Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8211.151 · Subchapter D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by revenue or contract payments from a source other than ad valorem taxation.
(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 438 (S.B. 1965), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8211.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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