Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 62.086 · Subchapter C. PAYMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS AND DISPOSITION OF ASSETS UNDER RECEIVERSHIP
SUITS TO ESTABLISH CLAIMS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A claimant may bring a suit against the receiver of an abolished municipality to establish a claim the receiver completely or partially disallowed or to establish a claim protested by a taxpayer.
(b) The receiver shall assert all applicable legal defenses against a suit under this section.
(c) The court trying a suit under this section may hear and consider any material defense against the claim except limitation, even if the claim previously has been reduced to judgment. However, the court shall consider a prior judgment establishing the claim as prima facie evidence of the justness of the claim.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.62.htm
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