Sec. 1506.057. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND TAX. (a) A municipality may not issue bonds under this subchapter creating a debt against the municipality or an improvement district unless the municipality provides for the imposition of an annual ad valorem tax on property in the improvement district at a rate sufficient to:
(1) pay the interest on the bonds; and
(2) create a sinking fund of at least two percent on the bonds.
(b) The rate of the tax may not exceed 50 cents on the $100 valuation of property taxable by the municipality.
(c) The tax is in addition to other taxes imposed by the municipality or authorized to be imposed by the municipal charter.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities
Chapter 1506 - Bonds for Municipal Parking and Transportation Facilities
Subchapter B. Bonds for Parking Facilities in Home-Rule Municipalities
Section 1506.051. Applicability of Subchapter
Section 1506.052. Authority for Parking Facilities
Section 1506.053. Authority to Establish Improvement Districts and Issue Bonds
Section 1506.055. Form of Bond
Section 1506.056. Sale of Bonds
Section 1506.057. Interest and Sinking Fund Tax
Section 1506.058. Proceeds of Tax
Section 1506.059. Investment of Sinking Fund