Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Government Code § 1507.254: LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF WARRANTS AND NOTES ISSUED.

(a) The governing body may not issue warrants or notes under this subchapter in an amount exceeding 80 percent of the difference between:
(1) the estimated revenue of the municipality for the fiscal year; and
(2) the sum of:
(A) the interest on the bonded indebtedness of the municipality to be paid from that revenue; and
(B) any amount that the municipality is required to pay from that revenue into a sinking fund, special fund, or special trust fund of the municipality.
(b) The limitation prescribed by Subsection (a) does not apply to warrants or notes issued for refunding purposes.
(c) The aggregate principal amount of warrants or notes issued under this subchapter and outstanding at any time in a fiscal year may not exceed the greatest amount by which the proposed expenditures for the fiscal year are estimated by the governing body to exceed the estimated revenue available for payment of warrants and notes during the fiscal year, as computed under Subsection (a).
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Where this section sits in the code

GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 9. PUBLIC SECURITIES
SUBTITLE J. SPECIFIC AUTHORITY FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO ISSUE SECURITIES
CHAPTER 1507. OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO MUNICIPAL DEBT AND EXPENSES
SUBCHAPTER F. BONDS FOR PAYMENT OF CURRENT EXPENSES IN MUNICIPALITIES WITH A POPULATION OF 161,000 OR MORE

(a) The governing body may not issue warrants or notes under this subchapter in an amount exceeding 80 percent of the difference between:

(1) the estimated revenue of the municipality for the fiscal year; and

(2) the sum of:

(A) the interest on the bonded indebtedness of the municipality to be paid from that revenue; and

(B) any amount that the municipality is required to pay from that revenue into a sinking fund, special fund, or special trust fund of the municipality.

(b) The limitation prescribed by Subsection (a) does not apply to warrants or notes issued for refunding purposes.

(c) The aggregate principal amount of warrants or notes issued under this subchapter and outstanding at any time in a fiscal year may not exceed the greatest amount by which the proposed expenditures for the fiscal year are estimated by the governing body to exceed the estimated revenue available for payment of warrants and notes during the fiscal year, as computed under Subsection (a).

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

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