| 1 | 1 | | 81R8482 SMH-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Jackson H.J.R. No. 63 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | proposing a constitutional amendment providing that an ad valorem |
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| 7 | 7 | | tax imposed by a school district is not a state ad valorem tax. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 3(e), Article VII, Texas Constitution, |
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| 10 | 10 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (e) The Legislature shall be authorized to pass laws for the |
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| 12 | 12 | | assessment and collection of taxes in all school districts and for |
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| 13 | 13 | | the management and control of the public school or schools of such |
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| 14 | 14 | | districts, whether such districts are composed of territory wholly |
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| 15 | 15 | | within a county or in parts of two or more counties, and the |
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| 16 | 16 | | Legislature may authorize an additional ad valorem tax to be levied |
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| 17 | 17 | | and collected within all school districts for the further |
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| 18 | 18 | | maintenance of public free schools, and for the erection and |
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| 19 | 19 | | equipment of school buildings therein; provided that a majority of |
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| 20 | 20 | | the qualified voters of the district voting at an election to be |
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| 21 | 21 | | held for that purpose, shall approve the tax. A tax levied and |
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| 22 | 22 | | collected by a school district under this subsection is not a state |
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| 23 | 23 | | ad valorem tax within the meaning of Section 1-e, Article VIII, of |
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| 24 | 24 | | this constitution. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 26 | 26 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009. |
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| 27 | 27 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 28 | 28 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing that an ad |
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| 29 | 29 | | valorem tax imposed by a school district is not a state ad valorem |
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| 30 | 30 | | tax." |
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