Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1050.253
ELECTION TO INCREASE MAXIMUM TAX RATE
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- Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1050.253, ELECTION TO INCREASE MAXIMUM TAX RATE, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/587712
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(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 taxable property in the district.
(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 may order the election on its own motion.
(d) The election order must specify:
(1) the date of the election;
(2) the location of the polling places;
(3) the presiding election officers; and
(4) the purpose of the election.
(e) Notice of the election shall be given by publishing a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper of general circulation in Knox County once a week for two consecutive weeks before the date of the election. The first publication must occur at least 14 days before the date of the election.