SUBCHAPTER A BONDS FOR FACILITIES TO BE LEASED TO PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ENTITIES
- Texas Section 1477.001 - Authority To Acquire Property For Lease To Public Or Private Entity
(a) The commissioners court of a county may acquire real property and may construct or acquire a building or other facility for the purpose of...
- Texas Section 1477.002 - Authority To Issue Bonds
To develop and diversify the economy of this state and eliminate unemployment or underemployment in this state under the authority granted by Section 52-a, Article...
- Texas Section 1477.003 - Bond Payments From Revenue Or Taxes
The commissioners court may provide for payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued under this subchapter by: (1) pledging all or part...
- Texas Section 1477.004 - Election Required To Secure Bonds With Taxes
A county may not issue bonds under this subchapter that are payable in whole or in part from ad valorem taxes unless the bonds are...
- Texas Section 1477.005 - Contents Of Ordinance, Order, Or Resolution Authorizing Bonds
In the ordinance, order, or resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds under this subchapter, the commissioners court may: (1) provide for the deposit and accounting...
- Texas Section 1477.006 - Adoption And Execution Of Documents
The commissioners court may adopt and have executed any proceeding or instrument necessary and convenient: (1) in the issuance of a bond under this subchapter;...
- Texas Section 1477.007 - Maturity
A bond issued under this subchapter must mature not later than 40 years after its date. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec....
- Texas Section 1477.008 - Imposition Of Tax
(a) The commissioners court may annually impose ad valorem taxes to pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued under this subchapter that are...
SUBCHAPTER B BONDS FOR WATER SUPPLY FOR COUNTY PURPOSES
- Texas Section 1477.009 - Grants For Prisons Or Law Enforcement Facilities Not Prohibited
This subchapter does not prohibit a county from making a grant of money or property to an agency of the state to assist the agency...
- Texas Section 1477.051 - Applicability Of Subchapter
This subchapter applies only to a county that adopted the law codified by this subchapter by a unanimous vote of the members of the commissioners...
- Texas Section 1477.052 - Definition
In this subchapter, "project" means any acquisition, construction, repair, or maintenance authorized and undertaken under Section 1477.053. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227,...
- Texas Section 1477.053 - Authority To Acquire Water Supply
(a) The commissioners court of the county may acquire by purchase, construction, or otherwise an adequate source of surface or subterranean fresh water for supplying...
- Texas Section 1477.054 - Limitation On Cost
(a) The total cost of projects undertaken by the county under this subchapter may not exceed $250,000, excluding interest. (b) The par value of bonds...
- Texas Section 1477.055 - Authority To Issue Bonds And Impose Ad Valorem Taxes
(a) To pay the costs of a project, the county may issue bonds payable from and secured by a pledge of the net revenue of...
- Texas Section 1477.056 - Amount Of Tax
(a) If bonds issued under this subchapter are to be secured by a tax, the commissioners court shall impose a tax sufficient to pay the...
- Texas Section 1477.057 - Election
(a) Before construction of a project may begin and before a project may be improved, repaired, or extended under Section 1477.063, the commissioners court by...
- Texas Section 1477.058 - Contents Of Order Authorizing Bonds
The order authorizing issuance of bonds under this subchapter to pay for a project may contain: (1) reasonable and proper provisions for protecting and enforcing...
- Texas Section 1477.059 - Maturity
A bond issued under this subchapter must mature not later than 40 years after its date. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec....
- Texas Section 1477.060 - Signatures; Registration By County Treasurer
(a) A bond issued under this subchapter must be: (1) signed by the county judge; and (2) attested by the county clerk. (b) The county...
- Texas Section 1477.061 - Sale Of Bonds
The commissioners court shall determine the manner of sale of bonds issued under this subchapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1,...
- Texas Section 1477.062 - Use Of Bond Proceeds
(a) The proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter may only be used to pay the cost of the project for which the bonds were...
- Texas Section 1477.063 - Additional Bonds
(a) Unless otherwise provided in the bond order, if the proceeds of bonds issued to pay for a project are not sufficient to pay the...
- Texas Section 1477.064 - Rates And Charges
(a) If bonds issued under this subchapter are secured solely by a pledge of net revenue of the project, the commissioners court shall contract for...
