Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 351.151 · Subchapter G. JAIL DISTRICT
BOND AND TAX ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Bonds secured in whole or in part by taxes may not be issued by the district until the bonds and the taxes are authorized by a majority vote of the registered voters of the district voting at an election called and held for that purpose.
(b) The board may order a bond and tax election, and the order calling the election must state the nature and the date of the election, the hours during which the polls will be open, the location of the polling places, the amount of bonds and the proposed maximum tax rate to be authorized, and the maximum maturity of the bonds.
(c) Notice of a bond and tax election must be given as provided by Section 351.127 for confirmation elections.
(d) At an election to authorize bonds payable wholly from ad valorem taxes, the ballots must be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "The issuance of bonds and the levy of taxes at a maximum rate of _______ for payment of the bonds." At any election to authorize bonds payable from both ad valorem taxes and revenues, the ballots must be printed to provide for voting for or against: "The issuance of bonds and the pledge of net revenues and the levy of ad valorem taxes at a maximum rate of ______ adequate to provide for the payment of the bonds."
(e) The board shall canvass the returns and declare the results of the election. If a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the issuance of the bonds and levy of taxes, the bonds may be issued and taxes levied by the board, but if a majority of the votes cast at the election do not favor issuance of the bonds and levy of taxes, the bonds may not be issued and the taxes may not be levied.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 74(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
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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.351.htm
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