83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1511, Chapter 0 Page: 2 of 14
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H.B. No. 1511
1 county] that has adopted a sales and use tax under this subchapter
2 at any rate, and a county that has adopted a sales and use tax under
3 this subchapter at a rate of less than one-half of one percent may
4 by ordinance or order increase the rate of the tax if the increase
5 is approved by a majority of the registered voters of that
6 municipality or county voting at an election called and held for
7 that purpose.
8 (b) The county tax may be increased under Subsection (a) in
9 one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent to a maximum of
10 one-half of one percent. The municipal tax may be increased under
11 Subsection (a) in one or more increments of one-eighth of one
12 percent to any rate that the municipality determines is appropriate
13 and that would not result in a combined rate that exceeds the
14 maximum combined rate prescribed by Section 321.101(f), Tax Code.
15 (c) The ballot for an election to increase the tax shall be
16 printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The
17 adoption of a sales and use tax for the purpose of financing
18 (insert description of venue project) at the rate of [
19 el ] percent (insert [on-f r ..th, thrL cightho - -l f, 1-]
20 appropriate rate) ."
21 SECTION 4. Section 363.055(a), Local Government Code, is
22 amended to read as follows:
23 (a) The proposed rate for the district sales and use tax
24 imposed under Subchapter B, Chapter 321, Tax Code, may be any rate
25 that is an increment of one-eighth of one percent, that the
26 municipality determines is appropriate, and that would not result
27 in a combined rate that exceeds the maximum combined rate2
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1511, Chapter 0, legislative document, June 14, 2013; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth438697/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.