{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-496.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 496.005","heading":"TAX EXEMPTION.","body":"(a) Property associated with a facility described by Subsection (b) is exempt from taxation during the time the property is used exclusively for the purposes of the department.\n(b) This section applies to:\n(1) land in Anderson County owned by the state for the use and benefit of the institutional division that is subject to a lease granted by the board and a sublease entered into by the division and the General Services Commission, on which is located the correctional facility known as the Mark W. Michael Unit of the Coffield Prison Farm; and\n(2) a parcel of land in Anderson, Brazoria, Coryell, Houston, Madison, or Walker County owned by the state for the use and benefit of the institutional division that is subject to a lease granted by the board and a sublease entered into by the division and the General Services Commission, on which is located a trusty camp facility.\nAdded by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 495.005 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.022, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE G. CORRECTIONS","CHAPTER 496. LAND AND PROPERTY","SUBCHAPTER A. LAND"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.496.htm#496.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"0d6b197986012536177148d28a783304d2ff60318141336ed0b66f37bd6a61f8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-496.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-496.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}