This proposition from Hutto allows the voter-approved sales tax funds for economic development to be disbursed in the Type B corporation instead of the Type A corporation.

Ballot Language


The abolition of the sales and use tax within the City of Hutto for the promotion and development of new and expanded business enterprises pursuant to Section 504.251, Texas Local Government Code, as amended, currently at the rate of one-half percent (0.5%); and the adoption, in the place of such abolished tax, of a local sales and use tax in the City of Hutto at the rate of one-half of one percent (0.5%) to be used for the promotion and development of new and expanded business enterprises and other public purposes pursuant to Section 505.251, Texas Local Government Code; all of which would result in no net increase in the sales and use tax collected by the City of Hutto.

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