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Tex. Local Government Code § 334.1041: RATE INCREASE IN CERTAIN POPULOUS COUNTIES.
Where this section sits in the code
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
- TITLE 10. PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
- SUBTITLE C. PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER 334. SPORTS AND COMMUNITY VENUES
- SUBCHAPTER E. SHORT-TERM MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL TAX
(a) This section applies only to a county with a population of more than 2.5 million that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 2.1 million.
(b) A county that has adopted a tax under this subchapter at a rate of less than six percent may by order increase the rate of the tax to a maximum of six percent if the increase is approved by a majority of the registered voters of the county voting at an election called and held for that purpose.
(c) The ballot for the election to increase the rate of the tax shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The increase of the motor vehicle rental tax for the purpose of financing _________________ (insert description of venue project) to a maximum rate of ______ percent (insert new maximum rate not to exceed six percent)."
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 164, Sec. 3, eff. May 27, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 170, eff. September 1, 2023.
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