The Abatement RegisterNew BraunfelsAgreement 0013638
Texas Chapter 380 / 381 agreement · New Braunfels

The New Braunfels Hotel Company/Das Faustian Bargain, LLC

Agreement 0013638, filed with the Texas Comptroller by City of New Braunfels.

$1,000,000.00grant or incentive
100%of municipal hotel occupancy taxes abated
October 31, 2026performance deadline
The obligation

What the contract requires.

“This Agreement is effective October 31, 2026.”Executed agreement, p. 9
“The Faust hotel will provide important employment opportunities, with 75 employees expected”Executed agreement, p. 14
Abatement schedule · municipal hotel occupancy taxes · p. 2

What was abated, and for how long.

100%up to five (5) years

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 bodyCity of New Braunfelsthe City of New Braunfels, Texas, a home rule municipality (the “City”)1
Contracting entityThe New Braunfels Hotel Company/Das Faustian Bargain, LLCThe New Braunfels Hotel Company/Das Faustian Bargain, LLC (the “Company”)1
Parent / guarantorNot stated in the agreement—
InstrumentEconomic Development AgreementThis Economic Development Agreement (this “Agreement”)1
Governing chapterChapter 312, Tax Code, and Chapter 380, Local Government CodeIn no event should the City’s agreement to make a Grant Payment under this Agreement be construed as a tax abatement by the City under Chapter 312 of the Tax Code.—
Capital investmentNot stated in the agreement—
Grant or incentive$1,000,000.00until $1,000,000.00 in tax rebates has been issued2
Jobs committed75 recital language, not a covenantThe Faust hotel will provide important employment opportunities, with 75 employees expected14
Wage requirementNot stated in the agreement—
Square footageNot stated in the agreement—
AcreageNot stated in the agreement—
Performance deadlineOctober 31, 2026This Agreement is effective October 31, 2026.9
ExpirationNot stated in the agreement—
Effective dateOctober 31, 2026This Agreement is effective October 31, 2026.9
SignatoryAndrew W. DuettraAndrew W. Duettra, Managing Member8
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 0013638 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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