Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9305.0401: AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE TAX; LIMITATION ON TAX RATE; TAX ELECTION.

Text of section effective on April 01, 2027

(a) If the tax is authorized at an election under Section 49.107, Water Code, the board annually may impose an ad valorem tax to provide money:

(1) necessary to construct or acquire, maintain, and operate works, plants, and facilities considered essential or beneficial to the district and the district's purposes; or

(2) adequate to defray the cost of the district's maintenance, operation, and administration.

(b) An election for the imposition of taxes authorized by this section must be:

(1) ordered by the board; and

(2) held and conducted, with notice provided and results determined, in the manner provided by this chapter relating to elections for the authorization of bonds.

(c) In ordering a tax election authorized by this section, the board must specify the maximum proposed tax rate. To impose a maintenance tax at a rate that exceeds the maximum rate approved by the voters, the board must submit the question of a tax rate increase to the voters in the manner provided by this section.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2027.