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TX Loc Govt Code § 281.055 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter D. Powers and Duties|Section 281.055. Surplus Property

Sec. 281.055.  SURPLUS PROPERTY.  (a)  The board may order the sale of land or other property owned by the authority that the authority does not need.  The sale may be public or private.(b)  Property owned by the authority that the authority does not need may be exchanged for other property.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.056 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter D. Powers and Duties|Section 281.056. Addition of Municipalities

Sec. 281.056.  ADDITION OF MUNICIPALITIES.  (a)  To add a municipality to the authority, a petition signed by a majority of the members of the governing body of the municipality must be filed with the board.(b)  If the board determines that the addition of the municipality to the authority is desirable or necessary, the board shall enter an order adding the municipality to the authority and shall file a copy of the order in the county deed records.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.057 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter D. Powers and Duties|Section 281.057. Records

Sec. 281.057.  RECORDS.  The preservation, microfilming, destruction, or other disposition of the records of the authority is subject to the requirements of Subtitle C, Title 6, Local Government Code, and rules adopted under that subtitle. |Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 59, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.058 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter D. Powers and Duties|Section 281.058. Surety Bond Premiums

Sec. 281.058.  SURETY BOND PREMIUMS.  The board may pay the premiums on surety bonds required of officials or employees of the authority out of available funds of the authority, including proceeds from the sale of bonds.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.059 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter D. Powers and Duties|Section 281.059. Depository

Sec. 281.059.  DEPOSITORY.  The board shall designate by order or resolution one or more banks in or out of the authority's boundaries to serve as the depository for the authority's funds.  All funds of the authority shall be deposited in its depository unless an order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the authority's bonds requires a different disposition.  To the extent that funds in a depository bank are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, they shall be secured in the manner provided for the security of county funds.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.060 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter D. Powers and Duties|Section 281.060. Investments

Sec. 281.060.  INVESTMENTS.  The board may invest and reinvest authority funds in direct or indirect obligations of the United States, an agency of the United States, the State of Texas, or a county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of the state.  Funds of the authority may be placed in certificates of deposit of state or national banks or savings and loan associations in the state if the certificates of deposit are secured in the manner provided for the security of county funds.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter D. Powers and Duties|Section 281.061. Fiscal Year; Audit

Sec. 281.061.  FISCAL YEAR;  AUDIT.  (a)  The fiscal year of an authority is a calendar year, unless it is changed by the board.(b)  An authority shall keep a complete system of accounts.  An independent certified public accountant or a firm of independent certified public accountants shall prepare an audit of an authority's affairs each year.  A signed copy of the audit report shall be delivered to each member of the board within 120 days after the last day of the fiscal year.  A copy of the audit shall be kept on file at the authority office and, as a public record, is open for inspection by any interested person during normal office hours.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.062 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter D. Powers and Duties|Section 281.062. Supplies; Seal

Sec. 281.062.  SUPPLIES;  SEAL.  (a)  The board may purchase materials, supplies, equipment, vehicles, and machinery needed by the authority.(b)  The board shall adopt a seal for the authority.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.071 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter E. Revenue Bonds|Section 281.071. Issuance of Bonds

Sec. 281.071.  ISSUANCE OF BONDS.  (a)  An authority may issue revenue bonds for any purpose set forth in Subchapters A through E when the issuance is authorized by a resolution adopted by the board.  The bonds must be secured by a pledge of, and be payable from, all or a designated part of the authority's revenues from its facilities or any other source, including contract and lease proceeds.(b)  The bonds may mature serially or in any other manner.  The bonds may not mature later than 40 years after the date of the bonds.(c)  The bonds shall bear interest at a rate that does not exceed the maximum interest rate authorized by Chapter 1204, Government Code.(d)  The bonds and the appurtenant interest coupons, if any, are investment securities under Chapter 8, Business & Commerce Code.(e)  As provided by the board, the bonds and interest coupons:(1)  may be issued registrable as to principal or as to both principal and interest;  and(2)  may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the board, or may contain a mandatory redemption provision.(f)  In the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, the board shall designate the form and denominations of the bonds;  the manner, terms, conditions, and details of issuance;  and the manner of signing and executing the bonds.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.301, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.072 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter E. Revenue Bonds|Section 281.072. Additional Security

