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TX Govt Code § 2113.301 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2113 - Use of Appropriated Money|Subchapter E. Restrictions on Capital Expenditures|Section 2113.301. Preference for Financing Certain Capital Expenditures With Money Generated by Utility Cost Savings Contract

Sec. 2113.301.  PREFERENCE FOR FINANCING CERTAIN CAPITAL EXPENDITURES WITH MONEY GENERATED BY UTILITY COST SAVINGS CONTRACT.  (a)  In this section:(1)  "State facility purpose" means a purpose related to:(A)  the maintenance of a state-owned or state-leased building or facility;  or(B)  a project as defined by Section 2166.001, including a project described by Section 2166.003.(2)  "Utility cost savings contract" means a contract under Subchapter I, Chapter 2166, or other law that guarantees utility cost savings for energy conservation measures to reduce energy or water consumption or to reduce operating costs of governmental facilities.(b)  Before a state agency may use appropriated money to make a capital expenditure for a state facility purpose, the state agency must determine whether the expenditure could be financed with money generated by a utility cost savings contract.(c)  If it is practicable to do so, a state agency that is using appropriated money must finance a capital expenditure for a state facility purpose with money generated by a utility cost savings contract.(d)  If it is not practicable for a state agency that is using appropriated money to finance a capital expenditure for a state facility purpose with money generated by a utility cost savings contract, the state agency must provide justification to the comptroller for the capital expenditure.(e)  In determining under Subsection (b) whether a capital expenditure could be financed by a utility cost savings contract, a state agency must consider whether utility cost savings generated by any department of that agency could be a potential means of financing a capital expenditure for any department of that agency.  Money generated by a utility cost savings in one department of a state agency may be used to finance capital expenditures for a state facility purpose in any department of that agency.(f)  This section does not apply to an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.(g)  This section does not apply to a capital expenditure for a state facility purpose that requires expeditious action to:(1)  prevent a hazard to life, health, safety, welfare, or property;  or(2)  avoid undue additional cost to the state.(h)  Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 553 (S.B. 526), Sec. 3(b) and Ch. 755 (S.B. 1731), Sec. 13(b), eff. September 1, 2017.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 5.02, eff. Jan. 11, 2004.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 937 (H.B. 3560), Sec. 1.69, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 553 (S.B. 526), Sec. 3(b), eff. September 1, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 755 (S.B. 1731), Sec. 13(b), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Govt Code § 2116.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2116 - Texas Bullion Depository|Subchapter A. Establishment and Administration of Texas|Section 2116.001. Definitions

Sec. 2116.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Administrator" means the bullion depository administrator appointed under Section 2116.003.(2)  "Bullion" means precious metals that are formed into uniform shapes and quantities such as ingots, bars, or plates, with uniform content and purity, as are suitable for or customarily used in the purchase, sale, storage, transfer, and delivery of bulk or wholesale transactions in precious metals.(3)  "Business day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or banking holiday for a bank chartered under the laws of this state.(4)  "Deposit" means the establishment of an executory obligation of the depository to deliver to the order of the person establishing with the depository the obligation, on demand, a quantity of a specified precious metal, in bullion, specie, or a combination of bullion and specie, equal to the quantity of the same precious metal delivered by or on behalf of the depositor into the custody of:(A)  the depository; or(B)  a depository agent.(5)  "Depositor" means a person who makes a deposit.(6)  "Depository" means the Texas Bullion Depository created by this chapter.(7)  "Depository account" means the rights, interests, and entitlements established in favor of a depositor with respect to a deposit in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.(8)  "Depository account holder," regarding a depository account, means the original depositor or a successor or assignee of the depositor respecting the depository account.(9)  "Depository agent" means a financial institution that has entered into an agreement with the depository to provide a retail location for the provision of depository services to the general public on behalf of the depository.(9-a)  "Financial institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 201.101, Finance Code.(10)  "Precious metal" means a metal, including gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and rhodium, that:(A)  bears a high value-to-weight ratio relative to common industrial metals; and(B)  customarily is formed into bullion or specie.(11)  "Specie" means a precious metal stamped into coins of uniform shape, size, design, content, and purity, suitable for or customarily used as currency, as a medium of exchange, or as the medium for purchase, sale, storage, transfer, or delivery of precious metals in retail or wholesale transactions.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1000 (H.B. 483), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 198 (H.B. 2458), Sec. 9, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2116.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2116 - Texas Bullion Depository|Subchapter A. Establishment and Administration of Texas|Section 2116.002. Texas Bullion Depository

