Tex. Transportation Code § 172.255
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 172.255, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 172.255. APPLICABILITY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FINANCING LAW; PROHIBITION ON AD VALOREM TAX.
Official statutory text
A district may use the procedures provided by Chapter 271, Local Government Code, to finance the district's rail facilities, except to the extent of a conflict with this chapter, and except that the district may not impose an ad valorem tax.
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