Hope v. Village of Laguna Vista

OPINION

SEERDEN, Justice.

Appellant, a resident of the Village of Laguna Vista, challenges the authority of the Village, a general law city, to use funds from a Public Improvement District to dredge a boat channel in the Laguna Madre within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the Village but outside its city limits. The trial court issued a declaratory judgment on an agreed statement of facts, ruling that the Village could assess residents for maintenance dredging the channel. We reverse and render.

Although appellant has raised six points, the case turns on the statutory construction discussed…