Texas § GV.1301.001 - ISSUANCE AND AUTHORIZATION
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§ GV.1301.001. ISSUANCE AND AUTHORIZATION
ISSUANCE AND AUTHORIZATION. (a) The commissioners court of a county may issue bonds authorized under Subtitle A and Chapter 1251 to: (1) build a county courthouse or jail; (2) purchase suitable sites in the county and to construct buildings on the sites for homes or schools for dependent or delinquent children; (3) establish county facilities for needy or indigent persons in the county; (4) purchase and construct bridges for public purposes in the county or to cross a stream serving as the county's boundary line; (5) improve and maintain the public roads in the county; or (6) restore or maintain a county courthouse. (b) The commissioners court may issue bonds only if a majority of the voters at an election to authorize bonds vote in favor of the proposition to authorize the bonds. (c) Bonds to purchase or construct a bridge and to improve and maintain a public road may be submitted by the commissioners court and voted on as one proposition. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 358 (S.B. 186 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 7, 2021.
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