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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 1251.052. Form

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Text of section as added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., ch. 505 (S.B. 30), § 4.  See, also, § 1251.052 as added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., ch. 728 (H.B. 477), § 4.>

(a) The ballot for a measure seeking voter approval of the issuance of debt obligations by a political subdivision shall specifically state:

(1) a plain language description of the single specific purposes for which the debt obligations are to be authorized;

(2) the total principal amount of the debt obligations to be authorized;  and

(3) that taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the debt obligations will be imposed.

(a-1) Each single specific purpose for which debt obligations requiring voter approval are to be issued must be printed on the ballot as a separate proposition.  A proposition may include as a specific purpose one or more structures or improvements serving the substantially same purpose and may include related improvements and equipment necessary to accomplish the specific purpose.

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