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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the text of ballot propositions that increase taxes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 52.072(e), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) In addition to any other requirement imposed by law for |
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a proposition, including a provision prescribing the proposition |
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language, a proposition submitted to the voters for approval of the |
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imposition, increase, or reduction of a tax shall, except as |
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otherwise required by this subsection, be printed in mixed-case |
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typewritten letters and [specifically state], as applicable: |
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(1) with respect to a proposition that only seeks |
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voter approval of the imposition or increase of a tax: |
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(A) state[,] the amount of or maximum tax rate of |
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the tax or tax increase for which approval is sought; and |
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(B) include, in capital typewritten letters of |
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the same font size as the rest of the proposition, the statement |
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"THIS IS A TAX INCREASE"; or |
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(2) with respect to a proposition that only seeks |
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voter approval of the reduction of a tax, state the amount of tax |
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rate reduction or the tax rate for which approval is sought. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |