Tex.
Water Code Section 49.106
Bond Elections
(a)
Before an election is held to authorize the issuance of bonds, other than refunding bonds, there shall be filed in the office of the district and open to inspection by the public an engineer’s report covering the land, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances to be purchased or constructed and their estimated cost, together with maps, plats, profiles, and data fully showing and explaining the report. The engineer’s report is not:(1)
part of the proposition or propositions to be voted on; or(2)
a contract with the voters.(b)
Notice of a bond election shall contain the proposition or propositions to be voted on, which includes the estimate of the probable cost of design, construction, purchase, and acquisition of improvements and additions thereto, and incidental expenses connected with such improvements and the issuance of bonds.(c)
A bond election may be held on the same day as any other district election. The bond election may be called by a separate election order or as a part of any other election order. The board may submit multiple purposes in a single proposition at an election.(d)
A bond election may be called as a result of an agreement to annex additional territory into the district.(e)
A district’s authorization to issue bonds resulting from an election held under this section, or any other law that allows for the qualified voters of a district to authorize the issuance of bonds by a district, remains in effect after the election unless the district is dissolved.(f)
The board may submit new bond authorization and refunding bond authorization in a single proposition at an election.
Source:
Section 49.106 — Bond Elections, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.49.htm#49.106 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
