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Tex. Local Government Code § 62.085: TAXPAYER PROTEST.
Where this section sits in the code
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
- TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
- SUBTITLE E. CONSOLIDATION AND ABOLITION OF MUNICIPALITIES
- CHAPTER 62. ABOLITION OF MUNICIPALITIES
- SUBCHAPTER C. PAYMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS AND DISPOSITION OF ASSETS UNDER RECEIVERSHIP
(a) A district court may not approve a claim against an abolished municipality until the full amount of the claim is established by the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction if a taxpayer of the municipality:
(1) files a protest against the claim in the district court; and
(2) files a bond that is conditioned that the taxpayer will pay all costs of suit if the claimant fully establishes his claim by the judgment of a state court with jurisdiction of the claim.
(b) The taxpayer's bond must be approved by the court in which it is filed.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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