

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 377 (H.B. 5), Sec. 1, eff

The purposes of this subchapter are to:

(1) create new, high-paying permanent jobs and construction jobs in this state;

(2) encourage financially positive economic development in this state;

(3) provide a temporary competitive economic incentive for attracting certain large-scale economic development projects to this state that, in the absence of this subchapter, would likely locate in another state or nation;

(4) encourage energy and water infrastructure development, including new and expanded dispatchable electric generation facilities;

(5) make this state a national and international leader in new and innovative technologies;

(6) encourage the establishment of certain advanced manufacturing industry sectors critical to national defense and health care;

(7) create new wealth, raise personal income, and foster long-term expansion of state and local tax bases;

(8) provide growing and sustainable economic opportunity for the residents of this state; and

(9) incentivize the preceding objectives in a balanced, transparent, and accountable manner.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.