Texas Constitutional Convention Updates

Article 7. Funding of Government (a/o 15 March 1998)

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Section 1 - Government shall be funded by a voluntary percentage charge on sales of goods and services. All individuals collecting this voluntary charge shall disburse all collected funds to the county treasurer once every calendar month.

Section 2 - County Administrative Councils may raise additional funds by using voluntary methods, providing that these methods are advertised as, and are in fact, strictly voluntary.

Section 3 - County Administrative Councils shall retain seventy percent of revenue for funding county government functions.

Section 4 - County Administrative Councils shall disburse thirty percent of revenue to the National Treasurer for funding national government functions.

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