Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3851.154 · Subchapter D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS; MUNICIPAL APPROVAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The district may issue by competitive bid or negotiated sale bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes or assessments in the manner provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 372, or Subchapter J, Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
(b) In exercising the district's borrowing power, the district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond, note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or other type of obligation.
(c) In addition to the sources of money described by Subchapter A, Chapter 372, and Subchapter J, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, district bonds may be secured and made payable, wholly or partly, by a pledge of any part of the net proceeds the district receives from any other district revenue.
(d) District bonds payable by ad valorem taxes may not be issued unless the bonds and the taxes are approved by:
(1) the governing body of the city; and
(2) a majority of the district voters voting in an election called for that purpose.
(e) The city is not obligated to pay, repay, or guarantee any bonds, notes, or other obligations of the district unless the city dissolves the district under Subchapter E.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 794 (H.B. 4085), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.3851.htm
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