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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment providing that an ad valorem |
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tax imposed by a school district is not a state ad valorem tax. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 3(e), Article VII, Texas Constitution, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(e) The Legislature shall be authorized to pass laws for the |
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assessment and collection of taxes in all school districts and for |
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the management and control of the public school or schools of such |
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districts, whether such districts are composed of territory wholly |
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within a county or in parts of two or more counties, and the |
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Legislature may authorize an additional ad valorem tax to be levied |
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and collected within all school districts for the further |
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maintenance of public free schools, and for the erection and |
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equipment of school buildings therein; provided that a majority of |
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the qualified voters of the district voting at an election to be |
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held for that purpose, shall approve the tax. A tax levied and |
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collected by a school district under this subsection is not a state |
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ad valorem tax within the meaning of Section 1-e, Article VIII, of |
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this constitution. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing that an ad |
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valorem tax imposed by a school district is not a state ad valorem |
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tax." |