The Abatement RegisterOrangeAgreement 0003579
Texas Chapter 380 / 381 agreement · Orange

JEFFERSON REFINERY, LLC

Agreement 0003579, filed with the Texas Comptroller by ORANGE County, TEXAS.

75permanent jobs committed
100%of Ad Valorem Taxes abated
two (2) years after the Effective Dateperformance deadline
The obligation

What the contract requires.

“(i) fails to commence construction of the Project within two (2) years after the Effective Date”Executed agreement, p. 9
“To maintain from the date of completion of the Project until the Termination Date an employment level of not less than 75 full-time employees”Executed agreement, p. 6
The remedy

The agreement terminates.

“In the event JEFFERSON allows its ad valorem taxes on the Project owed the COUNTY to become delinquent and fails to timely and properly follow the legal procedures for their protest and appeal, or if JEFFERSON violates any of the terms and conditions of this AGREEMENT and fails to cure during the Cure Period, this AGREEMENT may then be terminated.”Executed agreement, p. 9

This clause ends the agreement. It states no repayment of money already received.

Where a deadline above has passed, no public record exists of whether it was met — not in the Comptroller’s filings, nor in the local government’s own disclosures. That is not evidence of non-compliance. Texas requires nobody to record it.

Abatement schedule · Ad Valorem Taxes · p. 7

What was abated, and for how long.

100%2014
100%2015
100%2017
100%2018
100%2019
100%2020
100%2021
100%2022
100%2023

A local abatement waives only that taxing unit’s share of the property tax bill. School districts, counties, cities and hospital districts each sign separately.

Every field, as the contract states it

The record.

FieldValue & quoted sourcePage
Granting bodyORANGE County, TEXASORANGE County, TEXAS, acting through its Commissioners Court (“COUNTY”)2
Contracting entityJEFFERSON REFINERY, LLCJEFFERSON REFINERY, LLC, (“JEFFERSON”)2
Parent / guarantorJEFFERSON Holdings, LLCAlfred Salazar, CEO JEFFERSON Holdings, LLC10
InstrumentCHAPTER 381 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTThis CHAPTER 381 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (the “AGREEMENT?”)2
Governing chapterChapter 312, Tax Code, and Chapter 381, Local Government Codeand WHEREAS, Chapter 312, Tax Code, V.A.C.S.—
Capital investmentNot stated in the agreement—
Grant or incentiveNot stated in the agreement—
Jobs committed75 full-time employeesTo maintain from the date of completion of the Project until the Termination Date an employment level of not less than 75 full-time employees6
Wage requirementNot stated in the agreement—
Square footageNot stated in the agreement—
AcreageNot stated in the agreement—
Performance deadlinetwo (2) years after the Effective Date(i) fails to commence construction of the Project within two (2) years after the Effective Date9
ExpirationDecember 31, 202412.“Termination Date” means December 31, 2024.5
Effective dateMay 12, 2014Executed in duplicate this the12th day of May , 201415
SignatoryAlfred SalazarAlfred Salazar Chief Executive Officer15
Chain statusTerminal document — no later agreement in the registry names this one as its predecessor—
How to check this page

Every line above is in the contract.

Agreement 0003579 is filed with the Texas Comptroller. Pull the PDF, go to the page number beside any row, and read the sentence. If a figure here does not match the document, tell me and it is corrected the same day.

Where the contract says nothing, the field is left empty rather than filled with a guess.

One of 1,645

Which of these are on your book?

This is a single agreement. I have read 1,645 of the 4,428 Texas has filed, resolved which have been superseded, and recorded what each commits a company to.

Send me an entity and a county and I will tell you what is on it — quoted, page-cited, checked. Free for the first one.

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