Bill Text: TX HJR39 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the Legislature to establish limitations on the rate of taxation and amount of debt for special purpose districts created by general law or special local law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-25 - Left pending in committee [HJR39 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HJR39-Introduced.html
| By: Bonnen of Galveston | H.J.R. No. 39 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the Legislature to | ||
| establish limitations on the rate of taxation and amount of debt for | ||
| special purpose districts created by general law or special local | ||
| law. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 56, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The Legislature shall impose on any special purpose | ||
| district created after December 31, 2018 under general law or by | ||
| special local law a maximum rate of ad valorem tax for maintenance | ||
| and operations and a maximum amount of debt that may be authorized | ||
| by the district. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the | ||
| Legislature to establish limitations on the rate of taxation and | ||
| amount of debt for special purpose districts created by general law | ||
| or special local law." | ||
