Sec. 1503.003.  PLEDGE OF TAX FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES;  PROCEEDS.  (a)  In addition to or instead of the pledge of revenue and income of the airport authorized by Subchapter C,  a municipality may impose and pledge to the payment of the operation and maintenance expenses of the airport a continuing annual ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient for that purpose, as provided in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under this subchapter.
(b)  A tax under this section:
(1)  must be imposed at a rate within any limit contained in the municipal charter;  and
(2)  may not be used for the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds.
(c)  The proceeds of a tax pledged under this section shall be used annually, to the extent required by or provided in the ordinance authorizing the bonds, for the operation and maintenance of the airport.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.