By Madla S.B. No. 821 74R3109 DRH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the imposition by certain counties of a sales and use 1-3 tax dedicated to operating a landfill. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 3, Tax Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Chapter 325 to read as follows: 1-7 CHAPTER 325. COUNTY LANDFILL SALES AND USE TAX 1-8 SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS 1-9 Sec. 325.001. COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX ACT APPLICABLE. 1-10 Except to the extent that a provision of this chapter applies, 1-11 Chapter 323 applies to the tax authorized by this chapter in the 1-12 same manner as that chapter applies to the tax authorized by that 1-13 chapter. 1-14 (Sections 325.002-325.020 reserved for expansion 1-15 SUBCHAPTER B. IMPOSITION OF TAX 1-16 Sec. 325.021. TAX AUTHORIZED. (a) A county having a 1-17 population of 40,000 or less that borders the Rio Grande may adopt 1-18 or abolish the sales and use tax authorized by this chapter at an 1-19 election held in the county. 1-20 (b) A county may not adopt a tax under this chapter if as a 1-21 result of the adoption of the tax the combined rate of all sales 1-22 and use taxes imposed by the county and other political 1-23 subdivisions of this state having territory in the county would 1-24 exceed two percent at any location in the county. 2-1 (c) If the voters of a county approve the adoption of the 2-2 tax at an election held on the same election date on which another 2-3 political subdivision adopts a sales and use tax or approves the 2-4 increase in the rate of its sales and use tax and as a result the 2-5 combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the county and 2-6 other political subdivisions of this state having territory in the 2-7 county would exceed two percent at any location in the county, the 2-8 election to adopt a sales and use tax under this chapter has no 2-9 effect. 2-10 Sec. 325.022. TAX RATE. The rate of the tax authorized by 2-11 this chapter is one-half percent. 2-12 Sec. 325.023. SALES AND USE TAX EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) The 2-13 adoption or abolition of the tax takes effect on the first day of 2-14 the first calendar quarter occurring after the expiration of the 2-15 first complete calendar quarter occurring after the date on which 2-16 the comptroller receives a notice of the results of the election. 2-17 (b) If the comptroller determines that an effective date 2-18 provided by Subsection (a) will occur before the comptroller can 2-19 reasonably take the action required to begin collecting the tax or 2-20 to implement the abolition of the tax, the effective date may be 2-21 extended by the comptroller until the first day of the next 2-22 succeeding calendar quarter. 2-23 (Sections 325.024-325.060 reserved for expansion 2-24 SUBCHAPTER C. TAX ELECTION PROCEDURES 2-25 Sec. 325.061. ELECTION PROCEDURE. (a) An election to adopt 2-26 or abolish the tax authorized by this chapter is called by the 2-27 adoption of an order by the commissioners court of the county. The 3-1 commissioners court shall call an election if a number of qualified 3-2 voters of the county equal to at least five percent of the number 3-3 of registered voters in the county petitions the commissioners 3-4 court to call the election. 3-5 (b) At an election to adopt the tax, the ballot shall be 3-6 prepared to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The 3-7 adoption of a local sales and use tax in (name of county) at the 3-8 rate of one-half percent to provide revenue for the operation of a 3-9 county landfill." 3-10 (c) At an election to abolish the tax, the ballot shall be 3-11 prepared to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The 3-12 abolition of the county landfill sales and use tax in (name of 3-13 county)." 3-14 (Sections 325.062-325.080 reserved for expansion 3-15 SUBCHAPTER D. USE OF TAX REVENUE 3-16 Sec. 325.081. USE OF TAX REVENUE. Revenue from the tax 3-17 imposed under this chapter may be used only to build, operate, or 3-18 maintain a landfill in the county. 3-19 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 3-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 3-24 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 3-25 passage, and it is so enacted.