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APPROVED BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023

ANTI-CRIME HALF CENT SALES TAX 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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