AG Opinion: 6 Things to Know about Transportation Reinvestment Zones

Attorney General Opinion, KP-004, tells us without a constitutional amendment, a county probably cannot:

• Create a County Energy Transportation Reinvestment Zone
• Create a County Transportation Reinvestment Zone
• Create a County Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone

The AG rational is that:

• Article VIII, Section 1(a) doesn’t permit counties to create these zones
• Because the Constitution requires taxation to be equal and uniform
• And, a county reinvestment zone would treat property inside the zone and outside the zone differently