Tex. Local Government Code § 336.023
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 336.023, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 336.023. ELECTION.
Official statutory text
(a) A district may call an election to approve one or both of the following:
(1) a sales tax; or
(2) an ad valorem tax on property in the district.
(b) A sales tax and an ad valorem tax may be approved at the same election.
(c) Before a district may call the first election under this section, the lead governmental entity by resolution must set:
(1) the date of the election; and
(2) the type and rate of each tax that will appear on the ballot proposition under Section 336.027.
(1) a sales tax; or
(2) an ad valorem tax on property in the district.
(b) A sales tax and an ad valorem tax may be approved at the same election.
(c) Before a district may call the first election under this section, the lead governmental entity by resolution must set:
(1) the date of the election; and
(2) the type and rate of each tax that will appear on the ballot proposition under Section 336.027.
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