Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code Section 1116.253
Election to Increase Maximum Tax Rate; Order; Notice; Ballot

(a)

The board may order an election to increase the district’s maximum tax rate to a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all property in the district subject to district taxation.

(b)

The maximum tax rate may not be increased unless the increase is approved by a majority of the district voters voting in an election held for that purpose.

(c)

The board shall give notice of the election in the manner provided for a bond election under Section 1116.203 (Bond Election).

(d)

The election order must provide for clerks as in county elections and must state:

(1)

the date of the election;

(2)

the location of the polling places;

(3)

the form of the ballot; and

(4)

the presiding judge and alternate judge for each polling place.

(e)

The ballot for an election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: “The imposition of a tax not to exceed 75 cents on the $100 valuation on all property in the district subject to hospital district taxation.”

(f)

The board shall declare the results of the election.

(g)

An election to increase the maximum tax rate may not be held under this section before the first anniversary of the date of any preceding election on the same proposition.

(h)

Section 41.001 (Uniform Election Dates)(a), Election Code, does not apply to an election ordered under this section.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2015.

Source: Section 1116.253 — Election to Increase Maximum Tax Rate; Order; Notice; Ballot, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.­1116.­htm#1116.­253 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).

1116.001
Definitions 1116.002
Authority for Creation 1116.003
District Territory 1116.004
District Support and Maintenance Not State Obligation 1116.005
Restriction on State Financial Assistance 1116.051
Board Election 1116.052
Qualifications for Office 1116.053
Bond 1116.054
Board Vacancy 1116.055
Officers 1116.056
Compensation 1116.057
District Administrator 1116.058
Employees 1116.059
Maintenance of Records 1116.101
District Responsibility 1116.102
Restriction on Political Subdivision Taxation and Debt 1116.103
Management and Control of District 1116.104
Hospital System 1116.105
Rules 1116.106
Purchasing and Accounting 1116.107
Eminent Domain 1116.108
Gifts and Endowments 1116.109
Contracts with Political Subdivisions for Hospital Care 1116.110
Payment for Treatment 1116.151
Budget 1116.152
Proposed Budget: Notice and Hearing 1116.153
Fiscal Year 1116.154
Annual Audit 1116.155
Depository 1116.201
Bonds 1116.202
Tax to Pay Bonds 1116.203
Bond Election 1116.204
Maturity of Bonds 1116.205
Execution of Bonds 1116.251
Imposition of Ad Valorem Tax 1116.252
Tax Rate 1116.253
Election to Increase Maximum Tax Rate 1116.254
Tax Assessor and Collector 1116.301
Petition to Expand District Territory 1116.302
Notice of Hearing 1116.303
Order of Annexation 1116.304
Ratification Election 1116.305
Assumption of Debt and Taxes 1116.306
Ballot 1116.307
Composition and Election of Board Following Annexation 1116.351
Election on Expansion of District 1116.352
Ballot 1116.353
Composition of Board After Annexation of One School District 1116.354
Composition of Board After Annexation of More than One School District
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Accessed:
Apr. 29, 2024

§ 1116.253’s source at texas​.gov