{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-286.174","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 286.174","heading":"TAX RATE; CHANGE IN RATE.","body":"(a) A district may impose the tax in increments of one-eighth of one percent, with a minimum rate of one-eighth of one percent and a maximum rate of two percent.\n(b) Subject to Section 286.172, a district may increase the rate of the tax to a maximum of two percent or decrease the rate of the tax to a minimum of one-eighth of one percent if the change is approved by a majority of the voters of the district at an election called for that purpose.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1290, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE D. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 286. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS CREATED BY VOTER APPROVAL","SUBCHAPTER I. SALES AND USE TAXES FOR DISTRICTS IN SMALL COUNTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.286.htm#286.174","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"39d5ab6733f3be4c3a192f93fb3be3badbc76d96073d3230e56f32fd6cefeffa","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-286.173","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-286.175"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}