| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 4704 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to taxing authority of Jackson County County-Wide Drainage |
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| 6 | 6 | | District. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Sections 14(a), (b), and (f), Chapter 200, Acts |
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| 9 | 9 | | of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, are amended to read |
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| 10 | 10 | | as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) On the approval of a majority of the electors of the |
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| 12 | 12 | | District voting at an election called for that purpose, the |
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| 13 | 13 | | District may levy and collect an ad valorem [a] tax at a rate of not |
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| 14 | 14 | | more than 75 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation to be used to |
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| 15 | 15 | | pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued by the District |
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| 16 | 16 | | [district] and to pay for the operation of the District [district] |
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| 17 | 17 | | and maintenance of its property. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) Before a tax is levied under this section, the District |
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| 19 | 19 | | shall hold an election in the District in the manner provided in |
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| 20 | 20 | | Section 17 of this Act to approve the tax rate. The ballots for the |
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| 21 | 21 | | election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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| 22 | 22 | | proposition: 'The levy and collection of a tax on all property in |
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| 23 | 23 | | the Jackson County County-Wide Drainage District in an amount of |
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| 24 | 24 | | not more than (insert the amount prescribed by the election |
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| 25 | 25 | | order, not to exceed 75 cents) [75] cents on each $100 of assessed |
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| 26 | 26 | | valuation.' The proposition for the levy of the tax may be |
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| 27 | 27 | | submitted at one or more [a] separate elections [election] or it may |
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| 28 | 28 | | be submitted at one or more elections [an election] held for other |
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| 29 | 29 | | purposes by the District. A maximum tax rate approved at an |
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| 30 | 30 | | election under this subsection may be modified by the District in |
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| 31 | 31 | | the same manner as provided by this section. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (f) The assessor and collector of taxes for the District is |
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| 33 | 33 | | entitled to a fee for the assessor and collector's [his] services of |
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| 34 | 34 | | not more than one percent of the total tax collected, but not more |
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| 35 | 35 | | than $10,000 [$5,000] in any one fiscal year. The board shall |
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| 36 | 36 | | determine the exact amount of the fee, and the assessor and |
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| 37 | 37 | | collector of taxes for the District shall deduct this fee from the |
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| 38 | 38 | | tax payments made to the District. If the county tax assessor and |
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| 39 | 39 | | collector is acting as assessor and collector of taxes for the |
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| 40 | 40 | | District, the assessor and collector [he] shall deposit the fee |
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| 41 | 41 | | paid under this subsection in the general fund of the county as a |
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| 42 | 42 | | fee of office. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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| 44 | 44 | | introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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| 45 | 45 | | Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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| 46 | 46 | | copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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| 47 | 47 | | officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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| 48 | 48 | | under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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| 49 | 49 | | Government Code. |
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| 50 | 50 | | (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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| 51 | 51 | | submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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| 52 | 52 | | Environmental Quality. |
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| 53 | 53 | | (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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| 54 | 54 | | its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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| 55 | 55 | | lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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| 56 | 56 | | representatives within the required time. |
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| 57 | 57 | | (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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| 58 | 58 | | state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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| 59 | 59 | | to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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| 60 | 60 | | and accomplished. |
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| 61 | 61 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 62 | 62 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 63 | 63 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 64 | 64 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 65 | 65 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 66 | 66 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 67 | 67 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 68 | 68 | | I certify that H.B. No. 4704 was passed by the House on April |
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| 69 | 69 | | 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 19, 2 present, not |
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| 70 | 70 | | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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| 71 | 71 | | No. 4704 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 17, |
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| 72 | 72 | | 3 present, not voting. |
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| 73 | 73 | | ______________________________ |
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| 74 | 74 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 75 | 75 | | I certify that H.B. No. 4704 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 76 | 76 | | amendments, on May 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays |
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| 77 | 77 | | 4. |
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| 78 | 78 | | ______________________________ |
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| 79 | 79 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 80 | 80 | | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 81 | 81 | | Date |
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| 82 | 82 | | __________________ |
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| 83 | 83 | | Governor |
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