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ORANGE COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT
deposits to the extent of their face value when accompanied by all unma-
tured coupons appurtenant thereto.
Sec. 10. In addition to taxes for bond purposes, the Board of Directors
may levy and cause to be assessed and collected for the maintenance, op-
eration, upkeep, and improvement of the District and its facilities, prop-
erties, and improvements, an annual ad valorem tax at a rate not to exceed
twenty-five cents (25) on each One Hundred Dollar valuation of taxable
property within the District; provided, that the proposition of levying
such tax shall be first submitted to the qualified resident electors of said
District who own taxable property within said District and who have duly
rendered the same for taxation, at an election called and held for such
purpose, and such proposition shall have been favored by a majority vote
of those voting at such election. The form of ballot in such elections shall
be substantially: "For Maintenance Tax," and the contrary thereof. Subse-
quent elections may be ordered and held for the purpose of increasing, re-
ducing, or abating such tax; provided, however, that such tax shall never
exceed the maximum rate herein prescribed. It is further expressly pro-
vided that, if at the time of the levy of the tax authorized by this Section
10 in any year, the total principal amount of bonds of the District then
outstanding exceeds a sum equal to five per cent (5%) of the assessed val-
uations of taxable property within the District, as shown by the then cur-
rent assessment rolls of Orange County, the maximum rate of such tax
authorized by this Section 10 which may be levied for such year shall be
determined as follows:
If the principal amount of bonds then outstanding exceeds five per cent
(5%) but does not exceed six per cent (6%), the maximum rate for such
year shall be twenty cents (200) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100) of
taxable property within the District; and
If the principal amount of bonds then outstanding exceeds six per cent
(6%), the maximum rate for such year shall be fifteen cents (15) on each
One Hundred Dollars ($100) of taxable property within the District.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the purposes for which the
tax authorized by this Section 10 may be used, it is expressly provided that
such tax may be used for the purpose of acquiring or purchasing ease-
ments and rights-of-way.
Sec. 11. Maintenance taxes and bonds may be authorized at the same
election or elections. Any such election shall be held not more than sixty
(60) nor less than fourteen (14) days after the date of adoption of the or-
der or resolution calling the election, and notice of such election shall be
given by publication of a substantial copy of the order or resolution call-
ing the election in a newspaper of general circulation within the District
on the same day in each of two (2) successive weeks, the first publication
to be not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of such election.
No other notice of election shall be necessary. The provisions of Chapter
1 of Title 22, Revised Civil Statutes, 1925, as amended, shall apply to such
maintenance tax and bond elections except where in conflict or incon-
sistent with the provisions of this Act, in which event or events the provi-
sions of this Act shall govern and prevail.
The Commissioners Court of Orange County, Texas, at its option, at the
time of ordering the first election for the election of members of the first
Board of Directors of the District, as provided in Section 2 of this Act,
may also order an election at which the proposition of levying a mainte-
nance tax shall be submitted to the duly qualified resident electors of said
District who own taxable property within said District and who have duly
rendered the same for taxation (as provided in Section 10 of this Act);
and in such event, the maintenance tax election shall be held on the same
day and at the same places as the first election for the election of the mem-Ch. 307
803
Tex.Sess.L. '63 Bd.Vol.-72
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Texas. Legislature. General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature, legislative document, 1963; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221759/m1/1139/?q=+date%3A1945-1972&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.