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Tex. Educ. Code § 45.001 (2026)

Bonds And Bond Taxes

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Sec. 45.001. BONDS AND BOND TAXES. (a) The governing board of an independent school district, including the city council or commission that has jurisdiction over a municipally controlled independent school district, the governing board of a rural high school district, and the commissioners court of a county, on behalf of each common school district under its jurisdiction, may:

(1) issue bonds for:

(A) the construction, acquisition, and equipment of school buildings in the district;

(B) the acquisition of property or the refinancing of property financed under a contract entered under Subchapter A, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, regardless of whether payment obligations under the contract are due in the current year or a future year;

(C) the purchase of the necessary sites for school buildings;

(D) the purchase of new school buses;

(E) the retrofitting of school buses with emergency, safety, or security equipment; and

(F) the purchase or retrofitting of vehicles to be used for emergency, safety, or security purposes; and

(2) levy, pledge, assess, and collect annual ad valorem taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as or before the principal and interest become due, subject to Section 45.003.

(b) The bonds must mature serially or otherwise not more than 40 years from their date. The bonds may be made redeemable before maturity.

(c) Bonds may be sold at public or private sale as determined by the governing board of the district.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1536, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1500, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2001.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1240 (S.B. 2274), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1328 (H.B. 3646), Sec. 87(b), eff. June 19, 2009.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 464 (S.B. 11), Sec. 21, eff. June 6, 2019.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1997–2026 · leading case: Springboards v. McAllen Indep Sch., 62 F.4th 174 (5th Cir. 2023).
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Springboards v. McAllen Indep Sch., 62 F.4th 174 (5th Cir. 2023). “See Tex. Educ. Code §§ 45.001, 45.002. The ability to self-finance weighs heavily against immunity.”
West Orange-Cove Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Alanis, 78 S.W.3d 529 (Tex. App. 2002). “Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 45.001 (West Supp.”
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2010). · cites it 4× “2009); see TEX. EDUC. CODE ANN. §§ 45.001 (a)(2) (Vernon SUpp.”
Hays Cnty., Texas, Ruben Becerra, Debbie Ingalsbe, Michelle Cohen, Morgan Hammer, & Walt Smith, in Their Off. Capacities v. Leslie Carnes, Jim Camp, Cathy Ramsey, Gabrielle Moore, & Ken Paxton, Attorney Gen. of Texas (Tex. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “................................22 TEX. ELEC.”
West Orange-cove Sch. Dist. v. Alanis, 78 S.W.3d 529 (Tex. App. 2002). “Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 45.001 (West Supp.”
Neighborhood Centers Inc. v. Doreatha Walker (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “14 TEX. EDUC. CODE § 45.001 ................”
Springboards v. IDEA Pub. Schs. (5th Cir. 2023). “See Tex. Educ. Code §§ 45.001, 45.002. The ability to self-finance weighs heavily against immunity.”
Springboards v. Mission Indep Sch. (5th Cir. 2023). “First, Mission still receives a substantial component of its funding from non- state sources.”
Tolman v. Brownsville Indep. Sch. Dist. (S.D. Tex. 2025). “4th at 183–84; TEX. EDUC. CODE §§ 45.001–02. Thus, the most significant factor weighs against immunity.”
Ramirez (S.D. Tex. 2026). “4th at 183–84 (citing TEX. EDUC. CODE §§ 45.001, 45.002), and “[t]he ability to self-finance weighs heavily against immunity,” id.”
West Orange-Cove Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist. Coppell Indep. Sch. Dist. La Porte Indep. Sch. Dist. & Port Neches-Groves Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Felipe Alanis, Texas Comm'r of Educ. The Texas Educ. Agency Carol Keeton Rylander, Texas Comptroller of Pub. Accounts & the Texas State Bd. of Educ. Alvarado I.S.D. Anthony I.S.D. Aubrey I.S.D. Bangs I.S.D. (Tex. App. 2002). “Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 45.001 (West Supp.”
Nw. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. City of Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth Sports Auth. Speedway Motorsports, Inc. Texas Motor Speedway, Inc. John Sharp, in His Capacity as Comptroller of Pub. Accounts for the State of Texas (Tex. App. 1997). “Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 45.001 (West 1996).”
Tex. Educ. Code § 45.001(a)(2): 1 case
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2010). “2009); see TEX. EDUC. CODE ANN. §§ 45.001 (a)(2) (Vernon SUpp.”
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