Tex. Transportation Code § 453.059
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 453.059, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 453.059. LIABILITY OF CREATING MUNICIPALITY.
Official statutory text
A municipality that creates a transit department is liable for an expense the transit department incurs before the date a sales and use tax is approved for the transit department under Subchapter D, including the costs of holding the election.
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