| 1 | 1 | | 88R11025 KBB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Swanson H.B. No. 1891 |
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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 quorum requirement for a tax levy vote in certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | counties. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 81.006, Local Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a [A] county tax |
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| 14 | 14 | | may be levied at any regularly scheduled meeting of the court when |
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| 15 | 15 | | at least four members of the court are present. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b-1) In a county with a population of 3.3 million or more, a |
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| 17 | 17 | | county tax may be levied at any regularly scheduled meeting of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | court only when five members of the court are present. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 20 | 20 | | to a commissioners court meeting held on or after the effective date |
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| 21 | 21 | | of this Act. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 23 | 23 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 24 | 24 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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