H.B. No. 3046
AN ACT
relating to combined municipal sales tax ballot propositions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 321.409(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this code or other
state law, a municipality may by a combined ballot proposition
lower or repeal any [dedicated or special purpose] municipal sales
tax, including the additional sales tax for property tax relief,
and by the same proposition raise or adopt any other [dedicated or
special purpose] municipal sales tax, including the additional
sales tax for property tax relief.
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, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3046 was passed by the House on May 9,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 3, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3046 was passed by the Senate on May
23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor