| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal |
|
|
Management District No. 1; authorizing the imposition of a tax. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 3927, Special District |
|
|
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3927.055 to read as |
|
|
follows: |
|
|
Sec. 3927.055. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. (a) The district |
|
|
may compensate each director in an amount not to exceed $150 for |
|
|
each board meeting. The total amount of compensation for each |
|
|
director in one year may not exceed $7,200. |
|
|
(b) A director is entitled to reimbursement for necessary |
|
|
and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and |
|
|
responsibilities of the board. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 3927, Special District |
|
|
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3927.207 to read as |
|
|
follows: |
|
|
Sec. 3927.207. SALES AND USE TAX. (a) The district may |
|
|
impose a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters |
|
|
of the district voting at an election called for that purpose. |
|
|
Revenue from the tax may be used for any purpose for which ad |
|
|
valorem tax revenue of the district may be used. |
|
|
(b) The district may not adopt a sales and use tax if as a |
|
|
result of the adoption of the tax the combined rate of all sales and |
|
|
use taxes imposed by the district and other political subdivisions |
|
|
of this state having territory in the district would exceed two |
|
|
percent at any location in the district. |
|
|
(c) If the voters of the district approve the adoption of |
|
|
the tax at an election held on the same election date on which |
|
|
another political subdivision adopts a sales and use tax or |
|
|
approves an increase in the rate of its sales and use tax and as a |
|
|
result the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the |
|
|
district and other political subdivisions of this state having |
|
|
territory in the district would exceed two percent at any location |
|
|
in the district, the election to adopt a sales and use tax under |
|
|
this chapter has no effect. |
|
|
(d) Chapter 321, Tax Code, applies to the imposition, |
|
|
computation, administration, enforcement, and collection of the |
|
|
sales and use tax imposed by this section except to the extent it is |
|
|
inconsistent with this chapter. |
|
|
SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
|
|
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
|
|
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
|
|
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
|
|
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
|
|
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
|
|
Government Code. |
|
|
(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
|
|
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
|
|
Environmental Quality. |
|
|
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
|
|
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
|
|
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
|
|
representatives within the required time. |
|
|
(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
|
|
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
|
|
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
|
|
and accomplished. |
|
|
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |