Texas Local Government Code § 334.304 Rate Increase

Sec. 334.304. RATE INCREASE. (a) A municipality or county that has adopted a tax under this subchapter at the rate of less than $5,000 a game may by ordinance or order increase the rate of the tax to a maximum of $5,000 a game if the increase is approved by a majority of the registered voters of that municipality or county voting at an election called and held for that purpose.

(b) The ballot for an election to increase the rate of the tax shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The increase of the facility use tax for the purpose of financing _______ (insert description of venue project) to a maximum rate of ________ a game (insert new maximum rate not to exceed $5,000)."

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 551, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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