Tex. Local Government Code § 101.006
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 101.006, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 101.006. RECEIVERSHIP FOR PAYMENT OF DEBTS.
Official statutory text
(a) On the failure of the municipality to accomplish a compromise of its debts or pending the negotiation of a compromise, the municipality may apply to the district court of the county in which the municipality is located to have the court take charge of the collection and appropriation of all taxes levied and assessed by the municipality, except an amount of taxes necessary to pay the current expenses of the municipality. The application must describe the financial condition and insolvency of the municipality.
(b) After the application is made to the district court, the court shall appoint a receiver or designate the assessor and collector of the municipality as receiver to collect and pay into a named depository, for the payment of the municipal debts, all taxes levied by the municipality. The district court may not appoint a receiver except on the voluntary application of the municipality.
(c) The district court shall decide all questions of priority between conflicting claimants of the municipal funds in the depository and shall provide for the ratable and equitable distribution of the funds among all creditors entitled to the funds.
(b) After the application is made to the district court, the court shall appoint a receiver or designate the assessor and collector of the municipality as receiver to collect and pay into a named depository, for the payment of the municipal debts, all taxes levied by the municipality. The district court may not appoint a receiver except on the voluntary application of the municipality.
(c) The district court shall decide all questions of priority between conflicting claimants of the municipal funds in the depository and shall provide for the ratable and equitable distribution of the funds among all creditors entitled to the funds.
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