Sec. 45.0021. RESTRICTION ON MAINTENANCE TAX LEVY. (a) A school district may not increase the rate of the district's maintenance taxes described by Section 45.002 to create a surplus in maintenance tax revenue for the purpose of paying the district's debt service.

(b) A person who owns taxable property in a school district is entitled to an injunction restraining the collection of taxes by the district if the district adopts a maintenance tax rate in violation of Subsection (a). An action to enjoin the collection of taxes must be filed before the date the district delivers substantially all of the district's tax bills.

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2019.