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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing school districts |
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to create school security districts and impose ad valorem taxes for |
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crime prevention measures; authorizing a tax. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 3, Article VII, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) The Legislature may permit a school district to create |
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a school security district and impose a school security ad valorem |
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tax for the purpose of providing crime prevention measures, |
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provided that the school district is required to obtain voter |
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approval of the creation of the school security district and the |
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imposition of a school security ad valorem tax. A school security |
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district may be governed in the manner provided by general law. |
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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 5, 2013. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing school |
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districts to form school security districts and impose ad valorem |
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taxes for crime prevention measures." |