Texas Government Code 1231.001 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 1231.001
- Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
In this chapter:
(1) “Board” means the Bond Review Board.
(1-a) “Interest rate management agreement” means an agreement that provides for an interest rate transaction, including a swap, basis, forward, option, cap, collar, floor, lock, or hedge transaction, for a transaction similar to those types of transactions, or for a combination of any of those types of transactions. The term includes:
(A) a master agreement that provides standard terms for transactions;
(B) an agreement to transfer collateral as security for transactions; and
(C) a confirmation of transactions.
(2) “State security” means:
(A) an obligation, including a bond, issued by:
(i) a state agency;
(ii) an entity that is expressly created by statute and has statewide jurisdiction; or
(iii) an entity issuing the obligation on behalf of this state or on behalf of an entity described by Subparagraph (i) or (ii);
(B) an installment sale or lease-purchase obligation that is issued by or on behalf of an entity described by Paragraph (A) and that has:
(i) a stated term of more than five years; or
(ii) an initial principal amount of more than $250,000; or
(C) an obligation, including a bond, that is issued under Chapter 53, Education Code, at the request of or for the benefit of an institution of higher education other than a public junior college.
(3) “Institution of higher education” has the meaning assigned by § 61.003, Education Code.