Tex. Local Government Code § 334.083
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 334.083, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 334.083. TAX RATE.
Official statutory text
(a) The rate of a tax adopted by a county under this subchapter must be one-eighth, one-fourth, three-eighths, or one-half of one percent. The rate of the tax adopted by a municipality may be any rate that is an increment of one-eighth of one percent, that the municipality determines is appropriate, and that would not result in a combined rate that exceeds the maximum combined rate prescribed by Section 321.101(f), Tax Code.
(b) The ballot proposition at the election held to adopt the tax must specify the rate of the tax to be adopted.
(b) The ballot proposition at the election held to adopt the tax must specify the rate of the tax to be adopted.
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