{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-252.0436","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 252.0436","heading":"CONTRACT WITH PERSON INDEBTED TO MUNICIPALITY.","body":"(a) A municipality by ordinance may establish regulations permitting the municipality to refuse to enter into a contract or other transaction with a person indebted to the municipality.\n(b) It is not a violation of this chapter for a municipality, under regulations adopted under Subsection (a), to refuse to award a contract to or enter into a transaction with an apparent low bidder or successful proposer that is indebted to the municipality.\n(c) In this section, \"person\" includes an individual, sole proprietorship, corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, and any other entity that proposes or otherwise seeks to enter into a contract or other transaction with the municipality requiring approval by the governing body of the municipality.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 156, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 8. ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE OF PROPERTY","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE OF PROPERTY","CHAPTER 252. PURCHASING AND CONTRACTING AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITIES","SUBCHAPTER C. PROCEDURES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.252.htm#252.0436","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"184838650a22a6f17b1b3ba688b5adb377f59c93a345530a5a3af68805e1b699","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-252.0435","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-252.044"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}