Bill Text: TX HB81 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the number of registered voters of a taxing unit other than a school district who are required to sign a petition for an election to determine whether to reduce the ad valorem tax rate adopted by the unit to the rollback tax rate in order for the petition to be valid.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-20 - Referred to Ways & Means [HB81 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB81-Introduced.html
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| By: Darby | H.B. No. 81 | |
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| relating to the number of registered voters of a taxing unit other | ||
| than a school district who are required to sign a petition for an | ||
| election to determine whether to reduce the ad valorem tax rate | ||
| adopted by the unit to the rollback tax rate in order for the | ||
| petition to be valid. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 26.07(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (b) A petition is valid only if: | ||
| (1) it states that it is intended to require an | ||
| election in the taxing unit on the question of reducing the tax rate | ||
| for the current year; | ||
| (2) it is signed by a number of registered voters of | ||
| the taxing unit equal to at least: | ||
| (A) one [ |
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| registered voters of the taxing unit according to the most recent | ||
| list of registered voters if the tax rate adopted for the current | ||
| tax year would impose taxes for maintenance and operations in an | ||
| amount of at least $10 [ |
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| (B) three [ |
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| registered voters of the taxing unit according to the most recent | ||
| official list of registered voters if the tax rate adopted for the | ||
| current tax year would impose taxes for maintenance and operations | ||
| in an amount of less than $10 [ |
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| (3) it is submitted to the governing body on or before | ||
| the 90th day after the date on which the governing body adopted the | ||
| tax rate for the current year. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the | ||
| ad valorem tax rate of a taxing unit beginning with the 2018 tax | ||
| year. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. | ||