Sec. 2116.002.  TEXAS BULLION DEPOSITORY.  (a)  The Texas Bullion Depository is established as an agency of this state in the office of the comptroller.(b)  The depository is established to serve as the custodian, guardian, and administrator of certain bullion and specie that may be transferred to or otherwise acquired by this state or an agency, a political subdivision, or another instrumentality of this state.(c)  The comptroller shall adopt rules necessary to carry out this chapter.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1000 (H.B. 483), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 198 (H.B. 2458), Sec. 10, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2116.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2116 - Texas Bullion Depository|Subchapter A. Establishment and Administration of Texas|Section 2116.003. Depository Administration; Administrator

Sec. 2116.003.  DEPOSITORY ADMINISTRATION; ADMINISTRATOR.  (a)  The depository is administered as a division of the office of the comptroller and under the direction and supervision of a bullion depository administrator appointed by the comptroller with the advice and consent of the governor, lieutenant governor, and senate.(b)  The administrator shall:(1)  administer, supervise, and direct the operations and affairs of the depository and depository agents; and(2)  liaise with the comptroller and other divisions of the office of the comptroller to ensure that each transaction with the depository that involves state money, that involves an agency, a political subdivision, or another instrumentality of this state, or that involves a private person is planned, administered, and executed in a manner to achieve the purposes of this chapter.(c)  The administrator may appoint or employ, subject to the approval of the comptroller, a deputy administrator or other subordinate officers or employees as necessary and appropriate to the efficient administration of the depository.(d)  The comptroller may employ security officers to provide needed security services for the depository and may commission the officers as peace officers.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1000 (H.B. 483), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 198 (H.B. 2458), Sec. 11, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2116.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2116 - Texas Bullion Depository|Subchapter A. Establishment and Administration of Texas|Section 2116.004. Deposits and Related Assets Not Subject to Legislative Appropriation; Status of Deposits and Allocation of Revenues

Sec. 2116.004.  DEPOSITS AND RELATED ASSETS NOT SUBJECT TO LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION; STATUS OF DEPOSITS AND ALLOCATION OF REVENUES.  (a)  The following are not available for legislative appropriation:(1)  a deposit to the depository;(2)  bullion or specie held by or on behalf of the depository or a depository agent;(3)  bullion or specie in transit to or from the depository or a depository agent; and(4)  a receivable or other amount owed to the depository in settlement of a transaction in bullion or specie.(b)  Bullion, specie, and other assets described by Subsection (a) are subject to redemption, liquidation, or transfer exclusively to discharge an obligation of the depository to depository account holders, depository agents, bullion banks, financial institutions, or other intermediaries in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.(c)  Revenue the depository realizes from fees, charges, or other payments received in the course of depository operations shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1000 (H.B. 483), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.|
TX Govt Code § 2116.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2116 - Texas Bullion Depository|Subchapter A. Establishment and Administration of Texas|Section 2116.005. Deposits and Depository Accounts; Standards

Sec. 2116.005.  DEPOSITS AND DEPOSITORY ACCOUNTS; STANDARDS.  (a)  The depository may receive a deposit of bullion or specie from or on behalf of a person acting in the person's own right, as trustee, or in another fiduciary capacity, in accordance with rules adopted by the comptroller as appropriate to:(1)  ensure compliance with law; and(2)  protect the interests of:(A)  the depository;(B)  depository account holders;(C)  this state and the agencies, political subdivisions, and instrumentalities of this state; and(D)  the public at large.(b)  The depository shall record the amount of precious metals a person deposits, regardless of form, in units of troy ounces pure, and the records must also specify the type and quantity of each precious metal deposited.(c)  The comptroller shall adopt standards by which the quantities of precious metals deposited are credited to a depositor's depository account by reference to the particular form in which the metals were deposited, classified by mint, denomination, weight, assay mark, or other indicator, as applicable.  The standards must conform to applicable national and international standards of weights and measures.(d)  The comptroller may, if the comptroller determines that to do so is in the public interest, restrict the forms in which deposits of precious metals may be made.(e)  The depository shall adjust each depository account balance to reflect additions to or withdrawals or deliveries from the account.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1000 (H.B. 483), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 198 (H.B. 2458), Sec. 12, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2116.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2116 - Texas Bullion Depository|Subchapter A. Establishment and Administration of Texas|Section 2116.006. Demand, Presentment, Withdrawal, Delivery, and Settlement

