Honorable Dennis Bonnen, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2853 by Anderson, Rodney (Relating to the municipal sales and use tax for street maintenance.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend Section 327.007 of the Tax Code to provide that for a certain municipality the sales and use tax for street maintenance would expire after eight years instead of four years after the last reauthorization election.
The bill would amend Section 327.008 of the Tax Code to provide that street maintenance tax revenue may be used to maintain and repair sidewalks in addition to municipal streets.
This bill would take effect immediately upon enactment, assuming it received the requisite two-thirds majority votes in both houses of the Legislature. Otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2015
Local Government Impact
The bill would extend the period before expiration of the municipal sales and use tax for street maintenance for the city of Grand Prairie. That provision, and the provision extending the uses of revenue from this tax to sidewalks, would have no state revenue implications. The city of Grand Prairie would have four additional years of revenue.