Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

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1	1	By: West S.J.R. No. 26
2	2	(Turner)
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5	5	proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
6	6	to allow cities or counties to enter into interlocal contracts with
7	7	other cities or counties without the imposition of a tax or the
8	8	provision of a sinking fund.
9	9	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 5, Article XI, Texas Constitution, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 5. (a) Cities having more than five thousand (5000)
13	13	inhabitants may, by a majority vote of the qualified voters of said
14	14	city, at an election held for that purpose, adopt or amend their
15	15	charters. If the number of inhabitants of cities that have adopted
16	16	or amended their charters under this section is reduced to five
17	17	thousand (5000) or fewer, the cities still may amend their charters
18	18	by a majority vote of the qualified voters of said city at an
19	19	election held for that purpose. The adoption or amendment of
20	20	charters is subject to such limitations as may be prescribed by the
21	21	Legislature, and no charter or any ordinance passed under said
22	22	charter shall contain any provision inconsistent with the
23	23	Constitution of the State, or of the general laws enacted by the
24	24	Legislature of this State. Said cities may levy, assess and collect
25	25	such taxes as may be authorized by law or by their charters; but no
26	26	tax for any purpose shall ever be lawful for any one year, which
27	27	shall exceed two and one-half per cent. of the taxable property of
28	28	such city, and no debt shall ever be created by any city, unless at
29	29	the same time provision be made to assess and collect annually a
30	30	sufficient sum to pay the interest thereon and creating a sinking
31	31	fund of at least two per cent. thereon, except as provided by
32	32	Subsection (b). Furthermore, no city charter shall be altered,
33	33	amended or repealed oftener than every two years.
34	34	(b) To increase efficiency and effectiveness to the
35	35	greatest extent possible, the legislature may by general law
36	36	authorize cities to enter into interlocal contracts with other
37	37	cities or counties without meeting the assessment and sinking fund
38	38	requirements under Subsection (a).
39	39	SECTION 2. Section 7, Article XI, Texas Constitution, is
40	40	amended to read as follows:
41	41	Sec. 7. (a) All counties and cities bordering on the coast
42	42	of the Gulf of Mexico are hereby authorized upon a vote of the
43	43	majority of the qualified voters voting thereon at an election
44	44	called for such purpose to levy and collect such tax for
45	45	construction of sea walls, breakwaters, or sanitary purposes, as
46	46	may now or may hereafter be authorized by law, and may create a debt
47	47	for such works and issue bonds in evidence thereof. But no debt for
48	48	any purpose shall ever be incurred in any manner by any city or
49	49	county unless provision is made, at the time of creating the same,
50	50	for levying and collecting a sufficient tax to pay the interest
51	51	thereon and provide at least two per cent (2%) as a sinking fund,
52	52	except as provided by Subsection (b); and the condemnation of the
53	53	right of way for the erection of such works shall be fully provided
54	54	for.
55	55	(b) To increase efficiency and effectiveness to the
56	56	greatest extent possible, the legislature may by general law
57	57	authorize cities or counties to enter into interlocal contracts
58	58	with other cities or counties without meeting the tax and sinking
59	59	fund requirements under Subsection (a).
60	60	SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
61	61	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011.
62	62	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
63	63	proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
64	64	legislature to allow cities or counties to enter into interlocal
65	65	contracts with other cities or counties without the imposition of a
66	66	tax or the provision of a sinking fund."