The Story Emporium and Bookshop, LLC

Agreement 0014404, filed with the Texas Comptroller by City of Hutto, Williamson County, Texas.

$31,600.00committed capital investment

$31,600.00grant or incentive

50%of Sales Tax Collections abated

The obligation

What the contract requires.

“SEB shall make an investment of Thirty-one Thousand Six Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($31,600.00) toward Project Improvements, to include fixtures and equipment”Executed agreement, p. 9

Statutory clause

This is not a performance remedy.

“SEB agrees not to knowingly employ any undocumented workers and, if convicted of a violation under 8 U.S.C. Section 1324a(f), SEB shall repay to City all Sales Tax Payment received under this Agreement”Executed agreement, p. 14

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 · Sales Tax Collections · p. 9

What was abated, and for how long.

50%Yi

50%Y2

50%Y3

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.

Field	Value & quoted source	Page
Granting body	City of Hutto, Williamson County, TexasCity of Hutto, Williamson County, Texas a home-rule municipality (the “City”)	4
Contracting entity	The Story Emporium and Bookshop, LLCThe Story Emporium and Bookshop, LLC, a Texas limited liability corporation (“SEB”)	4
Parent / guarantor	Not stated in the agreement	—
Instrument	Chapter 380 Economic Development AgreementThis Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement (“Agreement”)	4
Governing chapter	Chapter 380, Local Government CodeR-2025-336 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF HUTTO, TEXAS, APPROVING A CHAPTER 380 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT FOR SALES TAX REIMBURSEMENT IN SUPPORT OF PROJECT LIBRO, AKA THE STORY EMPORIUM AND BOOKSHOP, LLC TO SUPPORT THE LOCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A LOCAL BOOKSTORE AND CAFE WITHIN THE HUTTO HISTORIC DISTRICT;	—
Capital investment	$31,600.00SEB shall make an investment of Thirty-one Thousand Six Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($31,600.00) toward Project Improvements, to include fixtures and equipment	9
Grant or incentive	$31,600.00($31,600.00 Incentive Cap)	4
Jobs committed	Not stated in the agreement	—
Wage requirement	Not stated in the agreement	—
Square footage	1,800approximately 1,800 square- foot commercial property	4
Acreage	Not stated in the agreement	—
Performance deadline	Not stated in the agreement	—
Expiration	Not stated in the agreement	—
Effective date	November 20, 2025effective November 20, 2025 (“Effective Date”)	4
Signatory	Ashlienne O’RourkeName: Ashlienne O’Rourke	17
Chain status	Terminal document — no later agreement in the registry names this one as its predecessor	—

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

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