Sec. 281.095.  PROHIBITION AGAINST PARTICIPATION IN TAX INCREMENT FINANCING BY CERTAIN HOSPITAL DISTRICTS.  (a)  In this section, "district" means Bexar County Hospital District, Nueces County Hospital District, El Paso County Hospital District, or Harris County Hospital District.
(b)  The district may not enter into a contract or agreement to pay into a tax increment fund any of the district's tax increment produced from property located in a reinvestment zone under Chapter 311, Tax Code.  This subsection does not affect the validity of an agreement entered into by the district before September 1, 2001, to pay a portion of the district's tax increment into a tax increment fund under Chapter 311, Tax Code.
(c)  The proceeds of a tax imposed under Section 281.121 may not be used to make a payment into a tax increment fund under Chapter 311, Tax Code, if that payment is prohibited by this section.
(d)  A project plan or reinvestment zone financing plan approved under Section 311.011, Tax Code, on or after September 1, 2001, may not include any of the district's tax increment or any other funds derived from the district as a source of revenue to finance or pay project costs.
(e)  A project plan or reinvestment zone financing plan approved under Section 311.011, Tax Code, before September 1, 2001, may not be amended on or after September 1, 2001, to:
(1)  increase the percentage of the district's tax increment to be contributed to a tax increment fund;
(2)  increase the time during which the district is to contribute any of the district's tax increment to a tax increment fund;
(3)  allow or require the district, if it was not included in the originally approved project plan or reinvestment zone financing plan, to contribute any of the district's tax increment or other money to a tax increment fund;  or
(4)  allow the district to pay into a tax increment fund any of the district's tax increment derived from property added to the reinvestment zone on or after September 1, 2001.
(f)  An agreement entered into by the district under Section 311.013(f), Tax Code, before September 1, 2001, may not be amended on or after September 1, 2001, to include any of the conditions prohibited by Subsection (e).
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 588, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.