Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2264 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R15561 JXC-F
2	2	By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 2264
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal
8	8	Management District No. 1; authorizing the imposition of a tax.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 3927, Special District
11	11	Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3927.055 to read as
12	12	follows:
13	13	Sec. 3927.055. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. (a) The district
14	14	may compensate each director in an amount not to exceed $150 for
15	15	each board meeting. The total amount of compensation for each
16	16	director in one year may not exceed $7,200.
17	17	(b) A director is entitled to reimbursement for necessary
18	18	and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and
19	19	responsibilities of the board.
20	20	SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 3927, Special District
21	21	Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3927.207 to read as
22	22	follows:
23	23	Sec. 3927.207. SALES AND USE TAX. (a) The district may
24	24	impose a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters
25	25	of the district voting at an election called for that purpose.
26	26	Revenue from the tax may be used for any purpose for which ad
27	27	valorem tax revenue of the district may be used.
28	28	(b) The district may not adopt a sales and use tax if as a
29	29	result of the adoption of the tax the combined rate of all sales and
30	30	use taxes imposed by the district and other political subdivisions
31	31	of this state having territory in the district would exceed two
32	32	percent at any location in the district.
33	33	(c) If the voters of the district approve the adoption of
34	34	the tax at an election held on the same election date on which
35	35	another political subdivision adopts a sales and use tax or
36	36	approves an increase in the rate of its sales and use tax and as a
37	37	result the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the
38	38	district and other political subdivisions of this state having
39	39	territory in the district would exceed two percent at any location
40	40	in the district, the election to adopt a sales and use tax under
41	41	this chapter has no effect.
42	42	(d) Chapter 321, Tax Code, applies to the imposition,
43	43	computation, administration, enforcement, and collection of the
44	44	sales and use tax imposed by this section except to the extent it is
45	45	inconsistent with this chapter.
46	46	SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
47	47	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
48	48	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
49	49	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
50	50	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
51	51	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
52	52	Government Code.
53	53	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
54	54	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
55	55	Environmental Quality.
56	56	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
57	57	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
58	58	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
59	59	representatives within the required time.
60	60	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
61	61	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
62	62	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
63	63	and accomplished.
64	64	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.