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AN ACT
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relating to a county's general revenue levy for indigent health |
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care. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.002(5), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(5) "General revenue levy" means: |
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(A) the property taxes imposed by a county that |
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are not dedicated to: |
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(i) the construction and maintenance of |
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farm-to-market roads under Article VIII, Section 1-a, Texas |
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Constitution; |
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(ii) [or to] flood control under Article |
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VIII, Section 1-a, [of the] Texas Constitution; |
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(iii) [or that are not dedicated to] the |
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further maintenance of the public roads under Article VIII, Section |
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9, [of the] Texas Constitution; or |
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(iv) the payment of principal or interest |
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on county debt; and |
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(B) the sales and use tax revenue to be received |
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by the county during the calendar year in which the state fiscal |
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year begins under Chapter 323, Tax Code, as determined under |
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Section 26.041(d), Tax Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2315 was passed by the House on April |
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21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 2, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2315 was passed by the Senate on May |
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25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |