| 1 | 1 | | 89R1903 PRL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Troxclair H.B. No. 5446 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the text of ballot propositions that increase taxes. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 52.072(e), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (e) In addition to any other requirement imposed by law for |
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| 14 | 14 | | a proposition, including a provision prescribing the proposition |
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| 15 | 15 | | language, a proposition submitted to the voters for approval of the |
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| 16 | 16 | | imposition, increase, or reduction of a tax shall, except as |
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| 17 | 17 | | otherwise required by this subsection, be printed in mixed-case |
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| 18 | 18 | | typewritten letters and [specifically state], as applicable: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) with respect to a proposition that only seeks |
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| 20 | 20 | | voter approval of the imposition or increase of a tax: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) state[,] the amount of or maximum tax rate of |
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| 22 | 22 | | the tax or tax increase for which approval is sought; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (B) include, in capital typewritten letters of |
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| 24 | 24 | | the same font size as the rest of the proposition, the statement |
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| 25 | 25 | | "THIS IS A TAX INCREASE"; or |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) with respect to a proposition that only seeks |
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| 27 | 27 | | voter approval of the reduction of a tax, state the amount of tax |
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| 28 | 28 | | rate reduction or the tax rate for which approval is sought. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 30 | 30 | | an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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