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== review ==<br />
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McNeill v. City of Waco, 33 S.W. 322, 323 (Tex. 1895)<br />
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== note ==<br />
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Article XI, section 7 limits the authority of a county to incur debt; it does not affirmatively authorize counties<br />
to levy taxes for any purpose. See Mitchell County v. C~~JJ Nat? Bank, 43 S.W. 880, 883 (Tex. 1898) (Tex. Coast. art.<br />
XI, 5 7 “contains no grant of authority to levy a tiuc”). ‘I&refore, before providing for a levy and sinking !iaid in order<br />
to comply with article XI, section 7, a county shordd fust verify that it is authorized to levy the tax.<br />
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== review ==<br />
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Clear L&e City Water Auth. v. Clear Lake<br />
Ori/. Co., 549 S.W.Zd 385, 390 (Tex. 1977) (amtracts that contemplate aucwsaix pcrfomlances and<br />
which are indcfudtc in duration can lx temhatcd a1 will ofeither party)<br />
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== review ==<br />
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Stevenson v. Blake, 113 S.W.2d 525, 527 (Tex. 1938) (defining "debt" by reference to satisfaction of pecuniary obligations "out of the current revenues for the year")<br />
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== add ? ==<br />
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A county's spending authority also implicates section 7 of article XI of the Texas<br />
Constitution, which prohibits a county from incurring a "debt" without establishing a tax to cover<br />
interest on the obligation and create a sinking fund of at least 2% to reduce the principal. See TEX.<br />
CONST. art. XI, § 7. A "debt" for constitutional purposes means any contractual pecuniary<br />
obligation except that which was within the lawful and reasonable contemplation of the parties, at<br />
the time of the agreement, "to be satisfied out of the current revenues f()r the year or out of some<br />
fund then within the immediate control of the county." Tex. & New Orleans R.R. v. Galveston<br />
County, 169 S.W.2d 713, 715 (Tex. 1943).<br />
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