Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 1504.105. OBLIGATIONS NOT PAYABLE FROM TAXES. (a) An obligation issued under this subchapter: (1) is not a debt of the municipality; (2) may be a charge only on the revenue pledged for the payment of the obligation; and (3) may not be included in determining the power of the…

Sec. 1504.106. ELECTION. (a) Unless authorized by a majority vote of the qualified voters of the municipality, a municipality may not: (1) encumber a building or structure described by Section 1504.102 for more than $5,000, except for purchase money or to refund existing debt tha…

Sec. 1504.107. OPERATING EXPENSES AS FIRST LIEN. (a) If the revenue from a building or structure described by Section 1504.102 is encumbered under this subchapter, each expense of operation and maintenance, including all salaries, labor, materials, interest, repairs and additions…

Sec. 1504.108. CHARGES FOR SERVICES. (a) A municipality shall impose and collect charges for the use of a building or structure described by Section 1504.102 and for services provided in connection with that use in amounts at least sufficient to pay: (1) all operating, maintenanc…

Sec. 1504.109. USE OF REVENUE FOR OTHER PURPOSES PROHIBITED. A municipality may not use the revenue from a building or structure described by Section 1504.102 to pay any other debt, expense, or obligation of the municipality until the debt secured by the revenue is fully paid. Ad…

Sec. 1504.110. RECORDS. The chief executive officer of the municipality shall establish and maintain a complete system of records that: (1) shows each free use of and free service provided in connection with the use of a building or structure described by Section 1504.102 and the…

Sec. 1504.111. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) Not later than February 1 of each year, the superintendent or manager of a building or structure described by Section 1504.102 shall file with the chief executive officer of the municipality a detailed report of the operation of the building or s…

Sec. 1504.112. OFFENSE. (a) A chief executive officer of a municipality commits an offense if the chief executive officer fails to: (1) establish the system of records required by Section 1504.110 before the 91st day after the date the building or structure is completed; or (2) m…

Sec. 1504.113. CIVIL ENFORCEMENT. A person who resides in a municipality and is a taxpayer or holder of an obligation issued under this subchapter and secured by the encumbered income of a building or structure described by Section 1504.102 is entitled to enforce the provisions o…

Sec. 1504.201. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to a municipality with a population of 290,000 or more. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 1504.202. AUTHORITY FOR EXPOSITION AND CONVENTION HALLS. A municipality may purchase, construct, encumber, renovate, or repair an exposition or convention hall. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 1504.203. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS, NOTES, AND WARRANTS. A municipality may issue bonds, notes, or warrants to evidence an obligation incurred to purchase, construct, renovate, or repair an exposition or convention hall. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. S…

Sec. 1504.204. PLEDGE OF INCOME. A municipality may pledge the income from an exposition or convention hall to the payment of an obligation issued under this subchapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 1504.205. OBLIGATIONS NOT PAYABLE FROM TAXES. (a) An obligation issued under this subchapter: (1) is not a debt of the municipality; (2) may be a charge only on the property of the exposition or convention hall encumbered; and (3) may not be included in determining the power…

Sec. 1504.206. OPERATING EXPENSES AS FIRST LIEN. If the income from an exposition or convention hall is encumbered under this subchapter, each expense of operation and maintenance, including all salaries, labor, materials, interest, repairs, and additions necessary to properly ma…

Sec. 1504.207. CHARGES FOR SERVICES. (a) A municipality shall impose and collect charges for the use of an encumbered exposition or convention hall in amounts determined by the governing body to be sufficient to pay: (1) all operating, maintenance, depreciation, replacement, impr…

Sec. 1504.208. USE OF INCOME FOR OTHER PURPOSES PROHIBITED. A municipality may not use the income from the exposition or convention hall to pay any other debt, expense, or obligation of the municipality until the debt secured by the income is fully paid. Added by Acts 1999, 76th …

Sec. 1504.209. MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL. (a) The contract under which an exposition or convention hall is encumbered must provide that the governing body of the municipality shall manage and control the hall during the time the hall is encumbered. (b) The governing body may: (1) ad…

Sec. 1504.210. TRUSTEE. A contract under which an exposition or convention hall is encumbered may provide for: (1) the selection of a trustee to sell the hall on a default in the payment of principal or interest or another default under the contract; (2) the selection of a succes…

Sec. 1504.211. RECEIVER. (a) The trustee may apply to a court for the appointment of a receiver if: (1) the contract under which the exposition or convention hall is encumbered provides for the appointment of a receiver; and (2) there is a default in the payment of principal and …

Sec. 1504.212. NOTICE TO GOVERNING BODY BEFORE FORECLOSURE OR OTHER ACTION. (a) Unless written notice is given to the governing body of the municipality in accordance with this section that there is a default in payment of any installment of principal of or interest on an obligat…

Sec. 1504.251. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to a home-rule municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 669, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 2001…

Sec. 1504.252. AUTHORITY FOR CULTURAL AND PARKING FACILITIES. A municipality may acquire sites for and establish, acquire, lease as lessee or lessor, construct, improve, enlarge, equip, repair, operate, or maintain: (1) a cultural facility, such as an opera house, ballet or symph…

