H.B. No. 3084

	AN ACT
	relating to the municipal street maintenance sales tax.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 327.007(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(a)  Unless imposition of a [the] sales and use tax
	authorized by this chapter and adopted before September 1, 2007, is
	reauthorized as provided by this section, the tax expires on:
	(1)  the fourth anniversary of the date the tax
	originally took effect under Section 327.005; or
	(2)  the first day of the first calendar quarter
	occurring after the fourth anniversary of the date the tax was last
	reauthorized under this section.
	SECTION 2.  Chapter 327, Tax Code, is amended by adding
	Section 327.009 to read as follows:
	Sec. 327.009.  REPEAL OF TAX.  (a)  An election to abolish
	the tax authorized by this chapter is called by the adoption of an
	order by the governing body of the municipality.  The governing body
	may call an election on its own motion or shall call an election if a
	number of qualified voters in the municipality equal to at least
	five percent of the number of registered voters in the municipality
	petition the governing body to call the election.
	(b)  At an election to abolish the tax, the ballot shall be
	prepared to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The
	abolition of the local sales and use tax for maintenance and repair
	of municipal streets in (name of municipality)."
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3084 was passed by the House on April
	13, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3084 was passed by the Senate on May
	17, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor