Texas § LG.71.034 - LIABILITY OF ATTACHED TERRITORY

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§ LG.71.034. LIABILITY OF ATTACHED TERRITORY

LIABILITY OF ATTACHED TERRITORY. (a) If a part of a county is detached from a county and attached to another county, the attached territory remains liable for its proportionate share of the indebtedness of the county from which it was detached. (b) The commissioners court of the county to which the territory is attached shall levy a tax in the territory at a rate sufficient to pay the territory's share of the indebtedness. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

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