73R2158 CAS-D
          By Brady                                             H.J.R. No. 112
                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize an increase in
    1-2  the tax rate limit for rural fire prevention districts.
    1-3        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Article III, Section 48-d, of the Texas
    1-5  Constitution is amended to read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 48-d.  The Legislature shall have the power to provide
    1-7  for the establishment and creation of rural fire prevention
    1-8  districts and to authorize a tax on the ad valorem property
    1-9  situated in said districts not to exceed Five (5›) <Three (3›)>
   1-10  Cents on the One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars valuation for the
   1-11  support thereof; provided that no tax shall be levied in support of
   1-12  said districts until approved by vote of the people residing
   1-13  therein.
   1-14        SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   1-15  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1993.
   1-16  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
   1-17  the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment increasing the
   1-18  maximum ad valorem tax rate of rural fire prevention districts from
   1-19  three cents to five cents on each $100 of taxable value of
   1-20  property."