Tex. Const. art. III, § 48-e · Article 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICTS.
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
Laws may be enacted to provide for the establishment and creation of special districts to provide emergency services and to authorize the commissioners courts of participating counties to levy a tax on the ad valorem property situated in said districts not to exceed Ten Cents (10¢) on the One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation for the support thereof; provided that no tax shall be levied in support of said districts until approved by a vote of the qualified voters residing therein. Such a district may provide emergency medical services, emergency ambulance services, rural fire prevention and control services, or other emergency services authorized by the Legislature.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Added Nov. 3, 1987; amended Nov. 2, 1999.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISIONS for Sec. 48-e: See Appendix, Note 1.)
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Cited by 8 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Const. art. III, § 48-e. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
The Texas Constitution
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.003AUTHORIZATION.Printed as Article III, Section 48-e, of the Texas Constitution
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.013CONTENTS OF PETITION.Printed as Article III, Section 48-e, Texas Constitution
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.015FILING OF PETITION AND NOTICE OF HEARING.Printed as Article III, Section 48-e, of the Texas Constitution
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.018ELECTION.Printed as Section 48-e, Article III, Texas Constitution
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.019ELECTION RESULT AND COMMISSIONERS COURT ORDER.Printed as Article III, Section 48-e, of the Texas Constitution
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.0745ELECTION TO INCREASE TAX RATE.Printed as Section 48-e, Article III, Texas Constitution
Special District Local Laws Code
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