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

Tex. Local Government Code § 552.124: EFFECT OF PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BONDS.

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  1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 13. WATER AND UTILITIES
  3. SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL WATER AND UTILITIES
  4. CHAPTER 552. MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
  5. SUBCHAPTER G. MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN ENCUMBERED MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEMS

(a) A municipality or an existing board of trustees may not exercise a power provided by this subchapter in relation to an obligation issued before June 14, 1989, unless the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the obligation or the deed of trust or trust indenture securing payment of the obligation specifically allows the municipality or board to exercise the power. The authority of the municipality or board in relation to that obligation is subject to any restriction or covenant contained in the ordinance, deed of trust, or trust indenture.

(b) The board of trustees may authorize, issue, and sell additional obligations on a parity with an obligation issued before June 14, 1989, if the ordinance, deed of trust, or trust indenture provides for the issuance of the obligations. The obligations must be payable from the revenue pledged to pay the previous obligation and must be secured by pledges and liens on a parity with the pledge securing the previous obligation.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.124 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.

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