| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2025; March 6, 2025, |
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| 3 | | - | read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government; |
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| 4 | | - | March 24, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, |
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| 5 | | - | Nays 1; March 24, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 9 | | relating to the authority of the governing body of a school district |
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| 12 | 10 | | to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the district's |
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| 13 | 11 | | voter-approval tax rate. |
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| 14 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 26.042, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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| 16 | 14 | | Subsection (e-1) to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 15 | | (e-1) The governing body of a school district may not adopt |
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| 18 | 16 | | a tax rate under Subsection (e) for a tax year in which: |
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| 19 | 17 | | (1) the governing body previously adopted a tax rate |
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| 20 | 18 | | that exceeded the district's voter-approval tax rate; |
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| 21 | 19 | | (2) an election was held under Section 26.08 for the |
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| 22 | 20 | | purpose of determining whether to approve the district's adopted |
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| 23 | 21 | | tax rate; and |
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| 24 | 22 | | (3) the proposition to approve the district's adopted |
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| 25 | 23 | | tax rate was not approved by the voters of the district at the |
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| 26 | 24 | | election. |
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| 27 | 25 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an |
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| 28 | 26 | | ad valorem tax year that begins on or after the effective date of |
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| 29 | 27 | | this Act. |
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| 30 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026. |
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