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78R4150 JD-D
By: Hochberg H.J.R. No. 43
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to clarify that an ad valorem
tax that is levied, assessed, or collected by a school district in
this state is not a state ad valorem tax.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 3(e), Article VII, Texas Constitution,
is amended to read as follows:
(e) The Legislature shall be authorized to pass laws for the
assessment and collection of taxes in all school districts and for
the management and control of the public school or schools of such
districts, whether such districts are composed of territory wholly
within a county or in parts of two or more counties, and the
Legislature may authorize an additional ad valorem tax to be levied
and collected within all school districts for the further
maintenance of public free schools, and for the erection and
equipment of school buildings therein; provided that a majority of
the qualified voters of the district voting at an election to be
held for that purpose, shall approve the tax. A tax that is
assessed, levied, or collected under this subsection does not
constitute and may not be construed to be a state ad valorem tax
within the meaning of Section 1-e, Article VIII, of this
constitution, regardless of the manner or method by which the tax is
assessed, levied, or collected or the manner or method by which the
proceeds of the tax are disbursed.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2003.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to clarify that an ad
valorem tax that is levied, assessed, or collected by a school
district in this state is not a state ad valorem tax."