Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8246.201 · Subchapter E. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
PETITION AND ELECTION AUTHORIZING AD VALOREM TAX; TAX LIMIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board may impose on all taxable property in the district an annual tax at a rate not to exceed 15 cents on the $100 valuation.
(b) Before an election is held on the ad valorem tax proposition, a petition for the tax must be presented to the board. The petition must be signed by 10 percent of the registered voters who own taxable property in the district.
(c) The petition, election order, and notice of the election must state:
(1) the specific tax rate to be voted on or that the rate may not exceed the limit under Subsection (a); and
(2) one or more of the purposes authorized by this chapter for which the tax money may be spent.
(d) The total amount of all taxes imposed by the district for all purposes may not exceed 15 cents on the $100 valuation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2011.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8246.htm
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