Tex. Water Code § 15.978 · Subchapter Q. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUND
SALE OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION BONDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board may sell or dispose of political subdivision bonds at the price and under the terms that the board determines to be reasonable.
(b) The board may sell political subdivision bonds without making a previous offer to the political subdivision that issued the bonds and without advertising, soliciting, or receiving bids for sale.
(c) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the board may sell to the Texas Water Resources Finance Authority or to the state water implementation revenue fund for Texas any political subdivision bonds purchased with money in the water infrastructure fund and may apply the proceeds of a sale in the manner provided by this section.
(d) Proceeds from the sale of political subdivision bonds under this section shall be deposited in the fund for use as provided by Section 15.974.
(e) As part of a sales agreement with the Texas Water Resources Finance Authority, the board by contract may agree to perform the functions required to ensure that the political subdivision pays the debt service on political subdivision bonds sold and observes the conditions and requirements stated in those bonds.
(f) The board may exercise any powers necessary to carry out the authority granted by this section, including the authority to contract with any person to accomplish the purposes of this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 4.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Renumbered from Water Code, Sec. 15.908 and amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1275, Sec. 2(142), 3(42), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 207 (H.B. 4), Sec. 2.05, eff. November 5, 2013.
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