Tex. Water Code § 61.173 · Subchapter E. PORT FACILITIES
ELECTION ON THE PURCHASE OF FACILITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) No bonds shall be issued or tax levied until the question of purchase of the facilities is submitted to a vote of the people in the district.
(b) In addition to the requirement for submitting bonds to a vote, the notice of election shall include:
(1) a copy of the agreement;
(2) the amount of outstanding bonds;
(3) the amount of bonds sought to be issued by the district; and
(4) the amount of taxes required to be levied.
(c) The election shall be called and held in the same manner as other elections for bonds, and the ballots shall provide for voting for or against the proposition: "The purchase of municipal facilities and the issuance of bonds and levy of a tax to pay for the bonds."
(d) If the election should carry by a two-thirds vote of the electors voting at the election, then the proposition shall be declared carried and the bonds shall be issued and sold, and the necessary taxes levied in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.61.htm
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