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| 2 | 2 | | By: Cortez H.J.R. No. 178 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the imposition of |
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| 7 | 7 | | an additional ad valorem tax for emergency services districts, |
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| 8 | 8 | | subject to voter approval, at a rate not to exceed five cents for |
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| 9 | 9 | | the acquisition of land, equipment, or apparatus or the |
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| 10 | 10 | | construction of capital improvements. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 48-e, Article III, Texas Constitution, |
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| 13 | 13 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 48-e. Laws may be enacted to provide for the |
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| 15 | 15 | | establishment and creation of special districts to provide |
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| 16 | 16 | | emergency services and to authorize the commissioners courts of |
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| 17 | 17 | | participating counties to impose [levy] a tax on the ad valorem |
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| 18 | 18 | | property situated in said districts not to exceed 10 cents [Ten |
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| 19 | 19 | | Cents (10ยข)] on the $100 [One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)] valuation |
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| 20 | 20 | | for the operating and capital support thereof and five cents on the |
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| 21 | 21 | | $100 valuation for the acquisition of land, equipment, or apparatus |
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| 22 | 22 | | or the construction of capital improvements; provided that no tax |
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| 23 | 23 | | shall be imposed [levied] in support of said districts until |
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| 24 | 24 | | approved by a vote of the qualified voters residing therein. Such a |
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| 25 | 25 | | district may provide emergency medical services, emergency |
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| 26 | 26 | | ambulance services, rural fire prevention and control services, or |
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| 27 | 27 | | other emergency services authorized by the Legislature. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 29 | 29 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. |
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| 30 | 30 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 31 | 31 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment to authorize the |
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| 32 | 32 | | imposition of an additional ad valorem tax for an emergency |
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| 33 | 33 | | services district, subject to voter approval, at a rate not to |
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| 34 | 34 | | exceed five cents for the acquisition of land, equipment, or |
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| 35 | 35 | | apparatus or the construction of capital improvements." |
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