{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-71.034","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 71.034","heading":"LIABILITY OF ATTACHED TERRITORY.","body":"(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.\n(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.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.71.htm#71.034","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"f452c06893504d395f55d3da66f7262b163fee7c2aa59bfd2d5b28218b6b27a1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-71.033","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-71.035"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}