Relating to the creation of industrial development districts in certain counties; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
Bill overview
Relating to the creation of industrial development districts in certain counties; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
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HB 4308 sources, status methodology and verification
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KeepTXRed summary
HB 4308 was a House-passed proposal allowing voter-approved county industrial development districts in Texas counties with populations of not more than three million. The districts could have financed infrastructure and economic-development projects using bonds, assessments, fees and certain taxes. The Senate did not pass it.
What would change
A commissioners court could have called an election to create a district. A district would have had a governing board and broad powers to support primary jobs, advanced manufacturing, industrial facilities, advanced nuclear reactors and career centers, including project construction, grants, loans, bonds and local revenue tools subject to statutory procedures.
Who may be affected
County governments, voters, industrial employers and developers, manufacturers, advanced-energy projects, local taxpayers, bondholders and communities pursuing economic development.
When it would take effect
HB 4308 did not take effect. It passed the House and was considered by Senate Local Government but did not receive final Senate passage.
Limits and uncertainty
No county industrial development district authority was created through HB 4308. The proposal required local voter approval and would not have automatically imposed a tax or created a district statewide.
Editorial sources and review notes
Official House-engrossed text, Senate analysis, fiscal material and stages reviewed. House passed; Senate did not.
Editorial explanation reviewed 9/6/2026.
Current status
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Latest official action
Left pending in committee
May 26, 2025 · house
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Committee history
- Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
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- Local Government
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