By: Morrison H.B. No. 4704
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the taxing authority of Jackson County County-Wide
Drainage District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsections 14(a), (b) and (f), Chapter 529,
Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973 (Article
8280-412, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as
follows:
Section 14. (a) On the approval of the majority of the
electors of the District voting at an election called for that
purpose, the District may levy and collect ad valorem taxes at a
rate of not more than 75 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation to
be used to pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued by the
[d]District and to pay for the operation of the [d]District and
maintenance of its property.
(b) Before a tax is levied under this section, the District
shall hold an election in the District in the manner provided in
Section 17 of this Act to approve the tax rate. The ballots for the
election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: 'The levy and collection of a tax on all property in
the Jackson County County-Wide Drainage District in an amount of
not more than [75]___(insert the amount prescribed by the election
order, not to exceed 75 cents) cents on each $100 of assessed
valuation.' The proposition for the levy of the tax may be
submitted at [a ]one or more separate elections or it may be
submitted at [an ]one or more elections held for other purposes by
the District. A maximum rate approved by the electors may be
subsequently modified by the District in the same manner provided
for in this section.
(f) The assessor and collector of taxes for the District is
entitled to a fee for his or her services of not more than one
percent of the total tax collected, but not more than [$5,000]
$10,000 in any one fiscal year. The board shall determine the exact
amount of the fee, and the assessor and collector of taxes for the
District shall deduct this fee from the tax payments made to the
District. If the county tax assessor and collector is acting as
assessor and collector of taxes for the District, he or she shall
deposit the fee paid under this subsection in the general fund of
the county as a fee of office.
SECTION 2. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
Government Code.
(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives within the required time.
(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
and accomplished.
SECTION 3. 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, 2023.