Bill Text: TX HB4073 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the time for dissolution of a crime control and prevention district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB4073 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB4073-Engrossed.html

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By: Perez H.B. No. 4073

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the time for dissolution of a crime control and
prevention district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 363.260(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) If less than a majority of the votes cast in a
continuation referendum are for the continuation of a district or
if a majority of the votes cast in a dissolution referendum are for
dissolution of the district:
(1) the board shall certify that fact to the secretary
of state not later than the 10th day after the date of the canvass of
the returns; and
(2) the district is dissolved and ceases to operate in
accordance with Section 363.301 [on the earlier of:
[(A) the last day of the district's fiscal year;
or
[(B) the 180th day after the date that the
continuation or dissolution referendum is held].
SECTION 2. Section 363.262, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 363.262. EFFECTIVE DATE OF TAX CHANGE. (a) If less
than a majority of the votes cast in a continuation referendum are
for the continuation of the district or if a majority of the votes
cast in a dissolution referendum are for dissolution of the
district, the board shall notify the comptroller in writing of the
results of the referendum not later than the 10th day after the date
the referendum returns are canvassed.
(b) If the district is to be dissolved as a result of a
dissolution [the] referendum, the abolition of the local crime
control sales and use tax takes effect on the first day of the first
calendar quarter that occurs after the expiration of the first
complete calendar quarter that occurs after the comptroller
receives a notice of the results of the [continuation or]
dissolution referendum.
(c) If the district is to be dissolved as a result of a
failed continuation referendum, the abolition of the local crime
control sales and use tax takes effect on the date the district is
dissolved in accordance with S
ection 363.301.
(d) If the comptroller determines that an effective date
provided by Subsection (b) will occur before the comptroller can
reasonably take the action required to implement abolition of the
tax, the comptroller may extend the effective date until the final
day of the succeeding calendar quarter.
SECTION 3. Section 363.301, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 363.301. TIME FOR DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT. The
district is dissolved on expiration of the period for which the
district was authorized to impose taxes for district purposes
pursuant to the last successful creation or continuation election.
[(a) The district is dissolved on the first uniform election date
that occurs after the fifth anniversary of the date the district
began to levy taxes for district purposes if the district has not
held a continuation or dissolution referendum.
[(b) The district is dissolved on the first uniform election
date that occurs after the fifth anniversary of the date of the most
recent continuation or dissolution referendum.
[(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a district that is
continued under Section 363.2515, and that district is dissolved at
the end of the period for which it was continued.]
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.