Sec. 54.744.  IMPAIRMENT OF SECURITY.  (a)  For purposes of the board's consideration of the applications, the lands proposed for inclusion shall be deemed to be sufficient to avoid an impairment of the security for payment of obligations of the district if:
(1)  according to the most recent tax roll of the district or the most recently certified estimates of taxable value from the chief appraiser of the appropriate appraisal district, the taxable value of such included lands equals or exceeds the taxable value of the excluded lands; and
(2)  either the estimated costs of providing district facilities and services to such included lands is equal to or less than the estimated costs of providing district facilities and services to the excluded lands or any increased estimated costs of providing district facilities and services to the included land, as determined by the district's engineer, can be amortized at prevailing bond interest rates and maturity schedules and the prevailing debt service tax rate of the district, as determined by the district's professional financial advisor, when applied to the increase in taxable value of the included land over the taxable value of the excluded land.
(b)  If the district has any outstanding bonds or contract obligations payable in whole or in part by a pledge of net revenues from the ownership or operation of the district's facilities at the time the board considers an application, the lands proposed for inclusion shall be deemed to be sufficient to avoid an impairment of the security for payment of obligations of the district if the projected net revenues to be derived from the lands to be included during the succeeding 12-month period, as determined by the district's engineer, equals or exceeds the projected net revenues that would otherwise have been derived from the lands to be excluded during the same period.
(c)  In this section, the taxable value of included land means the market value of the land if, before or contemporaneously with the inclusion of the land in the district, the owner of the land waives the right to special appraisal of the land as to the district under Section 23.20, Tax Code.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 248, Sec. 32, eff. June 18, 2003.
Amended by: 
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 105 (S.B. 902), Sec. 31, eff. May 18, 2013.