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AN ACT
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relating to combined municipal sales tax ballot propositions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 321.409(a), Tax Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this code or other |
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state law, a municipality may by a combined ballot proposition |
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lower or repeal any [dedicated or special purpose] municipal sales |
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tax, including the additional sales tax for property tax relief, |
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and by the same proposition raise or adopt any other [dedicated or
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special purpose] municipal sales tax, including the additional |
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sales tax for property tax relief. |
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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, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3046 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 3, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3046 was passed by the Senate on May |
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23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |