78R5083 CBH-D

By:  Wilson                                                       H.B. No. 2122



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to taxes and fees.                                                   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  The following are repealed:                                        
		(1)  Chapters 151, 154, and 171, Tax Code;                                    
		(2)  Sections 801.154(b)-(d), Occupations Code; and                           
		(3)  Section 2001.501, Occupations Code.                                      
	SECTION 2.  Section 45.003(d), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(d)  A proposition submitted to authorize the levy of 
maintenance taxes must include the question of whether the 
governing board or commissioners court may levy, assess, and 
collect annual ad valorem taxes for the further maintenance of 
public schools, at a rate not to exceed the rate, which may be not 
more than $1.55 [$1.50] on the $100 valuation of taxable property in 
the district, stated in the proposition.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.