Sec. 334.153. RATE INCREASE. (a) A municipality or county that has adopted a tax under this subchapter at the rate of less than the maximum percentage allowed by this subchapter may by ordinance or order increase the rate of the tax to the maximum percentage allowed by this subchapter 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 admissions tax for the purpose of financing _______ (insert description of venue project) to a maximum rate of ________ percent of the price of each ticket sold as admission to an event held at an approved venue (insert new maximum rate not to exceed 10 percent of the price of each ticket sold as admission to an event held at an approved venue)."
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 551, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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