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| 1 | 1 | By: Bonnen of Galveston H.J.R. No. 39 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 5 | 5 | proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the Legislature to | |
| 6 | 6 | establish limitations on the rate of taxation and amount of debt for | |
| 7 | 7 | special purpose districts created by general law or special local | |
| 8 | 8 | law. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 56, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) The Legislature shall impose on any special purpose | |
| 13 | 13 | district created after December 31, 2018 under general law or by | |
| 14 | 14 | special local law a maximum rate of ad valorem tax for maintenance | |
| 15 | 15 | and operations and a maximum amount of debt that may be authorized | |
| 16 | 16 | by the district. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 18 | 18 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. | |
| 19 | 19 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 20 | 20 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the | |
| 21 | 21 | Legislature to establish limitations on the rate of taxation and | |
| 22 | 22 | amount of debt for special purpose districts created by general law | |
| 23 | 23 | or special local law." |