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H.B. No. 1086 <br />1 and operation expenditures of the taxing unit that exceeds the <br />2 amount of taxes imposed for that purpose in the preceding year, the <br />3 taxing unit must: <br />4 (1) include in the ordinance, resolution, or order in <br />5 type larger than the type used in any other portion of the document: <br />6 (A) the following statement: "THIS TAX RATE WILL <br />7 RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S <br />8 TAX RATE. "; and <br />9 (B) if the tax rate exceeds the effective <br />10 maintenance and operations rate, the following statement: "THE TAX <br />11 RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY (INSERT PERCENTAGE BY WHICH THE <br />12 TAX RATE EXCEEDS THE EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RATE) <br />13 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A <br />14 $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $(Insert amount). "; and <br />15 (2) include on the home page of any Internet website <br />16 operated by the unit: <br />17 (A) the following statement: "(Insert name of <br />18 unit) ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE <br />19 AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE"; and <br />20 (B) if the tax rate exceeds the effective <br />21 maintenance and operations rate, the following statement: "THE TAX <br />22 RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY (INSERT PERCENTAGE BY WHICH THE <br />23 TAX RATE EXCEEDS THE EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RATE) <br />24 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A <br />25 $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $(Insert amount) ." <br />26 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies to <br />27 the ad valorem tax rate of a taxing unit beginning with the 2015 tax <br />2 <br />