HB2671 - Relating to the date of an automatic election to approve the tax rate of a school district.

  89R8064 TSS-D     By: Toth H.B. No. 2671       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the date of an automatic election to approve the tax   rate of a school district.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 26.08(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as   follows:          (b)  The governing body shall order that the election be held   in the school district on the same day as the next date of a general   election for state and county officers [ uniform election date   prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code, ] that occurs after the   date of the election order and [ that ] allows sufficient time to   comply with the requirements of other law.  At the election, the   ballots shall be prepared to permit voting for or against the   proposition:  "Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate of ____ (insert   adopted tax rate) in (name of school district) for the current year,   a rate that will result in an increase of ____ (insert percentage   increase in maintenance and operations tax revenue under the   adopted tax rate as compared to maintenance and operations tax   revenue in the preceding tax year) percent in maintenance and   operations tax revenue for the district for the current year as   compared to the preceding year, which is an additional $____   (insert dollar amount of increase in maintenance and operations tax   revenue under the adopted tax rate as compared to maintenance and   operations tax revenue in the preceding tax year)."          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.