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      88(R) HB 3717 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
		By:  Harrison
            H.B.  No.  3717
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the text of ballot propositions that increase taxes.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 45.003(b-1), Education Code, is amended 
         
            to read as follows:
         
                          (b-1)    The ballot proposition under Subsection (b) must 
         
            include the following statement in bold and size 42 font: "THIS IS A 
         
            PROPERTY TAX INCREASE."
         
                          SECTION  2.    The changes in law made by this Act apply only to 
         
            an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.
         
                          SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the text of ballot propositions that increase taxes.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 45.003(b-1), Education Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b-1) The ballot proposition under Subsection (b) must
	include the following statement in bold and size 42 font: "THIS IS A
	PROPERTY TAX INCREASE."
	SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.