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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) A district that has adopted a sales and use tax under this chapter may, by order and subject to Section 387.007(b):
(1) reduce the rate of the tax or repeal the tax without an election, except that the district may not repeal the sales and use tax or reduce the rate of the sales and use tax below the amount pledged to secure payment of an outstanding district debt or contractual obligation;
(2) increase the rate of the sales and use tax, if the increased rate of the sales and use tax will not exceed the rate approved at an election held under Section 387.003; or
(3) increase the rate of the sales and use tax to a rate that exceeds the rate approved at an election held under Section 387.003 after the increase is approved by a majority of the votes received in the district at an election held for that purpose.
(b) The tax may be changed under Subsection (a) in one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent.
(c) The ballot for an election to increase the tax shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: “The increase of a sales and use tax for the _____ County Assistance District No._____ (insert name of district) from the rate of _____ percent (insert appropriate rate) to the rate of _____ percent (insert appropriate rate).”
(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., ch. 396 (S.B. No. 520), § 8; Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., ch. 1341 (S.B. 1233), § 29.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 387.010. Repeal or Rate Change - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/local-government-code/loc-gov-t-sect-387-010/
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