{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-1301.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 1301.001","heading":"ISSUANCE AND AUTHORIZATION.","body":"(a) The commissioners court of a county may issue bonds authorized under Subtitle A and Chapter 1251 to:\n(1) build a county courthouse or jail;\n(2) purchase suitable sites in the county and to construct buildings on the sites for homes or schools for dependent or delinquent children;\n(3) establish county facilities for needy or indigent persons in the county;\n(4) purchase and construct bridges for public purposes in the county or to cross a stream serving as the county's boundary line;\n(5) improve and maintain the public roads in the county; or\n(6) restore or maintain a county courthouse.\n(b) The commissioners court may issue bonds only if a majority of the voters at an election to authorize bonds vote in favor of the proposition to authorize the bonds.\n(c) Bonds to purchase or construct a bridge and to improve and maintain a public road may be submitted by the commissioners court and voted on as one proposition.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 358 (S.B. 186), Sec. 1, eff. June 7, 2021.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 9. PUBLIC SECURITIES","SUBTITLE D. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SECURITIES ISSUED BY COUNTIES","CHAPTER 1301. COUNTY BONDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.1301.htm#1301.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"8fc96dd2f85ded85343c6618ce3b0074dc83e2305fc61e7dcb9e40600d1e67d5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-1253.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-1301.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}