83R10077 JXC-F
By: Coleman H.J.R. No. 149
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment clarifying the authority of
emergency services districts to levy taxes and issue bonds or other
obligations and removing the limitation on the ad valorem tax rate.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 48-e, Article III, Texas Constitution,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 48-e. Laws may be enacted to provide for the
establishment and creation of special districts to provide
emergency services, to authorize an emergency services district to
levy ad valorem taxes and issue bonds and other obligations, and to
authorize an emergency services district to use ad valorem tax
revenue for the operation of the district or repayment of the
principal of or interest on bonds or obligations [and to authorize
the commissioners courts of participating counties to levy a tax on
the ad valorem property situated in said districts not to exceed Ten
Cents (10ยข) on the One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation for the
support thereof]; provided that no tax shall be levied, or bond or
obligation secured by ad valorem tax revenues issued, in support of
an emergency services district [said districts] until the tax,
bond, or obligation is approved by a vote of the qualified voters
residing in the district [therein]. Such a district may provide
emergency medical services, emergency ambulance services, rural
fire prevention and control services, or other emergency services
authorized by the Legislature.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment clarifying the
authority of emergency services districts to levy taxes and issue
bonds or other obligations and removing the limitation on the ad
valorem tax rate."