Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8138.201 · Subchapter E. BONDS
AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations as provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, and to finance:
(1) the construction, maintenance, or operation of projects under Section 8138.102;
(2) the district's efforts to obtain a new certificate of convenience and necessity or to acquire certificate of convenience and necessity rights under Section 8138.103; or
(3) the district's contractual obligations under Section 8138.104.
(b) The district may not issue bonds to finance projects authorized by Section 8138.102 unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the voters of the district voting at an election called for that purpose.
(c) Bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance projects authorized by Section 8138.102 may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
(d) Sections 49.181 and 49.182, Water Code, do not apply to a project undertaken by the district under Section 8138.102 or to bonds issued by the district to finance the project.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1361 (S.B. 1894), Sec. 2.01, eff. June 18, 2005.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8138.htm
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- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8138.102ROAD PROJECTS.Printed as Section 8138.102
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8138.103CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY.Printed as Section 8138.103
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8138.104CONTRACT WITH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION FOR WATER OR SEWER SERVICES.Printed as Section 8138.104
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