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By:  Madla                                                        S.B. No. 1020


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authorization of changes affecting sales and use 
tax authority of emergency services districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 775.0751(a), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A district may adopt a sales and use tax, change the rate 
of its sales and use tax, or abolish its sales and use tax at an 
election held as provided by Section 775.0752.  The district may 
impose the tax at a rate in any increments of one-eighth of one 
percent to a maximum of two percent [of one-half percent, one 
percent, one and one-half percent, or two percent].  Revenue from 
the tax may be used for any purpose for which ad valorem tax revenue 
of the district may be used.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.