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Guadalupe County holds public hearing on possible sales‑tax districts to fund emergency services
Summary
At a public hearing Aug. 5, Guadalupe County commissioners outlined a plan to ask voters whether to create one or more County Assistance Districts — sales‑tax districts intended to raise revenue for services such as fire stations and road work — and invited public input ahead of a second hearing Aug. 12.
Guadalupe County commissioners opened a public hearing Aug. 5 to gather input on calling an election to establish one or more County Assistance Districts (CADs), a mechanism that would allow the county to levy a higher sales tax in specified unincorporated areas to pay for limited, statutorily allowed purposes.
The presiding Judge opened the hearing and staff explained the legal limits: “The state law does not allow commissioner's court to implement an additional sales tax,” a county staff member said, adding that the court’s role is to place a proposed tax measure on the ballot for voters to decide and to identify only the uses…
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