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  89R24334 PRL-D     By: Troxclair H.B. No. 5446     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 5446:     By:  Hickland C.S.H.B. No. 5446       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the text of ballot propositions that increase taxes.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 52.072(e), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (e)  In addition to any other requirement imposed by law for   a proposition, including a provision prescribing the proposition   language, a proposition submitted to the voters for approval of the   imposition, increase, or reduction of a tax shall , except as   otherwise required by this subsection, be printed in mixed-case   typewritten letters and [ specifically state ], as applicable:                (1)  with respect to a proposition that only seeks   voter approval of the imposition or increase of a tax :                       (A)  state [ , ] the amount of or maximum tax rate of   the tax or tax increase for which approval is sought; and                       (B)     include, at the top of the proposition in   capital typewritten letters of the same font size as the rest of the   proposition, the statement "THIS IS A TAX INCREASE"; or                (2)  with respect to a proposition that only seeks   voter approval of the reduction of a tax, state the amount of tax   rate reduction or the tax rate for which approval is sought.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.