Texas Government Code Title 9, Chapter 1474 - Bonds For County Water Improvements

SUBCHAPTER A PURPOSES FOR WHICH BONDS AND NOTES MAY BE ISSUED

• Texas Section 1474.001 - Authority To Issue Bonds For Irrigation Purposes
  A county may issue bonds in an amount not to exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the county for: (1)...
• Texas Section 1474.002 - Authority To Issue Additional Bonds For Irrigation Purposes
  (a) The commissioners court may order additional bonds to be issued in accordance with this chapter if: (1) bonds have been authorized or issued under...
• Texas Section 1474.003 - Authority To Issue Bonds Or Notes For Repair Purposes
  (a) If a county has constructed or purchased an improvement under this chapter that has been damaged and it is necessary to raise money to...

SUBCHAPTER B ELECTION PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1474.004 - Authority To Issue Bonds For Other Water-related Improvements
  A county may issue bonds for the improvement of a river, creek, or stream to prevent overflow and for all necessary drainage purposes in connection...
• Texas Section 1474.051 - Bonds For More Than One Purpose
  Bonds proposed to be issued for any two or more of the purposes stated in this chapter shall be treated as being for one purpose...
• Texas Section 1474.052 - Petition For Bond Election
  If at least 50 voters who reside in and own taxable property in a county petition the commissioners court for an election on the question...
• Texas Section 1474.053 - Requirement To State Characteristics Of Bonds
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the petition for the election, the election order, and the notice of the election must state: (1) the...
• Texas Section 1474.054 - Election For Issuing Bonds
  (a) The general election laws of this state govern the election except as provided by this section. (b) A two-thirds vote of the qualified voters...
• Texas Section 1474.055 - Order Issuing Bonds And Imposing Tax
  (a) If the issuance of the bonds and imposition of the tax are approved at the election, the commissioners court by order entered at a...
• Texas Section 1474.056 - Election For Issuing Notes: Order And Notice
  (a) Before notes are issued under Section 1474.003, the commissioners court shall order and give notice of an election in the manner required for an...
• Texas Section 1474.057 - Election For Issuing Notes: Ballot And Returns
  (a) At an election to issue notes, the ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The issuance of notes for...

SUBCHAPTER C LIMITATIONS AND PROCEDURES

• Texas Section 1474.058 - Approval And Issuance Of Notes
  (a) If at least two-thirds of the votes received at the election favor issuing the notes, the commissioners court may issue and sell the notes...
• Texas Section 1474.101 - Limit On Debt
  (a) If a county contains one or more districts organized under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, the ratio of...
• Texas Section 1474.102 - Court Action To Determine Validity Of Bonds
  (a) A county that proposes to issue bonds under this chapter shall bring an action in a district court in the county or in a...
• Texas Section 1474.103 - Form Of Bonds And Notes; Signatures; Registration By County Clerk
  (a) Each bond or note issued under this chapter shall be issued in the name of the county. (b) A bond shall be designated "__________...
• Texas Section 1474.104 - Exchanging Bonds For Property Or Work
  The commissioners court may exchange bonds issued under this chapter: (1) for property; or (2) in payment of the contract price for work to be...
• Texas Section 1474.105 - Sale Or Exchange Of Bonds And Notes; Delivery Of Proceeds
  (a) The commissioners court shall sell or exchange the bonds or notes issued under this chapter on the best terms. (b) When the bonds or...

SUBCHAPTER D RELATED IRRIGATION POWERS OF COUNTIES

• Texas Section 1474.106 - Imposition Of Tax; Separate Fund
  (a) A tax imposed under Section 1474.055(b) shall be imposed as other county taxes. (b) The proceeds of the tax are a separate fund that...
• Texas Section 1474.151 - County Powers
  A county acting under this chapter may: (1) own or construct a reservoir, dam, levee, well, canal, or other improvement; (2) acquire a necessary right-of-way...
• Texas Section 1474.152 - Control Of County Irrigation System
  (a) The commissioners court shall control and manage the affairs and operation of the county's irrigation system to the same extent and in the manner...

Last modified: September 28, 2016