Sec. 1504.253. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS. The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may issue revenue bonds to provide all or part of the money to accomplish any purpose described by Section 1504.252. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 19…

Sec. 1504.254. PLEDGE OF REVENUE. (a) Bonds issued under this subchapter must be secured by a pledge of and be payable from all or a designated part of the revenue from the cultural or parking facility for which the bonds are issued, as provided in the ordinance authorizing the i…

Sec. 1504.255. LIEN ON FACILITY. Subject to any limitation contained in any previous pledge, the governing body of the municipality may, in addition to pledging the revenue from a cultural or parking facility, give a lien on all or part of the physical property and facilities con…

Sec. 1504.256. PLEDGE OF MIXED BEVERAGE TAX RECEIPTS. (a) The governing body of a municipality by official action may pledge for the purposes provided by this subchapter a portion of the mixed beverage tax that is remitted to the municipality under Section 183.051, Tax Code. (b) …

Sec. 1504.257. SHORTAGE OF MIXED BEVERAGE TAX RECEIPTS. If at the time of a remittance of mixed beverage tax receipts by the comptroller under Section 183.051, Tax Code, the amount collected by the comptroller from permittees in a municipality that has pledged a portion of its mi…

Sec. 1504.258. ADDITIONAL USE OF MIXED BEVERAGE TAX RECEIPTS. A municipality may spend money derived from the portion of the mixed beverage tax receipts authorized to be pledged under Section 1504.256 for: (1) advertising and promotion of events to take place in a cultural facili…

Sec. 1504.259. BONDS NOT PAYABLE FROM TAXES; EXCEPTION. (a) The owner or holder of a bond issued under this subchapter is not entitled to demand payment of the principal of or interest on the bond from money raised by taxation. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a demand for pa…

Sec. 1504.260. CONTENTS OF ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING BONDS. (a) The ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under this subchapter may provide for the flow of funds and the establishment and maintenance of an interest and sinking fund, reserve fund, or other fund. (b) The ordinanc…

Sec. 1504.261. ADOPTION AND EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS. The municipality may adopt and have executed any other proceeding or instrument necessary or convenient to the issuance of bonds under this subchapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 1504.262. SIGNATURES. A bond issued under this subchapter must be signed by the mayor of the municipality and countersigned by the secretary or clerk of the municipality. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 1504.263. SALE OF BONDS. A municipality may sell bonds issued under this subchapter at public or private sale in the manner and on the terms provided by the ordinance under which the bonds are issued. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 1504.264. INTERIM RECEIPTS. Pending the preparation of a definitive bond, a municipality may provide to the purchaser of a bond sold under this subchapter an interim receipt or certificate in the form and with the provisions specified in the ordinance authorizing the issuanc…

Sec. 1504.265. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS. From the proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter, a municipality may appropriate or set aside amounts: (1) to pay interest and administrative and operating expenses expected to accrue during the period of construction; (2) to be deposit…

Sec. 1504.266. CHARGES FOR SERVICES. The governing body of the municipality shall impose and collect charges for the use of a cultural or parking facility the revenue of which is pledged to secure bonds issued under this subchapter, and for services provided in connection with th…

Sec. 1504.267. USE OF REVENUE. (a) A municipality shall use revenue derived from that portion of mixed beverage tax receipts authorized to be pledged under Section 1504.256 for the purposes described by Sections 1504.252 and 1504.258, including the pledge of that revenue to the p…

Sec. 1504.268. CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY WITH MUNICIPAL CHARTER. To the extent of a conflict or inconsistency between this subchapter and a municipal charter, this subchapter controls. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 1505.001. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to a municipality that borders the Gulf of Mexico. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 1505.002. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. A municipality may issue bonds necessary to improve or aid the improvement of a harbor of the municipality or a bar at the entrance of the harbor. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 1505.003. AMOUNT OF BONDS. A municipality may issue bonds under this subchapter in an amount: (1) the municipality considers necessary; and (2) that does not exceed a limit on debt set by the municipal charter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 19…

Sec. 1505.004. SURPLUS BONDS. A municipality may sell any available bonds not needed for the purpose for which the bonds were issued to improve or aid the improvement of a harbor of the municipality or a bar at the entrance of the harbor. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, S…

Sec. 1505.051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to a municipality that: (1) is located in a navigation district organized under the general laws of this state; and (2) has a deepwater port located in the municipality. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 22…

Sec. 1505.052. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "project" means: (1) a facility purchased, constructed, improved, enlarged, or repaired by a municipality as described by Section 1505.053; and (2) land acquired or improved by a municipality as described by Section 1505.053. Added b…

Sec. 1505.053. AUTHORITY FOR NAVIGATIONAL FACILITIES. A municipality may: (1) own, purchase, construct, operate, improve, enlarge, repair, or maintain a bridge over or across any stream, inlet, or arm of the Gulf of Mexico or entrance canal to the deepwater port of the municipali…