83R7459 KKA-D
By: Williams, Whitmire S.J.R. No. 33
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing school districts
to create school security districts and impose ad valorem taxes for
crime prevention measures; authorizing a tax.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 3, Article VII, Texas Constitution, is
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) The Legislature may permit a school district to create
a school security district and impose a school security ad valorem
tax for the purpose of providing crime prevention measures,
provided that the school district is required to obtain voter
approval of the creation of the school security district and the
imposition of a school security ad valorem tax. A school security
district may be governed in the manner provided by general law.
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 permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing school
districts to form school security districts and impose ad valorem
taxes for crime prevention measures."