Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 252.023 · Subchapter B. COMPETITIVE BIDDING OR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS REQUIRED
EXEMPTIONS FROM REFERENDUM PROVISIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The referendum provisions prescribed by Section 252.045 do not apply to expenditures that are payable:
(1) from current funds;
(2) from bond funds; or
(3) by time warrants unless the amount of the time warrants issued by the municipality for all purposes during the current calendar year exceeds:
(A) $7,500 if the municipality's population is 5,000 or less;
(B) $10,000 if the municipality's population is 5,001 to 24,999;
(C) $25,000 if the municipality's population is 25,001 to 49,999; or
(D) $100,000 if the municipality's population is more than 50,000.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 109, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.252.htm
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