Sec. 775.074. AD VALOREM TAX. (a) The board shall annually impose an ad valorem tax on all real and personal property located in the district and subject to district taxation for the district's support and the purposes authorized by this chapter.
(b) If a district issues bonds or notes that are payable wholly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall, when bonds or notes are authorized, set a tax rate that is sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds or notes as the interest and principal come due and to provide reserve funds if prescribed in the resolution authorizing, or the trust indenture securing, the bonds or notes.
(c) If a district issues bonds or notes that are payable from ad valorem taxes and from revenues, income, or receipts of the district, the board shall, when the bonds or notes are authorized, set a tax rate that is sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and notes and to create and maintain any reserve funds.
(d) In establishing the rate of the ad valorem tax to be collected for a year, the board shall consider the money that will be available to pay the principal of and interest on any bonds or notes issued and to create any reserve funds to the extent and in the manner permitted by the resolution authorizing, or the trust indenture securing, the bonds or notes.
(d-1) The board may not set the tax rate for a fiscal year before the date the board adopts a budget for that fiscal year.
(e) The board shall certify the ad valorem tax rate to the county tax assessor-collector, who is the assessor-collector for the district.
(f) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg. ch. 496, Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 1999.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 40, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 275, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 496, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 639 (S.B. 917), Sec. 11, eff. June 17, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 775 - Emergency Services Districts
Subchapter E. Finances and Bonds
Section 775.071. Limitation on Indebtedness
Section 775.0735. Disposition of Property
Section 775.074. Ad Valorem Tax
Section 775.0745. Election to Increase Tax Rate
Section 775.075. Reduction of Ad Valorem Tax Rate
Section 775.0751. Sales and Use Tax
Section 775.0752. Sales and Use Tax Election Procedures
Section 775.0753. Sales and Use Tax Effective Date; Boundary Change
Section 775.0754. Sales and Use Tax Agreement With Municipality After Annexation
Section 775.076. Bonds and Notes Authorized
Section 775.077. Election to Approve Bonds and Notes
Section 775.078. Bond Anticipation Notes
Section 775.082. Audit of District in Less Populous Counties
Section 775.0821. Alternative to Audit of District in Less Populous Counties
Section 775.0825. Audit of District in Certain Populous Counties
Section 775.083. Annual Report
Section 775.084. Competitive Bids
Section 775.085. Loan for Real Property or Emergency Services Equipment