Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 1301.001 - 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.Tex. Gov't. Code § 1301.001
Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 358,Sec. 1, eff. 6/7/2021.Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.