- Texas Section 1477.065 - Taxes Pledged To Pay Bonds
A bond issued under this subchapter that is secured wholly or partially by a pledge of a tax imposed under Section 9, Article VIII, Texas...
- Texas Section 1477.066 - Bondholder's Right To Mandamus
(a) The holder of a bond issued under this subchapter is entitled, by mandamus or other proceedings in court, to enforce the holder's rights against:...
- Texas Section 1477.067 - Refunding Bonds
Bonds issued to refund bonds issued under this subchapter may only be: (1) exchanged for bonds being refunded; or (2) sold and delivered to provide...
- Texas Section 1477.068 - Exemption From Assessment Or Taxation
(a) A county is not required to pay any assessment on a project or any part of a project. (b) A bond issued under this...
- Texas Section 1477.069 - County Use Of Water
A county shall pay for water used by the county for its own facilities from general funds of the county legally available for that purpose,...
- Texas Section 1477.070 - Sale Of Water Not Needed For County Purposes
(a) The commissioners court may sell, deliver, and distribute any water of the project that is not needed for county purposes to a municipal corporation...
- Texas Section 1477.071 - Eminent Domain
(a) In exercising any power granted by this subchapter, a county may acquire real property and easements by the exercise of the power of eminent...
- Texas Section 1477.072 - Relocation Or Alteration Expense
If a county, in the exercise of a power granted by this subchapter, including the power of eminent domain or the power of relocation, makes...
SUBCHAPTER C NATURAL GAS SYSTEM FOR COUNTY BUILDINGS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
- Texas Section 1477.073 - Essential Governmental Function
A county, in accomplishing the purposes of this subchapter, is performing an essential governmental function. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1,...
- Texas Section 1477.101 - Applicability Of Subchapter
This subchapter applies only to a county in which: (1) the commissioners court adopts this subchapter by an order approved by a majority vote of...
- Texas Section 1477.102 - Authority To Acquire Natural Gas System
The commissioners court of the county may purchase or construct a natural gas system for supplying natural gas to county buildings adequately and dependably. Added...
- Texas Section 1477.103 - Natural Gas System Facilities
The county may construct, repair, and maintain natural gas supply or distribution facilities as required to supply natural gas to county buildings. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 1477.104 - Authority To Issue Bonds
To pay the cost of purchasing or constructing a natural gas system under this subchapter, the county may issue bonds payable from and secured by...
- Texas Section 1477.105 - Bonds Not Payable From Taxes
(a) A bond issued under this subchapter: (1) is not a debt of the county; (2) may be a charge only on the revenue pledged...
- Texas Section 1477.106 - Notice Of Intention To Issue Bonds
(a) The commissioners court of the county may not authorize bonds under this subchapter until the court gives notice of its intention to issue the...
- Texas Section 1477.107 - Election
(a) If, before the bonds are authorized, the commissioners court receives a petition requesting an election on the issuance of the bonds that is signed...
- Texas Section 1477.108 - Contents Of Order Authorizing Bonds
An order authorizing the issuance of bonds under this subchapter may contain: (1) reasonable and proper provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights or remedies...
- Texas Section 1477.109 - Maturity
A bond issued under this subchapter must mature not later than 40 years after its date. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec....
- Texas Section 1477.110 - Signatures; Registration By County Treasurer
(a) A bond issued under this subchapter must be signed by the county judge and attested by the county clerk. (b) The county treasurer shall...
- Texas Section 1477.111 - Sale Of Bonds
The commissioners court shall determine the manner of sale of bonds issued under this subchapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1,...
- Texas Section 1477.112 - Use Of Bond Proceeds
(a) The county shall disburse the proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter in accordance with any restrictions provided in the order authorizing the bonds....
- Texas Section 1477.113 - Additional Bonds
(a) Unless otherwise provided by the order authorizing the bonds, if the proceeds of bonds issued to pay for a natural gas system are not...
- Texas Section 1477.114 - Gas Rates And Charges
The commissioners court shall contract for and impose rates and charges for gas supplied by the natural gas system that will be sufficient to: (1)...
- Texas Section 1477.115 - Bondholder's Right To Mandamus
(a) A holder of a bond issued under this subchapter is entitled, by mandamus or other proceedings in court, to enforce the holder's rights against:...
- Texas Section 1477.116 - Refunding Bonds
Bonds issued to refund bonds issued under this subchapter may only be: (1) exchanged for bonds being refunded; or (2) sold and delivered to provide...
