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Starr County approves reinvestment zones to clear way for three solar and battery projects
Summary
The Starr County Commissioners Court approved creation and renewal of reinvestment zones that make three solar and battery projects eligible to seek tax abatement agreements under Chapter 312 of the Texas Tax Code. The approvals do not finalize abatements but allow formal negotiations to proceed.
Starr County commissioners on June 23 voted to create or renew reinvestment zones that make three renewable-energy projects eligible to negotiate tax abatement agreements under Chapter 312 of the Texas Tax Code.
County staff said the approvals clear the procedural step that allows the county to enter abatement talks but do not themselves grant a tax abatement. "What this will do is this will allow us to establish an reinvestment zone, which really gives the commissioner's court authority to enter into abatement agreements in that certain area," said Rose Benavides, a county staff member, as she summarized the statutory requirement.
The items approved were: designation of Reinvestment Zone No. 1 for Mandolin Solar Project LLC; renewal of the Star Solar Rush Reinvestment Zone No. 1; and a resolution making Falcon Lake Storage LLC eligible to pursue an abatement. Commissioners approved the motions by…
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