Tex. Tax Code Section 321.108
Municipal Crime Control and Prevention District Tax


(a)

Subject to an election held in accordance with Chapter 363 (Crime Control and Prevention Districts), Local Government Code, a municipality in which a crime control and prevention district is established shall adopt a sales and use tax in the area of the district for the purpose of financing the operation of the crime control and prevention district. The revenue from the tax may be used only for the purpose of financing the operation of the crime control and prevention district. The proposition for adopting a tax under this section and the proposition for creation of a crime control and prevention district shall be submitted at the same election.

(b)

A tax adopted for a district under this section for financing the operation of the district may be decreased in increments of one-eighth of one percent by order of the board of directors of the district.

(c)

The governing body of the municipality that proposed the creation of the crime control and prevention district may call an election in the district on the question of decreasing the tax rate in increments of one-eighth of one percent in the district. At the election, the ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the following proposition: “The decrease of the ____________________ Crime Control and Prevention District sales and use tax rate to ____________ percent.”

(d)

The rate of a tax adopted for a district under this section may be increased to any rate that is an increment of one-eighth of one percent for financing the operation of the crime control and prevention district by order of the board of directors of the crime control and prevention district if the board determines that the rate is appropriate, would not result in a combined rate that exceeds the maximum combined rate prescribed by Section 321.101 (Tax Authorized)(f), and is approved by a majority of the voters voting at an election called by the board and held in the district on the question of increasing the tax rate. At the election, the ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the following proposition: “The increase of the ______________ Crime Control and Prevention District sales and use tax rate to ____________ percent.” If there is an increase or decrease under this subsection in the rate of a tax imposed under this section, the new rate takes effect on the first day of the next calendar quarter after the expiration of one calendar quarter after the comptroller receives notice of the increase or decrease. However, if the comptroller notifies the president of the board of directors of the district in writing within 10 days after receipt of the notification that the comptroller requires more time to implement reporting and collection procedures, the comptroller may delay implementation of the rate change for another calendar quarter, and the new rate takes effect on the first day of the next calendar quarter following the elapsed quarter.

(e)

The comptroller shall remit to the municipality amounts collected at the rate imposed under this section as part of the regular allocation of municipal tax revenue collected by the comptroller if the district is composed of the entire municipality. The comptroller shall, if the district is composed of an area less than the entire municipality, remit that amount to the district. Retailers may not be required to use allocation and reporting procedures in the collection of taxes under this section that are different from the procedures that retailers use in the collection of other sales and use taxes under this chapter. An item, transaction, or service that is taxable in a municipality under a sales or use tax authorized by another section of this chapter is taxable under this section. An item, transaction, or service that is not taxable in a municipality under a sales or use tax authorized by another section of this chapter is not taxable under this section.

(f)

If, in a municipality in which a crime control and prevention district is composed of the whole municipality, a municipal sales and use tax or a municipal sales and use tax rate increase for the purpose of financing a crime control and prevention district is approved, the municipality is responsible for distributing to the district that portion of the municipal sales and use tax revenue received from the comptroller that is to be used for the purposes of financing the crime control and prevention district. Not later than the 10th day after the date the municipality receives money under this section from the comptroller, the municipality shall make the distribution in the proportion that the crime control and prevention portion of the tax rate bears to the total sales and use tax rate of the municipality. The amounts distributed to a crime control and prevention district are not considered to be additional municipal sales and use tax revenue for the purpose of property tax reduction and computation of the municipal tax rate under Section 26.041 (Tax Rate of Unit Imposing Additional Sales and Use Tax).

(g)

For purposes of the tax imposed under this section, a reference in this chapter to the municipality as the territory in which the tax or an incident of the tax applies means only the territory located in the crime control and prevention district, if that district is composed of an area less than an entire municipality.

(h)

The comptroller may adopt rules and the governing body of the municipality may adopt orders to administer this section.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 (H.B. 3417), Sec. 5, eff. June 15, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1246 (H.B. 157), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2015.

Source: Section 321.108 — Municipal Crime Control and Prevention District Tax, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.­321.­htm#321.­108 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

321.001
Short Title
321.002
Definitions
321.003
Other Portions of Tax Applicable
321.004
References to Sales or Use Tax
321.101
Tax Authorized
321.102
Effective Dates: New Tax, Tax Repeal, Boundary Change
321.103
Sales Tax
321.104
Use Tax
321.105
Residential Use of Gas and Electricity
321.106
Fire Control District Tax
321.107
Administration of Local Sales and Use Taxes Imposed by Other Governmental Entities
321.108
Municipal Crime Control and Prevention District Tax
321.201
Computation of Sales Taxes
321.202
Method of Reporting: Retailers Having Sales Below Taxable Amount
321.203
Consummation of Sale
321.204
Computation of Use Tax
321.205
Use Tax: Municipality in Which Use Occurs
321.206
Incidence of Additional Municipal Sales and Use Tax
321.207
Local Tax Inapplicable When No State Tax
321.208
State Exemptions Applicable
321.209
Transition Exemption: General Purpose Sales and Use Tax
321.210
Telecommunications Exemption
321.301
Comptroller to Collect and Administer Taxes
321.302
Comptroller’s Reporting Duties
321.303
Sales Tax Permits and Exemption and Resale Certificates
321.304
Discounts for Prepayment and Tax Collection
321.305
Penalties
321.306
Comptroller’s Rules
321.307
Delinquent Taxes: Limitations
321.308
Seizure and Sale of Property
321.309
Suit for Tax Collection
321.310
Disapproval of Municipal Suit
321.311
Judgments in Municipal Suit
321.312
Retention of Certain Municipal Sales Taxes
321.401
Calling of Election
321.402
Deadlines After Petition
321.403
Time of Election
321.404
Ballot Wording
321.405
Official Results of Election
321.406
Frequency of Election
321.407
Election Contest: Notice
321.408
Election Contest: Delayed Effective Date
321.409
Combined Municipal Sales Tax Ballot Propositions
321.501
Trust Account
321.502
Distribution of Trust Funds
321.503
State’s Share
321.504
Amounts Retained in Trust Account
321.505
Interest on Trust Account
321.506
Use of Tax Revenue by Municipality
321.507
Use of Additional Municipal Sales and Use Tax
321.508
Pledge of Tax Revenue
321.509
Tax Powers of Municipality Not Limited
321.510
Reallocation of Municipal or Local Governmental Entity Tax Revenue
321.1025
Annexation to Certain Regional Transportation Authorities
321.1045
Imposition of Sales and Use Tax in Certain Federal Military Installations
321.1055
Imposition of Fire Control or Crime Control District Tax on the Residential Use of Gas and Electricity
321.2091
Transition Exemption: Additional Municipal Sales and Use Tax
321.3022
Tax Information
321.3025
Disposition of Amount Erroneously Collected
321.5025
Distribution of Trust Funds to Defunding Municipality

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 321.108’s source at texas​.gov