Article III, Section 49-d-9 of the Texas Constitution ("General Obligation Bonds for Texas Water Development Fund II")
Added November 6, 2001:
(a) The Texas Water Development Board may issue additional general obligation bonds, at its determination, for one or more accounts of the Texas Water Development Fund II, in an amount not to exceed $2 billion. Of the additional general obligation bonds authorized to be issued, $50 million of those bonds shall be used for the Water Infrastructure Fund as provided by law.
(b) Section 49-d-8 of this Article applies to the bonds authorized by this section. The limitation in Section 49-d-8 of this Article that the Texas Water Development Board may not issue bonds in excess of the aggregate principal amount of previously authorized bonds does not apply to the bonds authorized by and issued under this section.
(c) A limitation on the percentage of State participation in any single project imposed by this Article does not apply to a project funded with the proceeds of bonds issued under the authority of Section 49-d-8 of this Article or this section.
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Library Resources
- Vernon's Annotated Constitution of the State of Texas (this multi-volume and up-to-date resource is available at all law libraries and many municipal libraries)
- The Texas State Constitution: A Reference Guide (this one-volume resource is available at most law libraries and some municipal libraries)
- The Constitution of the State of Texas: An Annotated and Comparative Analysis (this two-volume resource is available at most law libraries and some municipal libraries)
Online Resources
- Constitution of the State of Texas (1876) (this resource is published and maintained by the University of Texas School of Law)
- Amendments to the Texas Constitution Since 1876 (this resource is published and regularly updated by the Legislative Council)
- Reports Analyzing Proposed Amendments (this resource is published and regularly updated by the Legislative Reference Library)