Tex. Local Government Code § 395.013
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 395.013, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 395.013. ITEMS NOT PAYABLE BY FEE.
Official statutory text
Impact fees may not be adopted or used to pay for:
(1) construction, acquisition, or expansion of public facilities or assets other than capital improvements or facility expansions identified in the capital improvements plan;
(2) repair, operation, or maintenance of existing or new capital improvements or facility expansions;
(3) upgrading, updating, expanding, or replacing existing capital improvements to serve existing development in order to meet stricter safety, efficiency, environmental, or regulatory standards;
(4) upgrading, updating, expanding, or replacing existing capital improvements to provide better service to existing development;
(5) administrative and operating costs of the political subdivision, except the Edwards Underground Water District or a river authority that is authorized elsewhere by state law to charge fees that function as impact fees may use impact fees to pay its administrative and operating costs;
(6) principal payments and interest or other finance charges on bonds or other indebtedness, except as allowed by Section 395.012.
(1) construction, acquisition, or expansion of public facilities or assets other than capital improvements or facility expansions identified in the capital improvements plan;
(2) repair, operation, or maintenance of existing or new capital improvements or facility expansions;
(3) upgrading, updating, expanding, or replacing existing capital improvements to serve existing development in order to meet stricter safety, efficiency, environmental, or regulatory standards;
(4) upgrading, updating, expanding, or replacing existing capital improvements to provide better service to existing development;
(5) administrative and operating costs of the political subdivision, except the Edwards Underground Water District or a river authority that is authorized elsewhere by state law to charge fees that function as impact fees may use impact fees to pay its administrative and operating costs;
(6) principal payments and interest or other finance charges on bonds or other indebtedness, except as allowed by Section 395.012.
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