Tex. Government Code § 1475.003: AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND IMPOSE TAXES.

To pay for an action authorized by Section 1475.002, a county may, on the approval of at least two-thirds of the qualified voters of the county who vote on the measure:

(1) issue bonds or warrants or otherwise lend its credit in addition to its other debt and in an amount not to exceed one-fourth of the taxable value of the real property in the county; and

(2) impose taxes to pay the interest on and to provide a sinking fund for the redemption of the debt.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.