Editing Texas Constitution talk:Article XI, Section 7 (section)

== note ==

Article XI, section 7 limits the authority of a county to incur debt; it does not affirmatively authorize counties
to levy taxes for any purpose. See Mitchell County v. C~~JJ Nat? Bank, 43 S.W. 880, 883 (Tex. 1898) (Tex. Coast. art.
XI, 5 7 “contains no grant of authority to levy a tiuc”). ‘I&refore, before providing for a levy and sinking !iaid in order
to comply with article XI, section 7, a county shordd fust verify that it is authorized to levy the tax.