Title LG, Local Government Code

Sec. 372.0035. COMMON CHARACTERISTIC OR USE FOR PROJECTS IN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 206 (S.B. 1921), Sec. 4, eff. May 28, 2025. (a-1) This section applies only to a public improvement district established by a municipality under this subcha…

Sec. 372.004. COMBINED IMPROVEMENTS. An improvement project may consist of an improvement on more than one street or of more than one type of improvement. A project described by this section may be included in one proceeding and financed as one improvement project. Acts 1987, 70t…

Sec. 372.005. PETITION. (a) A petition for the establishment of a public improvement district must state: (1) the general nature of the proposed improvement; (2) the estimated cost of the improvement; (3) the boundaries of the proposed assessment district; (4) the proposed method…

Sec. 372.0055. DEFERRED ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATE. If a proposed improvement under Section 372.005 includes a deferred assessment, before holding the hearing required by Section 372.009, the governing body of the municipality or county must estimate: (1) the appraised value of taxable…

Sec. 372.006. FINDINGS. If a petition that complies with this subchapter is filed, the governing body of the municipality or county may make findings by resolution as to the advisability of the proposed improvement, its estimated cost, the method of assessment, and the apportionm…

Sec. 372.007. FEASIBILITY REPORT. (a) Before holding the hearing required by Section 372.009, the governing body of the municipality may use the services of municipal employees, the governing body of the county may use the services of county employees, or the governing body of th…

Sec. 372.008. ADVISORY BODY. (a) After receiving a petition that complies with Section 372.005, the governing body of the municipality or county may appoint an advisory body with the responsibility of developing and recommending an improvement plan to the governing body. (b) The …

Sec. 372.0081. ADVISORY BODY MEETINGS BY TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if a member of an advisory body appointed under Section 372.008 is physically present at a meeting of the advisory body, any number of the other members of the advisory body may …

Sec. 372.009. HEARING. (a) A public improvement district may be established and improvements provided by the district may be financed under this subchapter only after the governing body of the municipality or county holds a public hearing on the advisability of the improvement. (…

Sec. 372.010. IMPROVEMENT ORDER. (a) During the six-month period after the date of the final adjournment of the hearing under Section 372.009, the governing body of the municipality or county may authorize an improvement district if, by majority vote of all members of the governi…

Sec. 372.011. DISSOLUTION. A public hearing may be called and held in the same manner as a hearing under Section 372.009 for the purpose of dissolving a district if a petition requesting dissolution is filed and the petition contains the signatures of at least enough property own…

Sec. 372.012. AREA OF DISTRICT. The area of a public improvement district to be assessed according to the findings of the governing body of the municipality or county may be less than the area described in the proposed boundaries stated by the notice under Section 372.009. The ar…

Sec. 372.0121. INCLUSION OF PROPERTY IN COMMON CHARACTERISTIC PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. (a) Notwithstanding Section 372.012 or any other requirement in this chapter, the governing body of a municipality may include property in a public improvement district described by Section…

Sec. 372.013. SERVICE PLAN. (a) The advisory body shall prepare an ongoing service plan and present the plan to the governing body of the municipality or county for review and approval. The governing body may approve the plan only by ordinance or order. The governing body may ass…

Sec. 372.014. ASSESSMENT PLAN; PAYMENT BY EXEMPT JURISDICTIONS. (a) An assessment plan must be included in the annual service plan. (b) The municipality or county is responsible for payment of assessments against exempt municipal or county property in the district. Payment of ass…

Sec. 372.015. DETERMINATION OF ASSESSMENT. (a) The governing body of the municipality or county shall apportion the cost of an improvement to be assessed against property in an improvement district. The apportionment shall be made on the basis of special benefits accruing to the …

Sec. 372.016. PROPOSED ASSESSMENT ROLL. (a) After the total cost of an improvement is determined, the governing body of the municipality or county shall prepare a proposed assessment roll. The roll must state the assessment against each parcel of land in the district, as determin…

Sec. 372.017. LEVY OF ASSESSMENT. (a) At or on the adjournment of the hearing referred to by Section 372.016 on proposed assessments, the governing body of the municipality or county must hear and pass on any objection to a proposed assessment. The governing body may amend a prop…

