HB 787 (2009) -  Discretionary Sales Surtaxes

General Bill by Zapata (CO-SPONSORS) Bovo; Braynon; Brisé; Bullard; Bush; Garcia; Gonzalez; Planas; Robaina; Roberson, Y.; Steinberg
Discretionary Sales Surtaxes: Authorizes constitutional charter county to levy voter-approved surtax for community college in county; provides restrictions on source of expenses for referendum relating to surtax; requires referendum notice; provides for maximum rate of surtax; provides requirements for ordinance imposing surtax; provides purposes for which surtax proceeds may be used; provides for investment of proceeds; provides for automatic expiration of surtax unless reenacted by ordinance; provides for surtax proceeds to be deposited into separate fund & promptly disbursed to board of trustees; provides that other funding may not be reduced because community college has received such proceeds.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Event: Died in Finance & Tax Council on Saturday, May 2, 2009 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/SB 1576 Subject: Discretionary Sales Surtaxes/Community Colleges [WPSC] Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: House Committee: Education Policy Council 3/27/2009 4:05:28 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Education Policy Council 3/27/2009 3:58:21 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Education Policy Council 3/27/2009 3:39:58 PM --UnPublished--
Chamber: House Committee: Education Policy Council 3/27/2009 3:39:44 PM --UnPublished--
Chamber: House Committee: State & Community Colleges & Workforce Policy Committee 3/11/2009 1:47:33 PM
Chamber: House Committee: State & Community Colleges & Workforce Policy Committee 3/9/2009 5:33:08 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Finance & Tax Council Time: 05/02/2009 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Council Version: __
Event: H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 05/02/2009 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Now in Finance & Tax Council Time: 03/27/2009 - 1:57 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Council Version: __
Event: H Reported out of Education Policy Council Time: 03/27/2009 - 1:57 PM Member: Committee: Education Policy Council Version: __
Event: H Favorable by Education Policy Council Time: 03/25/2009 - 5:00 PM Member: Committee: Education Policy Council Version: __
Event: H Added to Education Policy Council agenda Time: 03/23/2009 - 12:14 PM Member: Committee: Education Policy Council Version: __
Event: H Now in Education Policy Council Time: 03/11/2009 - 1:50 PM Member: Committee: Education Policy Council Version: __
Event: H Reported out of State & Community Colleges & Workforce Policy Committee Time: 03/11/2009 - 1:50 PM Member: Committee: State & Community Colleges & Workforce Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H Favorable by State & Community Colleges & Workforce Policy Committee (Amended) Time: 03/10/2009 - 6:00 PM Member: Committee: State & Community Colleges & Workforce Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H Added to State & Community Colleges & Workforce Policy Committee agenda Time: 03/06/2009 - 4:02 PM Member: Committee: State & Community Colleges & Workforce Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/03/2009 - 10:03 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Now in State & Community Colleges & Workforce Policy Committee Time: 03/03/2009 - 8:02 PM Member: Committee: State & Community Colleges & Workforce Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Finance & Tax Council Time: 03/03/2009 - 8:02 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Council Version: __
Event: H Referred to Education Policy Council Time: 03/03/2009 - 8:02 PM Member: Committee: Education Policy Council Version: __
Event: H Referred to State & Community Colleges & Workforce Policy Committee Time: 03/03/2009 - 8:02 PM Member: Committee: State & Community Colleges & Workforce Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 02/09/2009 - 4:42 PM Member: Zapata Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
212.055 CS/CS/HB 161, HB 321, CS/CS/HB 365, HB 657, CS/CS/HB 1205, HB 1477, CS/HB 1493