Tex. Gov't Code § 1251.052 · Subchapter B. BALLOT FOR DEBT OBLIGATIONS ISSUED BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
FORM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The ballot for a measure seeking voter approval of the issuance of debt obligations by a political subdivision shall specifically state:
(1) a plain language description of the single specific purposes for which the debt obligations are to be authorized;
(2) the total principal amount of the debt obligations to be authorized; and
(3) that taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the debt obligations will be imposed.
(a-1) Each single specific purpose for which debt obligations requiring voter approval are to be issued must be printed on the ballot as a separate proposition. A proposition may include as a specific purpose one or more structures or improvements serving the substantially same purpose and may include related improvements and equipment necessary to accomplish the specific purpose.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 505 (S.B. 30), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.1251.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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