The Abatement RegisterBrazosAgreement 0007665
Texas Chapter 380 / 381 agreement · Brazos

LUBRIZOL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.

Agreement 0007665, filed with the Texas Comptroller by BRAZOS COUNTY.

$25,000,000committed capital investment
24permanent jobs committed
10–100%of Maintenance and Operations Rate portion of the Real Property Taxes abated
December 31, 2017performance deadline
The obligation

What the contract requires.

“Completion of Construction shall occur by December 31, 2017”Executed agreement, p. 6
“employ at least twenty-four (24) new Full Time Employees”Executed agreement, p. 1
“LUBRIZOL to invest at least Twenty Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) in Land, Tangible Personal Property, and Improvements in Brazos County”Executed agreement, p. 1
Statutory clause

This is not a performance remedy.

“if convicted of a violation under 8 U.S.C. Section 1324a (f), LUBRIZOL shall repay to COUNTY all Cash Incentives received under this Agreement as of the date of such violation within 120 days after the date LUBRIZOL is notified by COUNTY of such violation, plus interest at the rate of 5% simple interest”Executed agreement, p. 10

Texas Government Code 2264 requires this provision in every such agreement. It is triggered by employing unauthorised workers, not by missing a build or jobs target. The contract records no repayment remedy for the obligations above.

Abatement schedule · Maintenance and Operations Rate portion of the Real Property Taxes · p. 5

What was abated, and for how long.

100%Year 1 (2018)
70%Year 2 (2019)
60%Year 3 (2020)
50%Year 4 (2021)
40%Year 5 (2022)
30%Year 6 (2023)
20%Year 7(2024)
10%Year 8 (2025)

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 bodyBRAZOS COUNTYThis Economic Development Grant Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and between BRAZOS COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Texas1
Contracting entityLUBRIZOL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.LUBRIZOL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as “LUBRIZOL”).1
Parent / guarantorNot stated in the agreement—
InstrumentEconomic Development Grant AgreementThis Economic Development Grant Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and between BRAZOS COUNTY1
Governing chapterChapter 312, Tax Code, and Chapter 381, Local Government Codeand, WHEREAS, to ensure that the benefits the COUNTY provides under this Agreement are utilized in a manner consistent with Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 381, and the Tax Code, Chapter 312, and other laws, LUBRIZOL agrees to comply with the conditions relating to development of the Land, as set forth herein;—
Capital investment$25,000,000LUBRIZOL to invest at least Twenty Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) in Land, Tangible Personal Property, and Improvements in Brazos County1
Grant or incentiveNot stated in the agreement—
Jobs committed24employ at least twenty-four (24) new Full Time Employees1
Wage requirement$1,150,000annual Wages, excluding bonuses and employee benefit costs, of at least One Million One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,150,000)1
Square footage60,000 sq. ft.containing a minimum of sixty thousand square feet (60,000 sq. ft.) of manufacturing, storage, packaging, laboratory and office space3
Acreage7.083 acresLUBRIZOL owns approximately 7.083 acres of land1
Performance deadlineDecember 31, 2017Completion of Construction shall occur by December 31, 20176
ExpirationDecember 31, 2025The term of this Agreement shall begin on the Effective Date and shall continue until December 31* of 2025.5
Effective dateNot stated in the agreement—
SignatoryJeffrey VavruskaBefore me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Jeffrey Vavruska, Chief Tax Officer of LUBRIZOL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.11
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 0007665 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

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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.

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