Sec. 2116.006.  DEMAND, PRESENTMENT, WITHDRAWAL, DELIVERY, AND SETTLEMENT.  (a)  The depository shall deliver any precious metal held by or on behalf of the depository in bullion, specie, or a combination of bullion and specie, on the order of a depository account holder in a quantity of that precious metal as is available in the depository account holder's depository account.(b)  The depository shall make a delivery described by Subsection (a) on demand by the presentment of a written demand or digital electronic instruction to the depository or a depository agent.  The comptroller may prescribe the forms, standards, and processes through which an order for delivery on demand may be made, presented, and honored.(c)  The depository shall make a delivery at the depository's settlement facility designated by the comptroller, shipping to an address specified by the account holder or, at the depository's discretion, at a facility of a depository agent at which presentment is made, not later than 10 business days after the date of presentment.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1000 (H.B. 483), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 198 (H.B. 2458), Sec. 13, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2116.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2116 - Texas Bullion Depository|Subchapter A. Establishment and Administration of Texas|Section 2116.007. Transfer of Depository Account Balance

Sec. 2116.007.  TRANSFER OF DEPOSITORY ACCOUNT BALANCE.  (a)  In accordance with rules adopted under this chapter, a depository account holder may transfer any portion of the balance of the holder's depository account by written demand or digital electronic instruction to another person.(b)  The depository shall adjust the depository account balances of the depository accounts to reflect a transfer transaction between depository account holders on presentment of the written demand or other instruction by reducing the payor's depository account balance and increasing the depository account balance of the payee accordingly.(c)  If a depository account holder transfers to a payee who is not a depository account holder any portion of the balance of the depository account holder's depository account, the depository shall, if the payee is otherwise eligible to open a depository account under applicable laws and depository policy, allow the payee to establish a depository account.  The depository shall credit a newly established account on behalf of the payee and shall debit the payor's account accordingly.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1000 (H.B. 483), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 198 (H.B. 2458), Sec. 14, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2116.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2116 - Texas Bullion Depository|Subchapter A. Establishment and Administration of Texas|Section 2116.008. Depository Account Contracts

Sec. 2116.008.  DEPOSITORY ACCOUNT CONTRACTS.  (a)  To establish a depository account, a depositor must contract with the depository for a depository account. The contract must specify:(1)  the terms applicable to the account, including any special terms; and(2)  the conditions on which withdrawals or deliveries with respect to the account may be made.(b)  The execution of a contract for a depository account described by this section may be made, as prescribed by rules adopted under this chapter, by electronic or digital transmission.(c)  The depository shall hold the contract for a depository account in the records pertaining to the account.(d)  A contract for a depository account executed by a depositor and the depository is considered a contract in writing for all purposes, and may be evidenced by one or more agreements, deposit receipts, signature cards, amendment notices, or other documentation as provided by law.(e)  The depository and the depository account holder may amend a contract for a depository account by agreement, or the depository may amend the deposit contract by providing written notice of the amendment to the account holder, separately or as an enclosure with or part of the account holder's statement of account or passbook.  In the case of amendment by notice from the depository, the notice must include the text and effective date of the amendment.  The notice may be provided electronically.  The effective date may not be earlier than the 30th day after the date the notice is mailed, unless otherwise provided by rules adopted under this chapter.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1000 (H.B. 483), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 198 (H.B. 2458), Sec. 15, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2116.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2116 - Texas Bullion Depository|Subchapter A. Establishment and Administration of Texas|Section 2116.009. Cause of Action for Denial of Deposit Liability

