Tex. Transportation Code § 452.712
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§ 452.712. APPROVAL OF SERVICE PLAN AND TAX RATE.
Official statutory text
(a) Not later than the 45th day after the date the interim executive committee approves the service plan and tax rate, the governing body of each municipality having territory in the authority and the commissioners court of each county having unincorporated area in the authority must approve, by resolution or order, the service plan and tax rate.
(b) A municipality or unincorporated area that does not give its approval under Subsection (a) may not participate in the service plan or the confirmation election order for the authority.
(c) The interim executive committee may not order a confirmation election in a subregion for which the governing body of the principal municipality does not approve the service plan and tax rate.
(d) In a subregion that has no principal municipality with a population of more than 1.1 million according to the most recent federal decennial census, the tax rate must be approved by the commissioners court before the confirmation election.
(e) Subsections (a)-(d) do not apply to an authority created by a contiguous municipality. The interim executive committee of a subregional authority created by a contiguous municipality shall submit the proposed plan and proposed tax rate to the governing body of the contiguous municipality. The governing body may:
(1) change the proposed plan or tax rate, or both the proposed plan and tax rate; or
(2) approve the proposed plan and tax as submitted.
(b) A municipality or unincorporated area that does not give its approval under Subsection (a) may not participate in the service plan or the confirmation election order for the authority.
(c) The interim executive committee may not order a confirmation election in a subregion for which the governing body of the principal municipality does not approve the service plan and tax rate.
(d) In a subregion that has no principal municipality with a population of more than 1.1 million according to the most recent federal decennial census, the tax rate must be approved by the commissioners court before the confirmation election.
(e) Subsections (a)-(d) do not apply to an authority created by a contiguous municipality. The interim executive committee of a subregional authority created by a contiguous municipality shall submit the proposed plan and proposed tax rate to the governing body of the contiguous municipality. The governing body may:
(1) change the proposed plan or tax rate, or both the proposed plan and tax rate; or
(2) approve the proposed plan and tax as submitted.
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