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Hurst Anti-crime Fund

The Anti-Crime Half Cent Sales Tax Fund is a special revenue fund established to record
receipts collected by the State for a one-half percent sales tax on taxable items sold
within Hurst for crime control and prevention programs. The Hurst Crime Control and
Prevention District (CCPD) was authorized to collect the sales tax by voter referendum
on September 9, 1995. In May 2010, citizens voted to renew the CCPD for the next
twenty years. Therefore, the CCPD will not be up for renewal until May 2030.

In 1989, legislation was passed which authorized a Crime Control and Prevention District,
however only one county qualified. In 1993, legislative changes extended eligibility for
creating and funding a district to include other counties and cities. The legislation
allowed a city's governing body to propose its own crime control and prevention district
if the municipality was located (wholly or partially) within a county with a population of
more than 1 million and the combined local tax rate would not exceed 2 percent.
Therefore, cities in Bexar, Dallas, Harris and Tarrant counties were eligible. Early in 1995,
the City of Fort Worth was the first city to enact the tax. Hurst was the second city in the
state to enact the tax.

The Hurst CCPD has the same boundaries as the City of Hurst with sales tax collected
from all businesses located within the City. Each year, the CCPD board approves a
crime control plan and financial plan. This revenue source allows the City to provide
funding for Police personnel and capital equipment which would not be available
through the normal budget process. Some of the benefits that Hurst citizens receive
from the Anti-Crime tax are programs targeted to strengthen gang intervention
activities, enhance neighborhood and business crime watch programs, and
enforce domestic violence programs. Also, additional patrol officers reduce response

times for emergency calls.

Revenues generated by the CCPD provide relief to the General Fund for expanded
crime prevention and enforcement activities. The tax creates an opportunity for the
City Council to reduce Property Taxes each year for Hurst citizens while still offering the
same public safety services.

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