- Texas Section 1477.117 - Exemption From Assessment Or Taxation
(a) A county is not required to pay any assessment on a natural gas system or any part of a natural gas system acquired or...
- Texas Section 1477.118 - County Use Of Gas
The county shall pay for gas used by the county for its own facilities from general funds of the county legally available for that purpose,...
- Texas Section 1477.119 - Sale Of Gas Not Needed For County Purposes
The commissioners court may sell, deliver, and distribute natural gas of a natural gas system purchased or constructed under this subchapter that is not needed...
- Texas Section 1477.120 - Eminent Domain
(a) The county may not acquire a natural gas system or a facility of a natural gas system under this subchapter by the exercise of...
- Texas Section 1477.121 - Relocation Or Alteration Expense
If a county, in the exercise of a power under this subchapter, including the power of eminent domain or the power of relocation, makes necessary...
SUBCHAPTER D OBLIGATIONS FOR FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT
- Texas Section 1477.122 - Essential Governmental Function
A county, in accomplishing the purposes of this subchapter, is performing an essential governmental function. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1,...
- Texas Section 1477.151 - Authority To Purchase Fire-fighting Equipment
The commissioners court of a county may purchase fire trucks and other fire-fighting equipment to be used for the protection and preservation of bridges, county...
- Texas Section 1477.152 - Authority To Issue Obligations And Impose Taxes
(a) The county may issue time warrants and bonds of the county for a purchase under Section 1477.151 and may impose taxes for the payment...
SUBCHAPTER E CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS FOR FIREFIGHTER TRAINING FACILITIES
- Texas Section 1477.153 - Limit On Amount Of Obligations
A county may issue time warrants or bonds under this subchapter only in an amount that will at all times leave unencumbered taxes in an...
- Texas Section 1477.201 - Authority To Issue Certificates Of Indebtedness
The commissioners court of a county may issue certificates of indebtedness to acquire, construct, repair, renovate, improve, or equip firefighter training facilities for the county...
- Texas Section 1477.202 - Authority To Impose And Pledge Ad Valorem Tax
The commissioners court shall impose and pledge annual county ad valorem taxes under Section 9, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, in an amount sufficient to pay...
- Texas Section 1477.203 - Limit On Amount Of Indebtedness
The aggregate principal amount of certificates of indebtedness issued by a county under this subchapter may not exceed $5 million. Added by Acts 1999, 76th...
- Texas Section 1477.204 - Election
(a) The commissioners court may issue certificates of indebtedness under this subchapter only if the certificates are approved by a majority of the qualified voters...
- Texas Section 1477.205 - Maturity
A certificate of indebtedness issued under this subchapter must mature not later than 40 years after its date. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch....
SUBCHAPTER F BONDS FOR SURVEYS, MAPS, AND PLATS IN COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OF 500,000 OR MORE
- Texas Section 1477.206 - Operation Of Firefighter Training Facilities
(a) The commissioners court may: (1) operate and maintain the county's firefighter training facilities; and (2) set and collect charges for: (A) services performed at...
- Texas Section 1477.251 - Applicability Of Subchapter
This subchapter applies only to a county with a population of 500,000 or more. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff....
- Texas Section 1477.252 - Authority To Issue Bonds And Impose Taxes
(a) If the subdivisions of surveys in a county are irregularly numbered or if the blocks and subdivisions of municipalities in the county are not...
- Texas Section 1477.253 - Election Proposition
(a) At an election to approve the issuance of bonds under this subchapter, the commissioners court may submit one or more separate propositions for the...
SUBCHAPTER G REVENUE BONDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ATTRACT VISITORS OR TOURISTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
- Texas Section 1477.254 - Bonds Obligation Of County
(a) A bond issued under this subchapter is an obligation of and a charge against the county issuing the bond. (b) Except as provided by...
- Texas Section 1477.301 - Applicability Of Subchapter
This subchapter applies only to a county: (1) with a population of more than 3.3 million; or (2) with a population of more than 90,000...
- Texas Section 1477.302 - Authority For Visitor Or Tourist Attractions
A county may establish, acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, improve, enlarge, equip, repair, operate, or maintain: (1) a public improvement or facility to...
