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AN ACT
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relating to split payments of ad valorem taxes for certain taxing |
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units. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 31.03, Tax Code, is amended by amending |
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Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the [The] |
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split-payment option, if adopted, applies to taxes for all units |
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for which the adopting taxing unit collects taxes. |
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(d) This subsection applies only to a taxing unit located in |
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a county having a population of 250,000 or more that borders a |
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county having a population of 3.3 million or more and the Gulf of |
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Mexico. The governing body of a taxing unit that has its taxes |
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collected by another taxing unit that has adopted the split-payment |
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option under Subsection (a) may provide, in the manner required by |
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law for official action by the body, that the split-payment option |
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does not apply to the taxing unit's taxes collected by the other |
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taxing unit. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 796 passed the Senate on |
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April 19, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 15, 2007, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 796 passed the House, with |
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amendments, on May 7, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 135, |
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Nays 0, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |