Bill Text: TX SB1821 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to ballot propositions authorizing certain political subdivisions to issue bonds.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB1821 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1821-Introduced.html
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| By: Burton | S.B. No. 1821 | |
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| relating to ballot propositions authorizing certain political | ||
| subdivisions to issue bonds. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 1251, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| designating Sections 1251.001, 1251.002, 1251.003, 1251.004, | ||
| 1251.005, and 1251.006 as Subchapter A and adding a subchapter | ||
| heading to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER A. BOND ELECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR COUNTIES AND | ||
| MUNICIPALITIES | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 1251, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter B to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER B. BOND ELECTION BALLOTS FOR CERTAIN POLITICAL | ||
| SUBDIVISIONS | ||
| Sec. 1251.051. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
| (1) "Capital appreciation bond" means a bond that | ||
| accrues and compounds interest from its date of delivery, the | ||
| interest on which by its terms is payable only on maturity or prior | ||
| redemption. | ||
| (2) "Political subdivision" means a county, | ||
| municipality, or school district. | ||
| Sec. 1251.052. CONTENTS OF BALLOT PROPOSITION. (a) The | ||
| proposition submitted for an election to authorize a political | ||
| subdivision to issue bonds supported by property taxes must: | ||
| (1) distinctly state the projected annual increase in | ||
| property taxes attributable to the bonds to be issued that a | ||
| homeowner of an average-priced home within the political | ||
| subdivision may be required to pay; and | ||
| (2) if the bonds to be issued may be of a type that | ||
| accrue and defer interest costs, such as capital appreciation | ||
| bonds: | ||
| (A) include a conspicuous statement that the | ||
| interest costs of the bonds continue to accrue but are deferred to a | ||
| later date; and | ||
| (B) distinctly state the range of the projected | ||
| tax impact on property taxes described by Subdivision (1) from the | ||
| date the bonds are issued until the date the bonds mature. | ||
| (b) The requirements for a proposition prescribed by this | ||
| section are in addition to any other requirements prescribed by | ||
| law. To the extent of a conflict between this section and Section | ||
| 52.072, Election Code, this section controls. | ||
| (c) A political subdivision must determine a projection | ||
| required by Subsection (a) in the manner prescribed by comptroller | ||
| rule. | ||
| Sec. 1251.053. COMPTROLLER RULES. The comptroller shall | ||
| adopt rules that prescribe the manner by which a political | ||
| subdivision must determine a projection required by Section | ||
| 1251.052. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) Section 1251.052, Government Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies only to a bond election ordered on or after | ||
| January 1, 2018. A bond election ordered before January 1, 2018, is | ||
| governed by the law in effect when the bond election was ordered, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| (b) Not later than November 1, 2017, the comptroller of | ||
| public accounts shall adopt the rules required by Section 1251.053, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
