Tex. Educ. Code Section 49.260
Optional Total Tax Base Consolidation


(a)

An agreement executed under Section 49.251 (Agreement) may provide for total tax base consolidation instead of consolidation for maintenance and operation purposes only.

(b)

Under an agreement providing for total tax base consolidation:

(1)

the component districts may not levy maintenance or bond taxes, except to the extent necessary to retire bonds and other obligations issued before the effective date of the consolidation;

(2)

the joint board may issue bonds and levy, pledge, and collect ad valorem taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on those bonds, and issue refunding bonds, as provided by Chapter 45 (School District Funds) for independent school districts; and

(3)

to the end of the ballot proposition required under Section 49.253 (Proposition)(a) shall be added “, and further to create a consolidated tax base for the repayment of all bonded indebtedness issued by the joint board of the taxing district after the effective date of the consolidation and to authorize the joint board to levy, pledge, and collect ad valorem taxes at a rate sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on those bonds.”

(c)

Under an agreement providing for total tax base consolidation:

(1)

the component districts may provide for the consolidated taxing district to assume all of the indebtedness of all component districts; and

(2)

to the end of the ballot proposition required by Section 49.253 (Proposition)(a) shall be added “, and further to create a consolidated tax base for the repayment of all bonded indebtedness issued by the joint board of the taxing district or previously issued by the component school districts and to authorize the joint board to levy, pledge, and collect ad valorem taxes at a rate sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on those bonds.”
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter F, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.058, eff. September 1, 2019.

Source: Section 49.260 — Optional Total Tax Base Consolidation, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.­49.­htm#49.­260 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

49.001
Definitions
49.002
Options to Reduce Local Revenue Level
49.003
Inclusion of Attendance Credit and Nonresidents in Weighted Average Daily Attendance
49.004
Annual Review of Local Revenues
49.005
Comptroller and Appraisal District Cooperation
49.006
Rules
49.007
Commissioner to Approve Subsequent Boundary Changes
49.008
Homestead Exemptions
49.009
Tax Abatements
49.010
Tax Increment Obligations
49.011
Contingency
49.012
Date of Elections
49.013
Procedure
49.0041
Local Revenue Level in Excess of Entitlement After Review Notification
49.0042
Transitional Provisions: Increased Homestead Exemption and Limitation on Tax Increases
49.051
Agreement
49.052
Governing Law
49.053
Governance Plan
49.054
Incentive Aid
49.101
Agreement
49.102
Governing Law
49.103
Allocation of Appraised Value of Divided Unit
49.104
Allocation of Indebtedness
49.105
Notice
49.0121
Transitional Election Dates
49.151
Agreement
49.152
Credit
49.153
Cost
49.154
Payment
49.155
Duration
49.156
Voter Approval
49.157
Credit for Appraisal Costs
49.158
Limitation
49.201
Agreement
49.202
Voter Approval
49.203
Wada Count
49.204
Transfers
49.205
Career and Technology Education Programs
49.251
Agreement
49.252
Date of Election
49.253
Proposition
49.254
Approval
49.255
Consolidated Taxing District
49.256
Governance
49.257
Maintenance Tax
49.258
Revenue Distribution
49.259
Taxes of Component Districts
49.260
Optional Total Tax Base Consolidation
49.301
Definition
49.302
Determination of Taxable Value
49.303
Property Subject to Detachment and Annexation
49.304
Taxation of Personal Property
49.305
Detachment of Property
49.306
Annexation of Property
49.307
Limitations on Detachment and Annexation
49.308
Orders and Notice
49.309
Treatment of Subdivided Property
49.310
Duties of Chief Appraiser
49.311
Student Attendance
49.312
Bond Taxes
49.313
Determination by Commissioner Final
49.351
Commissioner Order
49.352
Selection Criteria
49.353
Governance
49.354
Dissolution of Consolidated District
49.355
Fund Balances
49.356
Employment Contracts
49.357
Application of Sparse Adjustment and Small and Transportation Allotments

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 49.260’s source at texas​.gov