{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-1505.253","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 1505.253","heading":"AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS.","body":"A municipality may:\n(1) issue bonds for a purpose described by Section 1505.252 and provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds from the income of the facility, including income from leasing the facility, less the reasonable cost of the operation and maintenance of the facility; or\n(2) issue bonds for that purpose in the manner provided for the issuance of other municipal bonds payable from an ad valorem tax imposed on taxable property in the municipality.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 9. PUBLIC SECURITIES","SUBTITLE J. SPECIFIC AUTHORITY FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO ISSUE SECURITIES","CHAPTER 1505. OBLIGATIONS FOR COASTAL MUNICIPALITIES FOR COASTAL MATTERS","SUBCHAPTER F. BONDS FOR HARBOR, WHARF, AND DOCK FACILITIES IN COASTAL MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATION OF 5,000 OR LESS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.1505.htm#1505.253","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"cf643a39eb01bc79da15071bf18a2990debea59e84863aed9bb6f1dd86118e4c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-1505.252","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-1505.254"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}