Tex. Gov't Code § 1501.052 · Subchapter B. APPLICATION OF UTILITY SYSTEM REVENUE TO BONDED DEBT ON SYSTEM
EFFECT ON TAXES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If in any fiscal year the amount of revenue appropriated under Section 1501.051 is at least equal to the amount needed for the sinking fund and to pay interest on the bonded indebtedness in that fiscal year, the governing body of the municipality is not required to impose a tax for that purpose.
(b) If the amount of revenue appropriated under Section 1501.051 is less than the amount needed for the sinking fund and to pay interest in the fiscal year, the governing body shall adopt a tax rate for that year sufficient to generate the amount of taxes necessary to credit or pay the deficiency in that year.
(c) This section does not authorize a municipality to exceed a limitation on taxes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.1501.htm
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