By:  Ratliff                                           S.J.R. No. 7
       73R2754 SRC-D
                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize ad valorem
    1-2  taxation by county education districts.
    1-3        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Article VII of the Texas Constitution is amended
    1-5  by adding Section 3-c to read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 3-c.  Each county education district created by Senate
    1-7  Bill No. 351, Chapter 20, and House Bill No. 2885, Chapter 391,
    1-8  Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1991, may levy,
    1-9  collect, and distribute ad valorem taxes authorized by law.  The
   1-10  legislature may set the rate of the tax to be imposed in each
   1-11  district, or may authorize the districts to set the rate, but in
   1-12  either case the rate of the tax may not exceed $0.90 per $100 of
   1-13  valuation, as determined by law.
   1-14        SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   1-15  submitted to the voters at an election to be held May 1, 1993.  The
   1-16  ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
   1-17  proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing county
   1-18  education districts to levy, collect, and distribute revenue from a
   1-19  property tax not exceeding $0.90 per $100 valuation."