H.B. No. 4704
AN ACT
relating to taxing authority of Jackson County County-Wide Drainage
District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 14(a), (b), and (f), Chapter 200, Acts
of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, are amended to read
as follows:
(a) On the approval of a majority of the electors of the
District voting at an election called for that purpose, the
District may levy and collect an ad valorem [a] tax 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 District
[district] and to pay for the operation of the District [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 (insert the amount prescribed by the election
order, not to exceed 75 cents) [75] cents on each $100 of assessed
valuation.' The proposition for the levy of the tax may be
submitted at one or more [a] separate elections [election] or it may
be submitted at one or more elections [an election] held for other
purposes by the District. A maximum tax rate approved at an
election under this subsection may be modified by the District in
the same manner as provided by this section.
(f) The assessor and collector of taxes for the District is
entitled to a fee for the assessor and collector's [his] services of
not more than one percent of the total tax collected, but not more
than $10,000 [$5,000] 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, the assessor and collector [he] 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4704 was passed by the House on April
28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 19, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 4704 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 17,
3 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4704 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays
4.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor