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| 2 | 2 | | By: Darby H.B. No. 81 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the number of registered voters of a taxing unit other |
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| 8 | 8 | | than a school district who are required to sign a petition for an |
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| 9 | 9 | | election to determine whether to reduce the ad valorem tax rate |
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| 10 | 10 | | adopted by the unit to the rollback tax rate in order for the |
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| 11 | 11 | | petition to be valid. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 26.07(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as |
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| 14 | 14 | | follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) A petition is valid only if: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) it states that it is intended to require an |
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| 17 | 17 | | election in the taxing unit on the question of reducing the tax rate |
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| 18 | 18 | | for the current year; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) it is signed by a number of registered voters of |
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| 20 | 20 | | the taxing unit equal to at least: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) one [seven] percent of the number of |
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| 22 | 22 | | registered voters of the taxing unit according to the most recent |
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| 23 | 23 | | list of registered voters if the tax rate adopted for the current |
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| 24 | 24 | | tax year would impose taxes for maintenance and operations in an |
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| 25 | 25 | | amount of at least $10 [$5] million; or |
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| 26 | 26 | | (B) three [10] percent of the number of |
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| 27 | 27 | | registered voters of the taxing unit according to the most recent |
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| 28 | 28 | | official list of registered voters if the tax rate adopted for the |
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| 29 | 29 | | current tax year would impose taxes for maintenance and operations |
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| 30 | 30 | | in an amount of less than $10 [$5] million; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) it is submitted to the governing body on or before |
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| 32 | 32 | | the 90th day after the date on which the governing body adopted the |
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| 33 | 33 | | tax rate for the current year. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the |
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| 35 | 35 | | ad valorem tax rate of a taxing unit beginning with the 2018 tax |
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| 36 | 36 | | year. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. |
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