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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the form of the ballot proposition to be used in an |
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election to approve a school district tax rate that exceeds the |
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rollback tax rate. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 26.08(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) The governing body shall order that the election be held |
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in the school district on a date not less than 30 or more than 90 |
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days after the day on which it adopted the tax rate. Section |
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41.001, Election Code, does not apply to the election unless a date |
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specified by that section falls within the time permitted by this |
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section. At the election, the ballots shall be prepared to permit |
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voting for or against the proposition: "Approving the ad valorem |
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tax rate of $_____ per $100 valuation in (name of school district) |
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for the current year, a rate that is $_____ higher per $100 |
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valuation than the school district rollback tax rate, for the |
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purpose of (description of purpose of increase)." The ballot |
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proposition must include the adopted tax rate and the difference |
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between that rate and the rollback tax rate in the appropriate |
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places. |
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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, 2013. |