Texas Education Code - Section 53.34. Revenue Bonds
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§ 53.34. REVENUE BONDS. (a) An authority or a nonprofit
instrumentality created under Section 53.35(b), including an
authority or nonprofit instrumentality authorized to own
facilities under Section 53.33(a), may issue and execute revenue
bonds or other obligations to loan or otherwise provide funds to a
borrower if:
(1) the governing body of the borrower by official
action requests the issuer of the bonds or other obligations to loan
the proceeds under this subsection;
(2) the purpose of the loan is to enable the borrower
to acquire, construct, enlarge, extend, repair, renovate, or
otherwise improve an educational facility or housing facility or
any facility incidental, subordinate, or related to or appropriate
in connection with an educational facility or housing facility, or
for acquiring land to be used for those purposes, or to create
operating and debt service reserves for and to pay issuance costs
related to the bonds or other obligations; and
(3) under the terms of the loan, and unless a mortgage
lien granted to secure the loan is in default, the ownership of the
facility is required to be at all times under the exclusive control,
and held for the exclusive benefit, of the borrower.
(b) In issuing revenue bonds or other obligations under this
chapter, the issuer of the bonds or other obligations is considered
to be acting on behalf of the city by which it was created.
(c) Bonds or other obligations issued under Subsection (a)
shall be payable from and secured by a pledge of the revenues,
income, or assets pledged for the purpose by the borrower. The
bonds or other obligations may be additionally secured by a
mortgage, deed of trust, or chattel mortgage on real or personal
property, or on both real and personal property, if granted by the
borrower.
(d) A facility financed with the proceeds of a loan or loans
made to a borrower under Subsection (a) is not required to be
located within the corporate limits of the city that created the
issuer of the bonds or other obligations.
(e) An authority or a nonprofit instrumentality that is
authorized to acquire and own educational facilities and housing
facilities under Section 53.33(a) may issue and execute revenue
bonds and other obligations for the purpose of acquiring, owning,
and operating the educational and housing facilities, to create
operating reserves for the facilities, and to create debt service
reserves for and to pay issuance costs related to the bonds or other
obligations.
(f) Bonds or other obligations issued under Subsection (e)
shall be payable from and secured by a pledge of all or any part of
the gross or net revenues to be derived from the operation of the
educational facilities and housing facilities being acquired and
any other revenues, income, or assets, including the revenues and
income of the educational facilities or housing facilities
previously acquired or subsequently to be acquired. The bonds or
other obligations may be additionally secured by a mortgage, deed
of trust, or chattel mortgage on real or personal property, or on
both real and personal property, if granted by the authority or
nonprofit instrumentality issuing the bonds or other obligations.
(g) The changes in law made by the amendment of this section
by the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, affect and apply
only to transactions involving bonds or other obligations that are
issued or executed under this chapter on or after March 15, 2003.
Bonds or other obligations that are issued or executed under this
chapter before March 15, 2003, are governed by the law in effect
immediately before the amendment of this section by the 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, and that former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, § 1, eff. Sept.
1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 863, ch. 200, § 7,
eff. Aug. 29, 1983; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1232, § 2, eff.
Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1266, § 1.07, eff. June
20, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1310, § 9, eff. June 20,
2003; Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 641, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Section: 53.131 53.14 53.15 53.31 53.32 53.33 53.331 53.34 53.35 53.351 53.36 53.37 53.38 53.39 53.40
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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