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

Tex. Local Government Code § 71.034: LIABILITY OF ATTACHED TERRITORY.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 3. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT
SUBTITLE A. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTIES
CHAPTER 71. CREATION OF COUNTIES
SUBCHAPTER D. APPORTIONMENT OF COUNTY INDEBTEDNESS

(a) If a part of a county is detached from a county and attached to another county, the attached territory remains liable for its proportionate share of the indebtedness of the county from which it was detached.

(b) The commissioners court of the county to which the territory is attached shall levy a tax in the territory at a rate sufficient to pay the territory's share of the indebtedness.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

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