Bill Text: TX HJR178 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the imposition of an additional ad valorem tax for emergency services districts, subject to voter approval, at a rate not to exceed five cents for the acquisition of land, equipment, or apparatus or the construction of capital improvements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Ways & Means [HJR178 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HJR178-Introduced.html
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By: Cortez | H.J.R. No. 178 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the imposition of | ||
an additional ad valorem tax for emergency services districts, | ||
subject to voter approval, at a rate not to exceed five cents for | ||
the acquisition of land, equipment, or apparatus or the | ||
construction of capital improvements. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 48-e, Article III, Texas Constitution, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 48-e. Laws may be enacted to provide for the | ||
establishment and creation of special districts to provide | ||
emergency services and to authorize the commissioners courts of | ||
participating counties to impose [ |
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property situated in said districts not to exceed 10 cents [ |
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for the operating and capital support thereof and five cents on the | ||
$100 valuation for the acquisition of land, equipment, or apparatus | ||
or the construction of capital improvements; provided that no tax | ||
shall be imposed [ |
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approved by a vote of the qualified voters residing therein. Such a | ||
district may provide emergency medical services, emergency | ||
ambulance services, rural fire prevention and control services, or | ||
other emergency services authorized by the Legislature. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to authorize the | ||
imposition of an additional ad valorem tax for an emergency | ||
services district, subject to voter approval, at a rate not to | ||
exceed five cents for the acquisition of land, equipment, or | ||
apparatus or the construction of capital improvements." |