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<p>2 revisions imported: transfer to 1.34.1</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article XI, Section 12 of the Texas Constitution}}{{Template:Texas Constitution|text=As amended November 5, 1985:<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;The legislature by general law may authorize a city or town to expend public funds for the relocation or replacement of sanitation sewer laterals or water laterals on private property if the relocation or replacement is done in conjunction with or immediately following the replacement or relocation of sanitation sewer mains or water mains serving the property. The law must authorize the city or town to affix, with the consent of the owner of the private property, a lien on the property for the cost of relocating or replacing the laterals on the property and must provide that the cost shall be assessed against the property with repayment by the property owner to be amortized over a period not to exceed five years at a rate of interest to be set as provided by the law. The lien may not be enforced until after five years have expired since the date the lien was affixed.&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> |editor=<br /> <br /> This section was added in 1983. It has been amended once. The most recent amendment added &quot;water laterals&quot; to the section&#039;s substance.<br /> <br /> The section, which authorizes repayment of an assessment over time, is an exception to both Article III, Section [[Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 52|52]] and Article XI, Section [[Texas Constitution:Article XI, Section 3|3]].<br /> <br /> |other=<br /> <br /> None.<br /> <br /> |recent=<br /> <br /> None.<br /> <br /> |historic=<br /> <br /> None.<br /> <br /> }}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Local Government Law]]<br /> [[Category:TxCon ArtXI Sec]]</div>

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