89R8064 TSS-D
By: Toth H.B. No. 2671
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the date of an automatic election to approve the tax
rate of a school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 26.08(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(b) The governing body shall order that the election be held
in the school district on the same day as the next date of a general
election for state and county officers [uniform election date
prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code,] that occurs after the
date of the election order and [that] allows sufficient time to
comply with the requirements of other law. At the election, the
ballots shall be prepared to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate of ____ (insert
adopted tax rate) in (name of school district) for the current year,
a rate that will result in an increase of ____ (insert percentage
increase in maintenance and operations tax revenue under the
adopted tax rate as compared to maintenance and operations tax
revenue in the preceding tax year) percent in maintenance and
operations tax revenue for the district for the current year as
compared to the preceding year, which is an additional $____
(insert dollar amount of increase in maintenance and operations tax
revenue under the adopted tax rate as compared to maintenance and
operations tax revenue in the preceding tax year)."
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.