Tex. Water Code § 56.211 · Subchapter F. ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND NOTES
REFUNDING BOND ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If indebtedness to be refunded includes obligations other than voted bonds, in any district operating under Article III, Section 52, or Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, before the refunding bonds may be issued, a majority of the electors of the district voting at an election called for that purpose must vote in favor of issuing the refunding bonds and levying a tax to pay for the bonds.
(b) The board shall call the election and the secretary of the board shall give notice of the time and places for holding the election.
(c) The notice shall be signed by the secretary and shall
(1) state the purpose of the election;
(2) state the proposition to be voted on;
(3) define the election precincts;
(4) prescribe the polling places in the district; and
(5) list the names of the election officers.
(d) The notice shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the district is located, but if a newspaper is not published in the county, the notice shall be published in the nearest county. The first publication shall be at least 20 days before the day of the election.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 518, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971. Amended by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 1768, ch. 518, Sec. 8, eff. May 31, 1971. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 298, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.56.htm
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