Sec. 372.0175. CONTRACTS FOR COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS. The governing body of a municipality or county may contract with the governing body of another taxing unit, as defined by Section 1.04, Tax Code, or the board of directors of an appraisal district to perform the duties of th…

Sec. 372.018. INTEREST ON ASSESSMENT; LIEN. (a) An assessment bears interest at the rate specified by the governing body of the municipality or county beginning at the time or times or on the occurrence of one or more events specified by the governing body. If general obligation …

Sec. 372.019. SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENTS. After notice and a hearing, the governing body of the municipality or county may make supplemental assessments to correct omissions or mistakes in the assessment relating to the total cost of the improvement. Notice must be given and the he…

Sec. 372.020. REASSESSMENT. The governing body of the municipality or county may make a reassessment or new assessment of a parcel of land if: (1) a court of competent jurisdiction sets aside an assessment against the parcel; (2) the governing body determines that the original as…

Sec. 372.021. SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FUND. (a) A municipality or county that intends to create a public improvement district may by ordinance or order establish a special improvement district fund in the municipal or county treasury. (b) The municipality or county annually …

Sec. 372.022. SEPARATE FUNDS. If bonds are issued, a separate public improvement district fund shall be created in the municipal or county treasury for each district. Proceeds from the sale of bonds, temporary notes, and time warrants, and other sums appropriated to the fund by t…

Sec. 372.023. PAYMENT OF COSTS. (a) Costs of improvements may be paid or reimbursed by any combination of the methods described by this section if the improvements are dedicated, conveyed, leased, or otherwise provided to or for the benefit of: (1) a municipality or county; (2) a…

Sec. 372.024. GENERAL OBLIGATION AND REVENUE BONDS. General obligation bonds issued to pay costs under Section 372.023(d) must be issued under the provisions of Subtitles A and C, Title 9, Government Code. Revenue bonds issued to pay costs under that subsection may be issued from…

Sec. 372.025. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BONDS. (a) Revenue bonds may be issued to mature serially or in any other manner but must mature not later than 40 years after their date. A provision may be made for the subsequent issuance of additional parity bonds or subordinate lien bond…

Sec. 372.026. PLEDGES. (a) In this section, "obligation" means bonds, temporary notes, time warrants, or an obligation under an installment sale contract or reimbursement agreement. (b) For the payment of obligations issued or agreed to under this subchapter and the payment of pr…

Sec. 372.027. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) Revenue bonds issued under this subchapter may be refunded or refinanced by the issuance of refunding bonds, under terms or conditions set forth in ordinances or orders of the municipality or county issuing the bonds. The provisions of this subc…

Sec. 372.028. APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION. (a) Revenue bonds issued under this subchapter and a record of the proceedings authorizing their issuance must be submitted to the attorney general for examination. If bonds state that they are secured by a pledge of revenue or rentals fro…

Sec. 372.029. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS; SECURITY. (a) Bonds issued under this subchapter are legal and authorized investments for: (1) banks, trust companies, and savings and loan associations; (2) all insurance companies; (3) fiduciaries, trustees, and guardians; and (4) interest …

Sec. 372.030. SUBCHAPTER NOT EXCLUSIVE. This subchapter is an alternative to other methods by which a municipality may finance public improvements by assessing property owners. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. SUBCHAPTER B. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN HOME-…

Sec. 372.041. AUTHORITY OF HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY. (a) A home-rule municipality may create improvement districts for the purposes of: (1) levying, straightening, widening, enclosing, or otherwise improving a river, creek, bayou, stream, other body of water, street, or alley; (2) …

Sec. 372.151. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only to a county that: (1) does not wholly contain a municipality with a population of more than 50,000; and (2) is adjacent to at least two counties, each with a population of more than 2.1 million. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Le…

Sec. 372.152. ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO REIMBURSE ACQUIRED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. (a) The governing body of a municipality or county may issue and sell general obligation bonds or revenue bonds to reimburse a developer for the cost of a public improvement if: (1) the public improvement …