In 2021, the Texas Senate declined to consider a bill extending the program, which discounted local property taxes to lure big companies to the state. It had become plagued with bipartisan accusations of “corporate welfare.”
For Republicans, one of the most contentious aspects of Chapter 313 was how much it was benefiting renewable energy projects. Lt. Gov.boasted in January that he killed the program because it had been “misused,” claiming “about 60% of all 313 projects were renewable windmills.”
Small, rural counties especially benefited from using Chapter 313 to bring renewable energy companies to their areas, said Judd Messer, Texas vice president of the Advanced Power Alliance, in a statement. Those companies generated funding for local schools, government and landowners. Asked about that bill Wednesday, Abbott applauded it as “an innovative approach” but did not explicitly endorse it. He said it is “one potential idea, and there will be others.”
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