Texas § HS.775.305 - BUDGET
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§ HS.775.305. BUDGET
BUDGET. (a) The commissioners court shall establish a schedule for a district to prepare an annual budget, tax rate calculations and notices, and a recommended tax rate and to submit the budget, calculations, notices, and recommendation to the commissioners court for final approval. (b) The schedule must take into account requirements of this chapter, Chapter 26 , Tax Code, and Section 21 , Article VIII, Texas Constitution, applicable to adopting a district tax rate and provide the commissioners court a reasonable amount of time to review the submissions required under Subsection (a). (c) The board shall: (1) prepare an annual budget and submit the budget to the commissioners court for final approval according to the schedule established under this section; and (2) submit to the commissioners court and the county auditor tax rate calculations and notices and a recommended tax rate according to the schedule established under this section. (d) If the commissioners court does not approve or deny a budget submitted to the commissioners court under this section before the 31st day after the date the budget is submitted, the commissioners court is considered to have approved the budget. (e) If the commissioners court does not approve or deny a tax rate recommended to the commissioners court under this section before the 31st day after the date the recommended tax rate is submitted, the commissioners court is considered to have approved the recommended tax rate and the recommended tax rate is the rate for the year in which the rate is recommended. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 21 (S.B. 332 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
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Section HS.775.305 ("BUDGET") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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