Sec. 281.072.  ADDITIONAL SECURITY.  (a)  At the board's discretion, the bonds of an authority may be additionally secured by a deed of trust or mortgage lien on part or all of the physical properties of the authority, and franchises, easements, leases, and contracts and rights relating to those properties.  The trustee may operate the properties, sell the properties for payment of the bonds or interest on the bonds, and exercise all other powers and authority for the further security of the bonds.(b)  The trust indenture, regardless of the existence of the deed of trust or mortgage lien on the properties, may:(1)  contain provisions prescribed by the board for the security of the bonds and as preservation of the trust estate and for the modification or amendment of those provisions;(2)  condition the right to spend authority money or sell authority property on the approval of a registered professional engineer or architect and provide for the manner of selecting the engineer or architect;  and(3)  provide for the investment of funds of the authority.(c)  A purchaser under a sale under a deed of trust or mortgage lien is the absolute owner of the properties, facilities, and rights purchased and may maintain and operate the properties.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.073 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter E. Revenue Bonds|Section 281.073. Bond Provisions

Sec. 281.073.  BOND PROVISIONS.  (a)  In a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds under this chapter, including refunding bonds, the board may:(1)  provide for the flow of funds and the establishment and maintenance of interest and sinking funds, reserve funds, and other funds;(2)  make additional covenants that the board considers appropriate with respect to the bonds, the pledged revenues, and the operation and maintenance of the facilities of which the revenues are pledged, including provisions for the operation or leasing of the facilities and the use or pledge of money derived from the operation of the facilities, contracts, and leases;(3)  prohibit the further issuance of bonds or other obligations payable from the pledged revenues;(4)  reserve the right to issue, on conditions set forth in the resolution, additional bonds to be secured by a pledge of, and payable from, the revenues on a parity with, or subordinate to, the lien and pledge in support of the bonds being issued;  and(5)  state other provisions and covenants that are not prohibited by the constitution of this state or by this chapter.(b)  The board may adopt and provide for any other proceeding or instrument necessary or convenient in the issuance of authority bonds.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.074 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter E. Revenue Bonds|Section 281.074. Sale of Bonds

Sec. 281.074.  SALE OF BONDS.  After bonds are issued, the board shall sell the bonds on the best terms and for the best possible price.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.075 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter E. Revenue Bonds|Section 281.075. Approval; Registration

Sec. 281.075.  APPROVAL;  REGISTRATION.  (a)  An authority shall submit the bonds it issues to the attorney general for examination.  If the attorney general finds that the bonds are authorized in accordance with law, the attorney general shall approve the bonds and the comptroller of public accounts shall register them.(b)  Bonds that are approved and registered under Subsection (a) are incontestable in a court or other forum and are valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms.(c)  If the bonds recite that the security for the bonds includes a pledge of the proceeds of a contract or a lease to which the authority is a party, a copy of the contract or lease and of the proceedings authorizing the contract or lease may be submitted to the attorney general with the bond records.  If a contract or lease and a record of the corresponding proceedings is submitted to the attorney general, the approval of the bonds by the attorney general is also an approval of the contract or lease and the contract or lease is incontestable.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.076 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter E. Revenue Bonds|Section 281.076. Bond Proceeds

Sec. 281.076.  BOND PROCEEDS.  The board may appropriate or set aside from the proceeds from the sale of bonds an amount for the payment of interest, administrative and operating expenses expected to accrue during the period of construction as provided in the bond resolutions, and expenses incurred and that will be incurred in the issuance, sale, and delivery of the bonds.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.077 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter E. Revenue Bonds|Section 281.077. Refund of Bonds

Sec. 281.077.  REFUND OF BONDS.  (a)  By resolutions adopted by the board, an authority may issue bonds to refund all or any outstanding bonds, including matured but unpaid interest coupons.  Refunding bonds may mature serially or in any other manner.  The bonds may not mature later than 40 years after the date of the bonds.  The bonds shall bear interest at a rate that does not exceed the maximum interest rate authorized by Chapter 1204, Government Code.(b)  Refunding bonds may be sold in accordance with Subsection (c) or they may be made payable from the same source as the bonds being refunded or from any additional source.  The bonds must be approved by the attorney general in the same manner as original bonds and must be registered by the comptroller of public accounts on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.(c)  The resolution authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds may provide that the bonds be sold and the proceeds deposited where the underlying bonds are payable.  If the amount deposited is sufficient to pay the interest and principal on the underlying bonds to their maturity dates, or to their option dates if the bonds have been called for payment before maturity, the authority may issue the refunding bonds before the cancellation of the bonds being refunded, and the comptroller of public accounts shall register the bonds without the surrender and cancellation of the underlying bonds.(d)  Refunding may be accomplished in one or more installment deliveries.  Refunding bonds and the appurtenant interest coupons are investment securities under Chapter 8, Business & Commerce Code, and must be issued as provided in this chapter.(e)  In lieu of the method set forth in this section, an authority may refund bonds as provided by general law.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.302, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.078 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter E. Revenue Bonds|Section 281.078. Bonds as Investments; Security

