Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2394 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/25/2019

                    86R8551 CJC-D
 By: J. Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 2394


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the expiration of the municipal sales and use tax for
 street maintenance in certain municipalities.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 327.007(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
 as follows:
 (a)  Unless imposition of the sales and use tax authorized by
 this chapter is reauthorized as provided by this section, the tax
 expires on:
 (1)  the fourth anniversary of the date the tax
 originally took effect under Section 327.005;
 (2)  the first day of the first calendar quarter
 occurring after the fourth anniversary of the date the tax was last
 reauthorized under this section if, at that election, the voters
 approved the imposition of the tax for a period that expires on that
 anniversary;
 (2-a)  if the tax is imposed in a municipality that is
 intersected by two interstate highways, that has a population of
 150,000 or more, and in which at least 66 percent of the voters
 voting in each of the last two consecutive elections concerning the
 adoption or reauthorization of the tax favored adoption or
 reauthorization, and that tax has not expired as provided by
 Subdivision (1) or (2) since the first of those two consecutive
 elections, the last day of the first calendar quarter occurring
 after the eighth anniversary of the date the tax was last
 reauthorized under this section if, at that election, the voters
 approved the imposition of the tax for a period that expires on that
 anniversary instead of the period described by Subdivision (2);
 (2-b)  if the tax is imposed in a municipality with a
 population of less than 50,000 that includes a portion of an
 international airport and that is located in only two counties, one
 of which has a population of 2.2 million or more and is adjacent to a
 county with a population of more than 600,000, the last day of the
 first calendar quarter occurring after the 10th anniversary of the
 date the tax was last reauthorized under this section if, at that
 election, the voters approved the imposition of the tax for a period
 that expires on that anniversary instead of the period described by
 Subdivision (2); or
 (3)  if the tax is imposed in a general-law
 municipality with a population of 10,000 or more surrounded
 entirely by a municipality with a population of 1.3 million or more,
 the last day of the first calendar quarter occurring after the 10th
 anniversary of the date the tax was last reauthorized under this
 section if, at that election, the voters approved the imposition of
 the tax for a period that expires on that anniversary instead of the
 period described by Subdivision (2).
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 Act takes effect September 1, 2019.