Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 1205.023. PROCEEDING IN REM; CLASS ACTION. An action under this chapter is: (1) a proceeding in rem; and (2) a class action binding on all persons who: (A) reside in the territory of the issuer; (B) own property located within the boundaries of the issuer; (C) are taxpayers …

Sec. 1205.024. PLEADING CONTENTS. The petition in an action under this chapter must briefly set out, by allegation, reference, or exhibit: (1) the issuer's authority to issue the public securities; (2) the purpose of the public securities; (3) the holding and result of any requir…

Sec. 1205.025. TIME FOR BRINGING ACTION; PENDENCY OF OTHER PROCEEDINGS. An issuer may bring an action under this chapter: (1) concurrently with or after the use of another procedure to obtain a declaratory judgment, approval, or validation; (2) before or after the public securiti…

Sec. 1205.041. NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES. (a) The court in which an action under this chapter is brought shall, on receipt of the petition, immediately issue an order, in the form of a notice, directed to all persons who: (1) reside in the territory of the issuer; (2) own prop…

Sec. 1205.042. SERVICE OF NOTICE ON ATTORNEY GENERAL; WAIVER OF SERVICE. (a) A copy of the issuer's petition with all attached exhibits and a copy of the order issued under Section 1205.041(a) shall be served on the attorney general before the 20th day before the trial date. (b) …

Sec. 1205.043. PUBLICATION OF NOTICE. (a) The clerk of the court shall give notice by publishing a substantial copy of the order issued under Section 1205.041(a) in a newspaper of general circulation in: (1) Travis County; (2) the county where the issuer has its principal office;…

Sec. 1205.044. EFFECT OF PUBLICATION. The effect of notice given under Sections 1205.041 and 1205.043 is that: (1) each person described by Section 1205.041(a) is a party to the action; and (2) the court has jurisdiction over each person to the same extent as if that person were …

Sec. 1205.061. COURT'S POWER TO ENJOIN OTHER PROCEEDINGS. (a) On the issuer's motion, before or after the trial date set under Section 1205.041, the court may enjoin the commencement, prosecution, or maintenance of any proceeding by any person that contests the validity of: (1) a…

Sec. 1205.062. ANSWER OR INTERVENTION BY INTERESTED PARTIES. A person described by Section 1205.041(a) may become a named party to an action brought under this chapter by: (1) filing an answer with the court at or before the time set for trial under Section 1205.041; or (2) inter…

Sec. 1205.063. DUTIES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) The attorney general shall examine a petition filed under Section 1205.021, and shall raise appropriate defenses if the attorney general believes that: (1) the petition is defective, insufficient, or untrue; or (2) the public securit…

Sec. 1205.064. INSPECTION OF RECORDS OF ISSUER. (a) Each record of an issuer relating to the public securities, a public security authorization, or an expenditure of money relating to the public securities is open to inspection at reasonable times to any party to an action under …

Sec. 1205.065. TRIAL OF ACTION. (a) The court shall with the least possible delay: (1) hear and determine each legal or factual question in the declaratory judgment action; and (2) render a final judgment. (b) Regardless of the pendency of an appeal from an order entered under Su…

Sec. 1205.066. COURT COSTS AND OTHER EXPENSES. (a) An issuer that brings an action under this chapter shall pay costs of the action, except as provided by Subsection (b). (b) The court may require a person other than the attorney general who appears and contests or intervenes in …

Sec. 1205.067. MILEAGE AND TRAVEL EXPENSES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) If an action under this chapter is brought in a county other than Travis County, the issuer shall pay any mileage or travel expense of the attorney general or an assistant attorney general in the amount this stat…

Sec. 1205.068. APPEALS. (a) Any party to an action under this chapter may appeal to the appropriate court of appeals: (1) an order entered by the trial court under Section 1205.103 or 1205.104; or (2) the judgment rendered by the trial court. (b) A party may take a direct appeal …

Sec. 1205.069. LEGISLATIVE CONTINUANCES. Rule 254, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 30.003, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, do not apply to a suit or an appeal under this chapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. SUBCHAPTER E. SECUR…

Sec. 1205.101. SECURITY AGAINST SUIT. (a) Before the entry of final judgment in an action under this chapter, the issuer may file a motion with the court for an order that any opposing party or intervenor, other than the attorney general, be dismissed unless that person posts a b…

Sec. 1205.102. STANDARD FOR GRANTING OF MOTION. The court shall grant an issuer's motion for security under Section 1205.101 unless, at the hearing on the motion, the opposing party or intervenor establishes that the person is entitled to a temporary injunction against the issuan…

Sec. 1205.103. AMOUNT OF BOND. (a) The court that grants a motion under this subchapter as to a particular opposing party or intervenor shall in the order set the amount of the bond to be posted by that person. (b) The bond must be in an amount determined by the court to be suffi…

Sec. 1205.104. FAILURE TO FILE BOND. (a) The court shall dismiss an opposing party or intervenor who does not file a required bond before the 11th day after the date of the entry of the order setting the amount of the bond. (b) A dismissal under this section is a final judgment o…

Sec. 1205.105. APPEAL. (a) An order setting the amount of a bond denying the motion of an issuer for a bond, or dismissing a party for failure to file a bond may be appealed under Section 1205.068. (b) An appellate court may: (1) modify an order of a lower court; and (2) enter th…

Sec. 1205.151. EFFECT OF JUDGMENT. (a) This section applies to a final judgment of a district court in an action under this chapter that holds that: (1) the issuer had or has the authority on the terms set out in the issuer's petition to: (A) issue the public securities; or (B) t…

Sec. 1205.152. STATEMENT ON VALIDATED PUBLIC SECURITY. (a) The issuer of a public security validated under this chapter may have written on the public security the following certificate: "This obligation was validated and confirmed by a judgment entered ______________ (date when …