88R8343 MP-F
 
  By: Huffman S.B. No. 2569
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to taxing authority of Jackson County County-Wide Drainage
  District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 14(a), (b), and (f), Chapter 200, Acts
  of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, are amended to read
  as follows:
         (a)  On the approval of a majority of the electors of the
  District voting at an election called for that purpose, the
  District may levy and collect an ad valorem [a] tax at a rate of not
  more than 75 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation to be used to
  pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued by the District
  [district] and to pay for the operation of the District [district]
  and maintenance of its property.
         (b)  Before a tax is levied under this section, the District
  shall hold an election in the District in the manner provided in
  Section 17 of this Act to approve the tax rate.  The ballots for the
  election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
  proposition: 'The levy and collection of a tax on all property in
  the Jackson County County-Wide Drainage District in an amount of
  not more than (insert amount set by the election order) [75] cents
  on each $100 of assessed valuation.'  The proposition for the levy
  of the tax may be submitted at one or more [a] separate elections 
  [election] or it may be submitted at one or more elections [an
  election] held for other purposes by the District.  A maximum tax
  rate approved at an election under this subsection may be modified
  by the District in the same manner as provided by this section.
         (f)  The assessor and collector of taxes for the District is
  entitled to a fee for the assessor and collector's [his] services of
  not more than one percent of the total tax collected, but not more
  than $10,000 [$5,000] in any one fiscal year.  The board shall
  determine the exact amount of the fee, and the assessor and
  collector of taxes for the District shall deduct this fee from the
  tax payments made to the District.  If the county tax assessor and
  collector is acting as assessor and collector of taxes for the
  District, the assessor and collector [he] shall deposit the fee
  paid under this subsection in the general fund of the county as a
  fee of office.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  The legal notice of the intention to
  introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
  Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
  copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
  officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
  under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
  Government Code.
         (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
  submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
         (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
  its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
  lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
  representatives within the required time.
         (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
  state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
  to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
  and accomplished.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.