Sec. 3845.156. SALES AND USE TAX. (a) The district may impose a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election held for that purpose. Revenue from the sales and use tax may be used for any purpose for which ad valorem tax revenue of the district may be used.
(b) The district may not adopt a sales and use tax at a rate greater than two percent, and the rate of the tax when combined with the rates of all other sales and use taxes imposed in the district may not exceed the total combined sales and use tax rate imposed in the city of El Paso.
(c) Chapter 321, Tax Code, applies to the imposition, computation, administration, enforcement, and collection of the sales and use tax imposed by this section except to the extent it is inconsistent with this chapter.
(d) If any territory of the district is annexed by a municipality or incorporates as a municipality, the district may not impose a sales and use tax.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1079 (H.B. 4759), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
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