Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 254.052 · Subchapter C. OBLIGATIONS
ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Obligations payable from ad valorem taxes, other than refunding obligations, may be issued only if authorized at an election held under Chapter 1251, Government Code.
(b) Notwithstanding any law or charter provision to the contrary, an election is not required to authorize the issuance under this chapter of obligations payable solely from revenue if:
(1) the obligations are not:
(A) a debt of the municipality; or
(B) a pledge of the faith and credit of the municipality; and
(2) the owner or holder of an obligation is not entitled to demand payment from money raised by taxation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 9, 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/LG/htm/LG.254.htm
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