4,834
edits
Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 52-a (view source)
Revision as of 15:13, September 14, 2023
, September 14, 2023no edit summary
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
This important section, approved by 52% of voters, was added in 1987. It has been amended once. The 2005 amendment specified that programs, grants, and loans not secured or financed by property taxes do not constitute or create debt. | This important section, approved by 52% of voters, was added in 1987. It has been amended once. The 2005 amendment specified that programs, grants, and loans not secured or financed by property taxes do not constitute or create debt. | ||
The Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2019/kp0261.pdf#page=2 KP-261] (2019), opined that: " | The Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/1992/dm0185.pdf#page=6 DM-185] (1992), opined that: "Section 380.001 of the Local Government Code, which the legislature enacted pursuant to article III, section 52-a of the Texas Constitution, is constitutional." | ||
And recently he, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2019/kp0261.pdf#page=2 KP-261] (2019), opined that: " . . . establishes economic development as a public purpose and specifically authorizes the Legislature to 'provide for the . . .' to further that purpose." | |||
|recent= | |recent= | ||