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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 382.156

SALES AND USE TAX

Transferred from Local Government Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 372 and amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 15.009, eff

(a) A commissioners court may authorize a district to impose a sales and use tax in increments of one-eighth of one percent up to a rate of two percent.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a sales and use tax must be imposed in accordance with Chapter 383, Local Government Code, or Chapter 323, Tax Code.

(c) The ballot for a sales tax election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "A sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed ____ [insert percentage rate] in the _______________ [insert name of district]" or "The adoption of a ____ [insert percentage rate] sales and use tax in the _______________ [insert name of district]."

(d) A tax authorized at an election held under this section may be imposed at a rate less than or equal to the rate printed in the ballot proposition.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.