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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to taxing authority of Jackson County County-Wide Drainage |
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District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 14(a), (b), and (f), Chapter 200, Acts |
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of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, are amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) On the approval of a majority of the electors of the |
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District voting at an election called for that purpose, the |
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District may levy and collect an ad valorem [a] tax at a rate of not |
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more than 75 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation to be used to |
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pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued by the District |
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[district] and to pay for the operation of the District [district] |
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and maintenance of its property. |
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(b) Before a tax is levied under this section, the District |
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shall hold an election in the District in the manner provided in |
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Section 17 of this Act to approve the tax rate. The ballots for the |
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election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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proposition: 'The levy and collection of a tax on all property in |
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the Jackson County County-Wide Drainage District in an amount of |
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not more than (insert the amount prescribed by the election |
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order, not to exceed 75 cents) [75] cents on each $100 of assessed |
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valuation.' The proposition for the levy of the tax may be |
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submitted at one or more [a] separate elections [election] or it may |
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be submitted at one or more elections [an election] held for other |
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purposes by the District. A maximum tax rate approved at an |
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election under this subsection may be modified by the District in |
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the same manner as provided by this section. |
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(f) The assessor and collector of taxes for the District is |
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entitled to a fee for the assessor and collector's [his] services of |
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not more than one percent of the total tax collected, but not more |
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than $10,000 [$5,000] in any one fiscal year. The board shall |
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determine the exact amount of the fee, and the assessor and |
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collector of taxes for the District shall deduct this fee from the |
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tax payments made to the District. If the county tax assessor and |
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collector is acting as assessor and collector of taxes for the |
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District, the assessor and collector [he] shall deposit the fee |
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paid under this subsection in the general fund of the county as a |
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fee of office. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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