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1		-	H.B. No. 4292
	1	+	By: Zerwas (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 4292
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;
	3	+	May 11, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Administration; May 23, 2017, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 23, 2017, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal
6	12		Management District No. 1; authorizing the imposition of a tax.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 3927, Special District
9	15		Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3927.055 to read as
10	16		follows:
11	17		Sec. 3927.055. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. (a) The district
12	18		may compensate each director in an amount not to exceed $150 for
13	19		each board meeting. The total amount of compensation for each
14	20		director in one year may not exceed $7,200.
15	21		(b) A director is entitled to reimbursement for necessary
16	22		and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and
17	23		responsibilities of the board.
18	24		SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 3927, Special District
19	25		Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3927.207 to read as
20	26		follows:
21	27		Sec. 3927.207. SALES AND USE TAX. (a) The district may
22	28		impose a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters
23	29		of the district voting at an election called for that purpose.
24	30		Revenue from the tax may be used for any purpose for which ad
25	31		valorem tax revenue of the district may be used.
26	32		(b) The district may not adopt a sales and use tax if as a
27	33		result of the adoption of the tax the combined rate of all sales and
28	34		use taxes imposed by the district and other political subdivisions
29	35		of this state having territory in the district would exceed two
30	36		percent at any location in the district.
31	37		(c) If the voters of the district approve the adoption of
32	38		the tax at an election held on the same election date on which
33	39		another political subdivision adopts a sales and use tax or
34	40		approves an increase in the rate of its sales and use tax and as a
35	41		result the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the
36	42		district and other political subdivisions of this state having
37	43		territory in the district would exceed two percent at any location
38	44		in the district, the election to adopt a sales and use tax under
39	45		this chapter has no effect.
40	46		(d) Chapter 321, Tax Code, applies to the imposition,
41	47		computation, administration, enforcement, and collection of the
42	48		sales and use tax imposed by this section except to the extent it is
43	49		inconsistent with this chapter.
44	50		SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
45	51		introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
46	52		Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
47	53		copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
48	54		officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
49	55		under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
50	56		Government Code.
51	57		(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
52	58		submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
53	59		Environmental Quality.
54	60		(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
55	61		its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
56	62		lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
57	63		representatives within the required time.
58	64		(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
59	65		state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
60	66		to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
61	67		and accomplished.
62	68		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
63		-	______________________________ ______________________________
64		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
65		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4292 was passed by the House on May 9,
66		-	2017, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 13, 2 present, not
67		-	voting.
68		-	______________________________
69		-	Chief Clerk of the House
70		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4292 was passed by the Senate on May
71		-	24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
72		-	______________________________
73		-	Secretary of the Senate
74		-	APPROVED: _____________________
75		-	Date
76		-	_____________________
77		-	Governor
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