Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.0241 · Subchapter B. CREATION OF DISTRICT
TAXES FOR CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If two districts that want to consolidate under Section 775.024 have different maximum ad valorem tax rates, the board of the district with the lower maximum ad valorem tax rate shall order an election in its district under Section 775.0745 to authorize the imposition of taxes in the territory of that district at a maximum rate that equals the maximum rate authorized in the district with the higher maximum rate.
(b) If a majority of the voters do not favor the increase in the maximum ad valorem tax rate under Subsection (a), the districts may not proceed with the consolidation.
(c) If the districts have different sales and use tax rates, the board of the consolidated district shall:
(1) designate the territory of the former districts as subdistricts;
(2) continue to impose the sales and use tax in each subdistrict at the rate the tax was imposed by the former district; and
(3) send to the comptroller by registered or certified mail:
(A) a copy of the joint order described by Section 775.024(a)(2); and
(B) a map of the consolidated district that clearly shows the territory of each subdistrict.
(d) Subsection (c) does not limit the authority of the board of the consolidated district to order an election under Section 775.0752 in a subdistrict or in the entire district.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 639 (S.B. 917), Sec. 4, eff. June 17, 2011.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.775.htm
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.024CONSOLIDATION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICTS.Printed as Section 775.024 | Section 775.024(a)(2)
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.0745ELECTION TO INCREASE TAX RATE.Printed as Section 775.0745
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.0752SALES AND USE TAX ELECTION PROCEDURES.Printed as Section 775.0752
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