Tex. Water Code § 49.464 · Subchapter N. RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
ACQUISITION OF AND PAYMENT FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Section 49.4645, a district may not issue bonds supported by ad valorem taxes to pay for the development and maintenance of recreational facilities.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), a district may acquire recreational facilities and obtain funds to develop and maintain them in the same manner as authorized elsewhere in this code for the acquisition, development, and maintenance of other district facilities. A district may charge fees directly to the users of recreational facilities and to water and wastewater customers of the district to pay for all or part of the cost of their development and maintenance. To enforce payment of an unpaid fee charged under this subsection, the district may:
(1) seek legal restitution of the unpaid fee; and
(2) refuse use of a recreational facility to the person who owes the unpaid fee.
(c) The district may not refuse use of facilities or services other than recreational facilities to enforce an unpaid fee.
(d) A district may issue bonds payable solely from revenues by resolution or order of the board without an election.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 24, eff. June 17, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 343, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 13, 2003.
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