Texas Special District Local Laws Code 8506.207 – Resolution Provisions
(a) A resolution authorizing bonds may contain provisions approved by the board that are not inconsistent with this chapter, including provisions:
(1) reserving the right to redeem the bonds at the time or times, in the amounts, and at the prices, not exceeding 105 percent of the principal amount of the bonds, plus accrued interest, as may be provided;
(2) providing for the setting aside of sinking funds or reserve funds and the regulation and disposition of those funds;
(3) pledging, to secure the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds and of the sinking fund or reserve fund payments agreed to be made with respect to the bonds:
(A) all or any part of the gross or net revenue subsequently received by the authority with respect to the property to be acquired or constructed with the bonds or the proceeds of the bonds; or
(B) all or any part of the gross or net revenue subsequently received by the authority from any source;
(4) prescribing the purposes to which the bonds or any bonds subsequently to be issued, or the proceeds of the bonds, may be applied;
(5) agreeing to set and collect rates and charges sufficient to produce revenue adequate to pay the items specified by Section 8506.154(b) and prescribing the use and disposition of all revenue;
(6) prescribing limitations on the issuance of additional bonds and on the agreements that may be made with the purchasers and successive holders of those bonds;
(7) regarding the construction, extension, improvement, reconstruction, operation, maintenance, and repair of the properties of the authority and the carrying of insurance on all or any part of those properties covering loss or damage or loss of use and occupancy resulting from specified risks;
(8) setting the procedure, if any, by which, if the authority so desires, the terms of a contract with the bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent to that amendment or abrogation, and the manner in which the consent may be given; and
(9) providing for the execution and delivery by the authority to a bank or trust company authorized by law to accept trusts, or to the United States or any officer of the United States, of indentures and agreements for the benefit of the bondholders setting forth any or all of the agreements authorized by this chapter to be made with or for the benefit of the bondholders and any other provisions that are customary in such indentures or agreements.
(b) A provision authorized by this section that is contained in a bond resolution is part of the contract between the authority and the bondholders.
Terms Used In Texas Special District Local Laws Code 8506.207
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005