TITLE: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes after the 2038 tax year.

SUMMARY: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes after the 2038 tax year.

FULL TEXT:
88(2) HJR 6-Introduced version-Bill Text 88S20091 KJE-D By: Wilson H.J.R. No. 6 A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes after the 2038 tax year. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 3, Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this constitution or general law, a school district, other than a junior college district, may not impose an ad valorem tax for maintenance and operations purposes for any tax year after the 2038 tax year. SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes after the 2038 tax year."