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Tex. Local Government Code § 71.034

LIABILITY OF ATTACHED TERRITORY

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Tex. Local Government Code § 71.034, LIABILITY OF ATTACHED TERRITORY, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/688796
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(a) If a part of a county is detached from a county and attached to another county, the attached territory remains liable for its proportionate share of the indebtedness of the county from which it was detached. (b) The commissioners court of the county to which the territory is attached shall levy a tax in the territory at a rate sufficient to pay the territory's share of the indebtedness.