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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 62.085

TAXPAYER PROTEST

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A district court may not approve a claim against an abolished municipality until the full amount of the claim is established by the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction if a taxpayer of the municipality:

(1) files a protest against the claim in the district court; and

(2) files a bond that is conditioned that the taxpayer will pay all costs of suit if the claimant fully establishes his claim by the judgment of a state court with jurisdiction of the claim.

(b) The taxpayer's bond must be approved by the court in which it is filed.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.