Texas Finance Code 156.551 – Mortgage Grant Fund
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(a) The commissioner shall establish, administer, and maintain a mortgage grant fund as provided by this subchapter. The amounts received by the commissioner for deposit in the fund shall be held by the commissioner in trust for carrying out the purposes of the fund.
(b) Subject to Subsection (c), all or any portion of the amount of a penalty that is collected by the commissioner under Sections 156.302, 156.303, 157.023, 157.024, 157.031, 158.105, and 180.202, as determined by the commissioner, may be deposited to the credit of the mortgage grant fund at the end of each fiscal year.
Terms Used In Texas Finance Code 156.551
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
(c) The balance of the mortgage grant fund may not at any time exceed $300,000.