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Section 293.051. Revenue Bonds

TX Loc Govt Code § 293.051 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 293.051. REVENUE BONDS. (a) The authority may issue negotiable revenue bonds to provide funds to carry out its purposes.

(b) The bonds must:

(1) be authorized by a board resolution;

(2) be authorized by an election that is:

(A) called by a resolution of the board;

(B) held throughout the authority; and

(C) called, held, and publicized in the manner provided by Chapter 1251, Government Code;

(3) be signed by the board president or vice-president and countersigned by the board secretary, either by actual or printed facsimile signature;

(4) include the authority seal;

(5) mature serially or otherwise in 40 years or less;

(6) be payable from and secured by a pledge of net revenues from ownership or operation of authority property; and

(7) be sold at a price and under terms that the board considers the most advantageous and the most reasonably obtainable.

(c) The bonds may:

(1) be secured, in addition to the security prescribed in Subsection (b)(6), by a mortgage or deed of trust on authority real or personal property;

(2) bear interest at a rate not to exceed the interest rate prescribed by Chapter 1204, Government Code;

(3) be made callable before maturity at the times and prices prescribed in the bond resolution; and

(4) be made registrable as to principal, interest, or both.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.308, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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