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Emergency Service District No. 3 notifies Henderson County of proposed 2% sales tax; court takes no action
Summary
Emergency Service District No. 3 filed the statutorily required notice with Henderson County proposing a 2% local sales and use tax to fund firefighting and emergency medical services; Commissioners Court received the notice for informational purposes and did not vote.
Emergency Service District No. 3 filed a notice with the Henderson County Commissioners Court proposing the adoption and imposition of a 2% sales and use tax within the district to fund firefighting, fire suppression and emergency medical services, the court was told during its meeting.
County staff explained the court was receiving the notice only and was not required to take action. “There’s no action to be taken by the court this morning,” Mr. Straub told the court, citing the notice requirement under Section 775.0751(c)(1) of the Texas Health and Safety Code and overlap with Chapter 323 of the Texas Tax Code.
The county received a resolution from the ESD board adopting the proposed tax on May 6 and the district submitted its notification to the county on June 2, county staff said. The notification identifies the proposed rate and the stated purposes for the tax but does not require a vote by the Commissioners Court; the filing is provided to the court for information and record.
Ms. John McMakin, who attended the meeting as a representative of the district, spoke briefly at the bench and said she hoped the measure would fare better in Austin than it had two years earlier.
No formal action was taken by the court; the judge declared the court had been notified and the item concluded.
