Texas Government Code 1371.152 – Exemptions
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 1371.152
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
This subchapter does not apply to:
(1) an issuer who has more than $3 billion in outstanding obligations as of September 1, 2007, or to a nonprofit corporation investing funds on behalf of such an issuer;
(2) a person acting as a financial adviser with respect to an issuance of public securities by an issuer created under Chapter 8503, Special District Local Laws Code, delivered before January 1, 2010, under a contract that was in effect on September 1, 2007, and that has not been modified since that date;
(3) an employee of an issuer providing advice to the issuer or to another issuer;
(4) a state agency:
(A) created by § 49-b, Article III, Texas Constitution; or
(B) the head of which is an officer in the executive department under § 1, Article IV, Texas Constitution; or
(5) a corporation created under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, by a municipality located in a county bordering the Rio Grande River.