Sec. 281.078.  BONDS AS INVESTMENTS;  SECURITY.  (a)  Bonds issued by an authority are legal and authorized investments for a bank, a trust company, a savings and loan association, an insurance company, a fiduciary, or a trustee and for interest or sinking funds or other public funds of the state or of an agency, subdivision, or instrumentality of the state, including a county, municipality, school district, or other district, public agency, or body politic.(b)  Bonds issued by an authority may be security for deposits of public funds of the state or of an agency, subdivision, or instrumentality of the state, including a county, municipality, school district, or other district, public agency, or body politic, to the extent of the market value of the bonds and appurtenant unmatured interest coupons.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.079 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter E. Revenue Bonds|Section 281.079. Paid Bonds and Coupons

Sec. 281.079.  PAID BONDS AND COUPONS.  When a bond, interest coupon, note, or warrant of the authority is paid, it shall be delivered to the authority or destroyed.  If a bond, coupon, note, or warrant is destroyed, evidence of the destruction shall be furnished to the board.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.091 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter F. Contracts With Civic Center Authorities|Section 281.091. Authorization; Purposes

Sec. 281.091.  AUTHORIZATION;  PURPOSES.  On terms a municipality considers desirable, fair, and advantageous and with the approval of a majority of the governing body, a municipality may make a contract with a civic center authority under which the authority, for the benefit of the municipality, exercises its authority under Section 281.044.  Under the contract, the authority may provide to the municipality all or part of its authorized services and facilities, in or out of the municipality's boundaries.  The term of the contract may not be longer than 40 years.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.092 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter F. Contracts With Civic Center Authorities|Section 281.092. Payments

Sec. 281.092.  PAYMENTS.  (a)  A municipality shall pay the amounts prescribed by the contract from any available funds, including property taxes.(b)  To pledge property taxes as part or all of the required payments under the contract, before it enters into a contract with an authority a municipality must obtain voter approval at an election conducted substantially according to the applicable procedures in Chapter 1251, Government Code. Each qualified voter in the municipality is entitled to vote in the election.  If the voters authorize the payments from property taxes, the contract may provide that the payments are payable from and are obligations against only the taxing power of the municipality or may provide that the payments are payable from taxes and other funds and revenues specified in the contract.  After the election and concurrently with, or prior to, making the contract, the municipality shall provide for the annual assessment and collection of an amount that is sufficient to make the contract payments and to create a sinking fund of at least two percent.(c)  An authority or a holder of authority bonds may not demand payment of the municipality's obligation out of funds raised by taxation if the municipality has not complied with Subsection (b).|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.303, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 281.093 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities|Subchapter F. Contracts With Civic Center Authorities|Section 281.093. Conflict With Municipal Charter

Sec. 281.093.  CONFLICT WITH MUNICIPAL CHARTER.  If this subchapter conflicts with the charter of a home-rule municipality contracting under this subchapter, this subchapter controls.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 283.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds|Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds|Chapter 283 - Management of Public Right-of-Way Used by Telecommunications Provider in Municipality|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 283.001. State Policy; Purpose

Sec. 283.001.  STATE POLICY;  PURPOSE.  (a)  It is the policy of this state to:(1)  encourage competition in the provision of telecommunications services;(2)  reduce the barriers to entry for providers of services so that the number and types of services offered by providers continue to increase through competition;(3)  ensure that providers of telecommunications services do not obtain a competitive advantage or disadvantage in their ability to obtain use of a public right-of-way within a municipality;  and(4)  fairly reduce the uncertainty and litigation concerning franchise fees.(b)  It is also the policy of this state that municipalities:(1)  retain the authority to manage a public right-of-way within the municipality to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the public;  and(2)  receive from certificated telecommunications providers fair and reasonable compensation for the use of a public right-of-way within the municipality.(c)  The purpose of this chapter is to establish a uniform method for compensating municipalities for the use of a public right-of-way by certificated telecommunications providers that:(1)  is administratively simple for municipalities and telecommunications providers;(2)  is consistent with state and federal law;(3)  is competitively neutral;(4)  is nondiscriminatory;(5)  is consistent with the burdens on municipalities created by the incursion of certificated telecommunications providers into a public right-of-way;  and(6)  provides fair and reasonable compensation for the use of a public right-of-way.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 840, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|