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House Bill 3417 |
House Author: Garcia et al. |
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Effective: 6-15-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Hinojosa |
House Bill 3417 amends the Local Government Code to authorize a county with a population of 5,000 or more that does not border the United Mexican States and that is adjacent to a county with a population of 500,000 or more that borders the United Mexican States to create a crime control and prevention district by a majority vote of the governing body of the county. The bill also requires a municipality in which a crime and control prevention district is established to adopt a sales and use tax to finance the district and sets the maximum tax rate. House Bill 3417 includes provisions relating to the disbursement of tax revenue for the operation of a district and allowing for an increase or a decrease in the tax rate in specified increments by order of the district's board of directors, voter approval at an election held in the district, or, in the case of a rate increase up to the statutory cap, an order of the board subject to voter approval.