Texas Local Government Code 62.162 – Settlement by Trustees
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(a) If a municipality‘s officers fail or refuse to settle its affairs under Section 62.161, on the petition of any resident taxpayer of the municipality or any holder of an evidence of its indebtedness, a court with jurisdiction and located in the county in which the municipality is located shall appoint three trustees to take control of the municipality’s property, dispose of the property, and settle its debts.
(b) The trustees have the same powers that municipal officers have under this subchapter.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 62.162
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005