Texas News Texas’ Largest Corporate Welfare Program Is Leaving Companies Flush and School Districts Broke By Texas Standard Published May 13, 2021 at 4:03 PM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio Nowhere are Chapter 313 agreements more prolific than in the state’s Gulf Coast region.";Justin Miller The state’s Chapter 313 program offers steep discounts on property taxes to attract big industrial projects that are supposed to pay off over the long term. But by the time these projects return to the tax rolls, much of that value has disappeared.