Texas 2017 85th 1st C.S.

Texas House Bill HB124 Introduced / Bill

Filed 07/12/2017

                    85S10441 SMH-F
 By: Bonnen of Galveston H.B. No. 124


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the date for ordering or holding an election to ratify
 the ad valorem tax rate of a school district.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 26.08(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as
 follows:
 (b)  The governing body shall order that the election be held
 in the school district on the first uniform election date
 prescribed by [a date not less than 30 or more than 90 days after the
 day on which it adopted the tax rate.]  Section 41.001, Election
 Code, that allows sufficient time to comply with other requirements
 of law [does not apply to the election unless a date specified by
 that section falls within the time permitted by this section].  At
 the election, the ballots shall be prepared to permit voting for or
 against the proposition:  "Approving the ad valorem tax rate of
 $_____ per $100 valuation in (name of school district) for the
 current year, a rate that is $_____ higher per $100 valuation than
 the school district rollback tax rate, for the purpose of
 (description of purpose of increase)."  The ballot proposition must
 include the adopted tax rate and the difference between that rate
 and the rollback tax rate in the appropriate places.
 SECTION 2.  Section 3.005(a), Election Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 (a)  Except as provided by Subsection [Subsections] (c) [and
 (d)], an election ordered by an authority of a political
 subdivision shall be ordered not later than the 62nd day before
 election day.
 SECTION 3.  Section 3.005(d), Election Code, is repealed.
 SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies to the
 ad valorem tax rate of a school district beginning with the 2018 tax
 year.
 SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.