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(a) An authority may not adopt a sales and use tax rate, including a rate increase, that when combined with the rates of all sales and use taxes imposed by other political subdivisions of the state having territory in the authority exceeds two percent in any location in the authority.
(b) An election by an authority to adopt a sales and use tax or increase the rate of the authority's sales and use tax has no effect if:
(1) the voters of the authority approve the authority's sales and use tax rate or rate increase at an election held on the same day on which a municipality or county having territory within the authority adopts a sales and use tax or an additional sales and use tax; and
(2) the combined rates of all sales and use taxes imposed by the authority and other political subdivisions of this state would exceed two percent in any location in the authority.
(c) If an authority consisting of one subregion governed by a subregional board created under Subchapter O 1 adds territory that is a municipality, any additional sales and use tax under Chapter 321, Tax Code, imposed by that municipality is repealed as provided by Section 321.1025, Tax Code. The effective date of the repeal and for the imposition of the tax authorized to be collected under Section 452.401 in the added territory is the date that, under Section 321.102(b), Tax Code, the repeal of the additional sales and use tax is effective in the territory.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Transportation Code - TRANSP § 452.403. Maximum Tax Rate in Authority Area - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/transportation-code/transp-sect-452-403/
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