Sec. 2116.009.  CAUSE OF ACTION FOR DENIAL OF DEPOSIT LIABILITY.  (a)  A cause of action for denial of deposit liability on a depository account contract without a maturity date does not accrue until the depository has denied liability and given notice of the denial to the depository account holder.(b)  The depository's act of furnishing an account statement or passbook, whether in physical, digital, or electronic form, constitutes a denial of liability and the giving of such notice as to any amount not shown on the statement or passbook.(c)  The depository's sovereign immunity from suit is waived for an action brought by a depositor for the denial of deposit liability.(d)  The depository's liability for a denial of deposit liability is limited to the amount on deposit for which liability was denied. A depositor may not recover consequential damages, exemplary damages, pre- or post-judgment interest, costs, or attorney's fees. (e)  A suit authorized by this section must be brought in a district court of Travis County.(f)  A suit authorized by this section must be brought before the expiration of one year after the date the cause of action accrues or the suit is barred. |Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1000 (H.B. 483), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.|
TX Govt Code § 2116.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2116 - Texas Bullion Depository|Subchapter A. Establishment and Administration of Texas|Section 2116.010. Fees; Service Charges; Penalties

Sec. 2116.010.  FEES; SERVICE CHARGES; PENALTIES.  The comptroller may establish fees, service charges, and penalties to be charged a depository account holder for a service or activity regarding a depository account, including a fee for an overdraft, an insufficient fund check or draft, or a stop payment order.  The comptroller may waive any fees, service charges, or penalties established under this section.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1000 (H.B. 483), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 198 (H.B. 2458), Sec. 16, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2116.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2116 - Texas Bullion Depository|Subchapter A. Establishment and Administration of Texas|Section 2116.011. Depository Account Ownership by Owner of Record

Sec. 2116.011.  DEPOSITORY ACCOUNT OWNERSHIP BY OWNER OF RECORD.  Unless the depository acknowledges in writing a pledge of a depository account, the depository may treat the holder of record of the account as the owner of the account for all purposes and without regard to a notice to the contrary.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1000 (H.B. 483), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.|
TX Govt Code § 2116.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2116 - Texas Bullion Depository|Subchapter A. Establishment and Administration of Texas|Section 2116.012. Transfer of Depository Account

Sec. 2116.012.  TRANSFER OF DEPOSITORY ACCOUNT.  (a)  A depository account may be transferred on the books of the depository only on presentation to the depository of:(1)  evidence of transfer satisfactory to the depository; and(2)  an application for the transfer submitted by the person to whom the depository account is to be transferred.(b)  A person to whom a depository account is to be transferred must accept the transferred account subject to the terms of the deposit contract, this chapter, and rules adopted under this chapter.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1000 (H.B. 483), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.|
TX Govt Code § 2116.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2116 - Texas Bullion Depository|Subchapter A. Establishment and Administration of Texas|Section 2116.013. Depository Accounts Not Interest-Bearing

Sec. 2116.013.  DEPOSITORY ACCOUNTS NOT INTEREST-BEARING.  The depository may not pay on a depository account:(1)  interest;(2)  an amount in the nature of interest; or(3)  a fee or other payment for the use or forbearance of use of money, bullion, specie, or precious metals deposited to a depository account.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1000 (H.B. 483), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.|
TX Govt Code § 2116.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2116 - Texas Bullion Depository|Subchapter A. Establishment and Administration of Texas|Section 2116.014. Lien on Depository Account

Sec. 2116.014.  LIEN ON DEPOSITORY ACCOUNT.  (a)  Without the need of any further agreement or pledge, the depository has a lien on each depository account owned by a depository account holder to secure any fees, charges, or other obligations owed or that may become owed to the depository in connection with any of the depository account holder's depository accounts as provided by the terms of the depository account holder's applicable depository account contract.(b)  On default in the payment or in the satisfaction of a depository account holder's obligation, the depository, without notice to or consent of the depository account holder, may transfer on the depository's books all or part of the balance of a depository account holder's depository account to the extent necessary to pay or satisfy the obligation, as determined by reference to the exchange rates applicable at the time of the transfer.(c)  The depository by written instrument may waive wholly or partly the depository's lien on a depository account.(d)  Subject to a lien created as provided by this section, the depository shall recognize the lawful pledge to a third party by a depository account holder of the depository account holder's rights, interests, and entitlements in and to a depository account as an intangible asset.  On the satisfaction of other requirements of law in respect of the perfection and enforcement of a pledge of that type, the depository shall take all steps reasonably necessary and appropriate to effectuate on the depository's books any transfer of a depository account or of all or part of a depository account balance to the account of the secured party on the successful enforcement of the pledge.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1000 (H.B. 483), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.|