Texas Education Code - Section 11.303. Municipal School Districts
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§ 11.303. MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS. (a) Except as
otherwise provided by this section, a school district operating
under former Chapter 24 may continue to operate under that chapter
as it existed on May 1, 1995, and under state law generally
applicable to school districts that does not conflict with that
chapter.
(b) The governing body of the municipality may participate
in annual hearings or work sessions held by the board of trustees of
the municipal school district on the budget and ad valorem tax rate
for the coming year.
(c) The board of trustees of a municipal school district and
the governing body of the municipality shall jointly hold any
hearing required by law as a condition for the adoption of an annual
budget and imposition of an ad valorem tax.
(d) Neither an annual budget for a municipal school district
nor an ad valorem tax to be imposed for the district may be adopted
without the affirmative vote of:
(1) a majority of the members of the board of trustees
of the municipal school district present and voting; and
(2) at least three-quarters of the total of the voting
members of the board of trustees and the governing body of the
municipality that are present and voting.
(e) If a quorum of the members of the governing body of the
municipality is not present at a meeting required under Subsection
(c), the board of trustees may adopt a budget or an ad valorem tax
rate without regard to the requirements of Subsection (d).
(f) Notwithstanding former Section 24.06(c), as it existed
on May 1, 1995, the governing body of the municipality shall adopt
an ordinance providing for the levy and assessment of the tax
approved pursuant to Subsection (d) or (e).
(g) After adopting an ordinance levying a tax for the
municipal school district, the governing body of the municipality
shall provide a certified copy of the ordinance to the district's
board of trustees.
(h) This section may not be construed as authorizing the
governing body of a municipality to levy a tax for the support of
schools of a municipal school district without fully complying with
all applicable provisions of the Tax Code.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 304, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Section: 11.251 11.252 11.253 11.254 11.255 11.301 11.302 11.303 11.351 11.352 11.353 11.354 11.355 11.356 12.001
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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