County OKs tax abatement zone for solar farm

[Video below] According to Stockdale Independent School District Superintendent Todd Deaver, having a solar farm in Wilson County is a “game changer.” The Wilson County Commissioners met June 9 to hold a public hearing on a request by Clear Fork Creek Solar, LLC — which applied for a tax abatement in February — for 6,100 acres of land in eastern Wilson County outside of Nixon to be designated as a tax abatement reinvestment zone, under Chapter 312 of the state tax code. According to the Texas Comptroller, before granting a tax abatement, a local taxing unit must: •Adopt a resolution...

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