Tex. Local Government Code § 62.091
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 62.091, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 62.091. ADDITIONAL TAX.
Official statutory text
(a) If the money of an abolished municipality and the proceeds from the sale of its property are insufficient to pay its indebtedness, at the request of any creditor the court in which the receivership is pending at its first regular term each year shall levy a tax on all real and personal property that is not exempt from taxation and that on the first day of January of the preceding year is located within the corporate limits of the municipality as those limits previously existed.
(b) The court shall levy a tax sufficient to discharge the municipality's indebtedness, except that the court may not set the tax at a rate that is greater than the rate allowed by law for such purposes in municipalities.
(b) The court shall levy a tax sufficient to discharge the municipality's indebtedness, except that the court may not set the tax at a rate that is greater than the rate allowed by law for such purposes in municipalities.
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