83R10137 VOO-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 2730
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to sales and use tax imposed by boards of certain municipal
transit departments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 453.402, Transportation Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) This section does not apply to a transit department in a
municipality with a population of less than 300,000 if the voters of
the transit department approve in a referendum election a sales and
use tax rate that exceeds two percent or an increase to a rate that
results in a rate that exceeds two percent.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.