Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 9. PUBLIC SECURITIES |
Subtitle I. SPECIFIC AUTHORITY FOR COUNTIES TO ISSUE SECURITIES |
Chapter 1475. COUNTY BONDS AND WARRANTS FOR NAVIGATION PURPOSES |
Subchapter A. RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR FEDERAL NAVIGATION PROJECTS |
Sec. 1475.003. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND IMPOSE TAXES
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To pay for an action authorized by Section 1475.002, a county may, on the approval of at least two-thirds of the qualified voters of the county who vote on the measure:
(1) issue bonds or warrants or otherwise lend its credit in addition to its other debt and in an amount not to exceed one-fourth of the taxable value of the real property in the county; and
(2) impose taxes to pay the interest on and to provide a sinking fund for the redemption of the debt.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.