Tex. Transportation Code § 454.021

This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 454.021, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.

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§ 454.021. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE.

Official statutory text

(a) A municipality may issue bonds and notes from time to time and in the amounts it considers necessary or appropriate for acquiring, constructing, improving, or extending a mass transportation system.

(b) Bonds or notes issued under this chapter are fully negotiable and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the issuing municipality, at the price and under the terms fixed by the issuing municipality in the ordinance authorizing the bonds or notes.

(c) Bonds or notes issued under this chapter shall be sold for the price the governing body of the municipality determines to be in the best interest of the municipality.

(d) Subject to the restrictions in this chapter, the governing body of a municipality may fix the form, conditions, and details of bonds and notes issued under this chapter.

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