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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article III, Section 48-e of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Emergency Services Districts"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=As amended November 2, 1999: | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Article III, Section 48-e of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Emergency Services Districts"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=As amended November 2, 1999: | ||
Laws may be enacted to provide for the establishment and creation of special districts to provide emergency services and to authorize the commissioners courts of participating counties to levy a tax on the ad valorem property situated in said districts not to exceed Ten Cents (10¢) on the One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation for the support thereof; provided that no tax shall be levied in support of said districts until approved by a vote of the qualified voters residing therein. Such a district may provide emergency medical services, emergency ambulance services, rural fire prevention and control services, or other emergency services authorized by the Legislature. | '''Laws may be enacted to provide for the establishment and creation of special districts to provide emergency services and to authorize the commissioners courts of participating counties to levy a tax on the ad valorem property situated in said districts not to exceed Ten Cents (10¢) on the One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation for the support thereof; provided that no tax shall be levied in support of said districts until approved by a vote of the qualified voters residing therein. Such a district may provide emergency medical services, emergency ambulance services, rural fire prevention and control services, or other emergency services authorized by the Legislature.''' | ||
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The purpose of this section is to allow emergency services districts–subject to voter approval–to collect a property tax. | The central purpose of this section is to allow emergency services districts–subject to voter approval–to collect a property tax. | ||
Added in 1987, | Added in 1987, the section has been amended once. The 1999 [https://www.lrl.texas.gov/scanned/sessionLaws/76-0/HJR_62.pdf modification] was part of a "constitutional cleanup amendment." | ||
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|seo_title=Article III, Section 48-e of the Texas Constitution ("Emergency Services Districts") | |seo_title=Article III, Section 48-e of the Texas Constitution ("Emergency Services Districts") | ||
|seo_keywords=Article 3 Section 48-e, emergency services, property tax | |seo_keywords=Article 3 Section 48-e, emergency services, property tax | ||
|seo_description=Laws may be enacted to provide for the establishment and creation of | |seo_description=Laws may be enacted to provide for the establishment and creation of emergency services districts. | ||
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|seo_image_alt=Article III: Legislative Department | |seo_image_alt=Article III: Legislative Department |