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 Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014)
 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
 Title 11. PUBLIC SAFETY
 Subtitle C. PUBLIC SAFETY PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
 Chapter 363. CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICTS
 Subchapter B. CREATION OF DISTRICT AND TEMPORARY BOARD

  Sec. 363.055. SALES TAX: RATE; LIMITATION; MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY  

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  • (a) The proposed rate for the district sales and use tax imposed under Subchapter B, Chapter 321, Tax Code, or Subchapter B, Chapter 323, Tax Code, may be only:

    (1) one-eighth of one percent;

    (2) one-fourth of one percent;

    (3) three-eighths of one percent; or

    (4) one-half of one percent.

    (b) A sales and use tax approved under this chapter may be charged in addition to any other sales and use tax authorized by law and is included in computing a combined sales and use tax rate for purposes of any limitation provided by law on the maximum combined sales and use tax rate of political subdivisions.

    (c) A municipality that creates a district shall adopt a sales and use tax under Section 321.108, Tax Code, for financing the operation of the district.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.03(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 13.08(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 , Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.