Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS GREG ABBOTT June 29, 2009 The Honorable Jeff Wentworth Opinion No. GA-0724 Chair, Committee on Jurisprudence Texas State Senate Re: Authority of local taxing units or central Post Office Box 12068 appraisal districts to collect special assessments Austin, Texas 78711 imposed in public improvement districts (RQ-0774-GA) Dear Senator Wentworth: You ask whether a central appraisal district or a local taxing unit, such as a county, may contract to collect assessments imposed by a public improvement district ("district").! The Public Improvement District Assessment Act…