HB 5252

relating to the authority of a municipality to adopt, increase or
decrease the rate of, or repeal an additional sales and use tax for
property tax relief by ordinance or resolution of the governing
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 504.257(c), Local Government Code, is
(c)  If an authorizing municipality reduces the rate of an
additional sales and use tax under Chapter 321, Tax Code, to impose
a tax under this chapter for a limited period as provided by this
section, and the municipality does not [have an election to] change
the rate of the additional sales and use tax before the tax under
this chapter expires, on the date the tax under this chapter
expires, the rate of the municipality's additional sales and use
tax returns to the rate in effect immediately before the tax under
this chapter was adopted.  [The municipality is not required to hold
an election under Chapter 321, Tax Code, to impose the additional
sales and use tax at that rate.]
SECTION 2.  Section 504.260(a), Local Government Code, is
(a)  At an election held under Section 504.251 or 504.258,
the authorizing municipality may also allow the voters to vote on a
ballot proposition to limit the use of the sales and use tax to a
specific project.  If an authorizing municipality elects to limit
the use of the tax to a specific project, in the ballot proposition
prescribed by Section 504.256 [or 504.261] a description of the
project shall be substituted for the words "new and expanded
SECTION 3.  Section 321.101(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
(b)  The governing body of a [A] municipality [that is not
disqualified] may by ordinance or resolution [, by a majority vote
of the qualified voters of the municipality voting at an election
held for that purpose,] adopt, increase or decrease the rate of, or
repeal an additional sales and use tax for the benefit of the
municipality in accordance with this chapter.  [A municipality is
disqualified from adopting the additional sales and use tax if the
[(1)  is included within the boundaries of a rapid
transit authority created under Chapter 451, Transportation Code;
[(2)  is included within the boundaries of a regional
transportation authority created under Chapter 452, Transportation
Code, by a principal municipality having a population of less than
1.1 million according to the most recent federal decennial census,
unless the municipality has a population of 400,000 or more and is
located in more than one county;
[(3)  is wholly or partly located in a county that
contains territory within the boundaries of a regional
transportation authority created under Chapter 452, Transportation
Code, by a principal municipality having a population in excess of
1.1 million according to the most recent federal decennial census,
[(A)  the municipality is a contiguous
[(B)  the municipality is not included within the
boundaries of the authority and is located wholly or partly in a
county in which fewer than 250 persons are residents of both the
county and the authority according to the most recent federal
[(C)  the municipality is not and on January 1,
1993, was not included within the boundaries of the authority; or
[(4)  imposes a tax authorized by Chapter 453,
SECTION 4.  Section 321.1025(c), Tax Code, is amended to
(c)  If the annexation is approved by the voters, the
governing body of the municipality shall repeal [election is to be
treated for all purposes as an election to abolish] the additional
sales and use tax in the municipality [and the tax is repealed] in
the manner provided by this chapter.
SECTION 5.  Sections 321.404(a) and (b), Tax Code, are
(a)  In an election to adopt the tax, the ballot shall be
printed to provide for voting for or against the applicable
proposition:  "A sales and use tax is adopted within the city at the
rate of _______ percent" (insert appropriate rate) [or "The
adoption of an additional sales and use tax within the city at the
rate of ________ percent to be used to reduce the property tax rate"
(b)  In an election to repeal the tax, the ballot shall be
printed to provide for voting for or against the applicable
proposition:  "The local sales and use tax within the city is
abolished [" or "The abolition of the additional sales and use tax
SECTION 6.  Section 321.409(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
(a)  Notwithstanding any provisions of this code or other
state law, a municipality may by a combined ballot proposition
lower or repeal any municipal sales tax [, including the additional
sales tax for property tax relief,] and by the same proposition
raise or adopt any other municipal sales tax [, including the
additional sales tax for property tax relief].
SECTION 7.  Section 323.101(e), Tax Code, is amended to read
(e)  If the voters of a county approve the adoption of a sales
and use tax at an election held on the same election date on which a
municipality having territory in the county adopts a sales and use
tax [or an additional sales and use tax] and as a result the
combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the county and
other political subdivisions of this state having territory in the
county would exceed two percent at any location in the county, the
election to adopt a county sales and use tax has no effect.
SECTION 8.  Section 453.151(a), Transportation Code, is
(a)  If the board determines that implementation of a mass
transit plan developed by the transit department is feasible, the
board shall order an election to approve a local sales and use tax
at the rate determined by the board under Section 453.401 [unless
the municipality that created the transit department imposes an
additional sales and use tax under Section 321.101(b), Tax Code].
SECTION 9.  The following provisions are repealed:
(1)  Section 504.261, Local Government Code;
(2)  Sections 321.101(c), (d), and (e), Tax Code;
(3)  Sections 321.401(d) and (e), Tax Code;
(4)  Section 321.403(b), Tax Code;
(5)  Section 321.404(c), Tax Code; and
(6)  Section 453.151(b), Transportation Code.
SECTION 10.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only
to the adoption, increase or decrease in the rate of, or repeal of
an additional sales and use tax for property tax relief by a
municipality under Chapter 321, Tax Code, on or after the effective
SECTION 11.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.