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Senate Bill 1339 |
Senate Author: Madla |
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Effective: 6-17-05 |
House Sponsor: Straus |
Senate Bill 1339 amends the Transportation Code to allow the governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county to order an election on the question of joining an advanced transportation district if the voters in the municipality or the unincorporated area of the county did not vote to join the district at the initial election that authorized the creation of the district and the imposition of a sales and use tax for advanced transportation and mobility enhancement. The bill provides that such an election may not be held if the advanced transportation district's governing body determines that the addition of the municipality or unincorporated area would create a financial hardship on the district or impair the imposition of the district's sales and use tax.
If approval of the district's tax rate at such an election would cause the combined rate of all sales and use tax in a political subdivision to exceed the two percent cap, the bill requires the ballot to allow voters in that election to determine which portion of the subdivision's other sales taxes will be repealed if the voters approve joining the district.