- Texas Section 1477.303 - Authority To Issue Revenue Bonds
The commissioners court of the county by order may issue revenue bonds to provide all or part of the money to establish, acquire, construct, improve,...
- Texas Section 1477.304 - Pledge Of Revenue
(a) Bonds issued under this subchapter must be secured by a pledge of and be payable from all or a designated part of the revenue...
- Texas Section 1477.305 - Lien On Facility
Subject to any limitations contained in previous pledges, in addition to pledging the revenue from the improvement or facility, the commissioners court may give a...
- Texas Section 1477.306 - Bonds Not Payable From Taxation; Exception
(a) The owner or holder of a bond issued under this subchapter is not entitled to demand payment of the principal of or interest on...
- Texas Section 1477.307 - Contents Of Order Authorizing Bonds
(a) The order of the commissioners court authorizing the issuance of bonds under this subchapter may provide for the flow of funds and the establishment...
- Texas Section 1477.308 - Adoption And Execution Of Documents
The commissioners court may adopt and have executed any other proceeding or instrument necessary or convenient to the issuance of bonds under this subchapter. Added...
- Texas Section 1477.309 - Maturity
A bond issued under this subchapter must mature not later than 40 years after its date. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec....
- Texas Section 1477.310 - Signatures
A bond issued under this subchapter must be: (1) signed by the county judge; and (2) countersigned by the county clerk. Added by Acts 1999,...
- Texas Section 1477.311 - Sale Of Bonds
The commissioners court may sell bonds issued under this subchapter under terms the court determines to be the most advantageous and reasonably obtainable. Added by...
- Texas Section 1477.312 - Use Of Bond Proceeds
(a) From the proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter, the county may appropriate or set aside amounts to: (1) pay interest expected to accrue...
- Texas Section 1477.313 - Investment Of Funds
Money in an interest and sinking fund, reserve fund, or any other fund established or provided for in the bond order may be invested in...
- Texas Section 1477.314 - Charges For Services
The commissioners court shall impose and collect charges for the use of an improvement or facility the revenue of which is pledged to secure bonds...
SUBCHAPTER H REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
- Texas Section 1477.315 - Refunding Bonds
(a) A county by order may issue revenue refunding bonds similarly secured to refund either original bonds or revenue refunding bonds previously issued by the...
- Texas Section 1477.351 - Applicability Of Subchapter
This subchapter applies only to a county that has a county auditor. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
- Texas Section 1477.352 - Authority To Issue Revenue Anticipation Notes
The county may issue revenue anticipation notes to pay for current expenses of the county only if the county auditor: (1) recommends that action; and...
- Texas Section 1477.353 - Limit On Amount Of Notes
(a) The total amount of revenue anticipation notes issued by the county under this subchapter may not exceed 50 percent of the amount of taxes...
- Texas Section 1477.354 - Maturity
(a) A revenue anticipation note issued under this subchapter must mature not later than the last day of the fiscal year in which the note...
SUBCHAPTER I OBLIGATIONS IN COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OF LESS THAN 8,600
- Texas Section 1477.355 - Revenue Available For Payment Of Notes
A county may use any revenue of the county not otherwise dedicated or restricted, including ad valorem taxes, for the payment of a revenue anticipation...
- Texas Section 1477.401 - Applicability Of Subchapter
This subchapter applies only to a county with a population of less than 8,600. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff....
- Texas Section 1477.402 - Authority To Borrow
(a) The county may borrow money under this subchapter from any source. (b) The total combined principal amount borrowed under this subchapter may not exceed...
- Texas Section 1477.403 - Authority To Issue Obligations
The commissioners court of the county may issue time warrants or other obligations of the county in evidence of money borrowed under Section 1477.402. Added...
- Texas Section 1477.404 - Authority To Impose And Pledge Taxes And Revenues
The county may impose taxes and may pledge taxes and other revenue of the county for the payment of money borrowed under Section 1477.402. Added...
- Texas Section 1477.405 - Maturity
A time warrant or obligation issued under this subchapter must be payable within 10 years. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1,...
- Texas Section 1477.406 - Signatures
A time warrant or obligation issued under this subchapter must be signed by the county judge and the county clerk. Added by Acts 1999, 76th...
- Texas Section 1477.407 - Validity Of Obligation
A time warrant or other obligation that is issued and signed in compliance with this subchapter is a valid obligation of the county. Added by...