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TX Health & Safety Code § 383.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 383 - Clean Air Financing Act|Subchapter C. Bonds|Section 383.022. Form and Procedure

Sec. 383.022.  FORM AND PROCEDURE.  (a)  Bonds under this chapter must be authorized by resolution.  The bonds must:(1)  be signed by the presiding officer or assistant presiding officer of the governing body; (2)  be attested by the secretary of the governing body;  and(3)  have the seal of the issuer impressed, printed, or lithographed on the bonds.(b)  The bonds may have the characteristics and bear the designation determined by the governing body of the issuer, except that the designation must include for each control facility to be financed with the bonds:(1)  the name of each person using or purchasing the control facility; (2)  the name of each person guaranteeing the contractual obligations of each person using or purchasing the control facility;  or(3)  a statement, if applicable, that a group of persons will be using or purchasing the control facility.(c)  The governing body may authorize a required signature to be printed or lithographed on the bonds.  The issuer may adopt or use the signature of a person who has been an officer, regardless of whether the person is an officer when the bonds are delivered to a purchaser.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 383.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 383 - Clean Air Financing Act|Subchapter C. Bonds|Section 383.023. Terms

Sec. 383.023.  TERMS.  Bonds issued under this chapter must mature serially or otherwise not more than 40 years after they are issued.  The bonds may:(1)  bear interest at a rate and be sold at a price or under terms that the governing body of the issuer determines to be the most advantageous reasonably obtainable; (2)  be made callable before maturity at times and prices prescribed in the resolution authorizing the bonds; (3)  be in coupon form;  and(4)  be registrable as to principal or as to principal and interest.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 383.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 383 - Clean Air Financing Act|Subchapter C. Bonds|Section 383.024. Approval and Registration

Sec. 383.024.  APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION.  (a)  An issuer shall submit bonds that have been authorized by its governing body, including refunding bonds and the record relating to the bond issuance, to the attorney general for examination as to their validity.  If the bonds state that they are secured by a pledge of proceeds of a lease or other contract previously entered into by the issuer, the issuer may submit the contract with the bonds.(b)  If the bonds have been authorized in accordance with state law and any contract has been made in accordance with state law, the attorney general shall approve the bonds and contract and the comptroller shall register the bonds.(c)  Following approval and registration, the bonds and contract are incontestable.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 383.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 383 - Clean Air Financing Act|Subchapter C. Bonds|Section 383.025. Pledge of Revenue as Security; Election

Sec. 383.025.  PLEDGE OF REVENUE AS SECURITY;  ELECTION.  (a)  An issuer's bonds may be secured, as specified by the resolution or a security agreement, by a pledge of all or part of the revenues of the issuer derived from:(1)  the use or sale of a control facility or disposal system;  or(2)  services rendered by a disposal system.(b)  Except as provided by Section 383.026, before a municipality or county issues bonds secured under Subsection (a), the municipality or county must publish notice of its intention to issue the bonds at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the boundaries of the municipality or county.  Not later than 30 days after the date of the publication, not less than 10 percent of the qualified voters of the municipality or county may file a petition with the clerk or secretary of the governing body requesting the governing body to order an election on the issuance of the bonds.  On the filing of the petition, the governing body shall order an election to be held in the municipality or county to determine whether the bonds may be issued as indicated in the notice.  The governing body shall set the date of the election in accordance with Section 41.001, Election Code.  If the majority of voters who vote at the election approve the issuance of the bonds, the governing body may issue the bonds.  If a petition is not filed within the period provided by this subsection, the governing body may issue the bonds without an election.(c)  The governing body shall fix and periodically revise payments under a lease or other contract for the use or sale of a control facility so that the payments and other pledged revenue will be sufficient to pay the bonds and interest on the bonds as they mature and become due and to maintain reserve or other funds as provided by the resolution or security agreement. The governing body may direct the investment of money in the funds created by the resolution or security agreement.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 383.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 383 - Clean Air Financing Act|Subchapter C. Bonds|Section 383.026. Pledge of Other Utility Revenue; Election

Sec. 383.026.  PLEDGE OF OTHER UTILITY REVENUE;  ELECTION.  (a)  In addition to the security under Section 383.025, a municipality's or county's bonds may be secured, as specified by the resolution or a security agreement, by a pledge of other utility revenue of the municipality or county.(b)  Before issuing bonds secured by other utility revenue, the governing body must order an election to determine whether the bonds may be issued.  The governing body shall set the date of the election in accordance with Section 41.001, Election Code.  The manner of holding the election is governed by Chapter 1251, Government Code. If the majority of voters who vote at the election approve the issuance of the bonds, the governing body may issue the bonds.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.272, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 383.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 383 - Clean Air Financing Act|Subchapter C. Bonds|Section 383.027. Security May Apply to Additional Bonds

Sec. 383.027.  SECURITY MAY APPLY TO ADDITIONAL BONDS.  A pledge under Section 383.025 or 383.026 may reserve the right, under conditions specified by the pledge, to issue additional bonds to be on a parity with or subordinate to the bonds secured by the pledge.  Bonds issued under this chapter may be combined in the same issue with bonds issued for other purposes authorized by law.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 383.028 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 383 - Clean Air Financing Act|Subchapter C. Bonds|Section 383.028. Trusts as Security

Sec. 383.028.  TRUSTS AS SECURITY.  (a)  The governing body may additionally secure bonds, including refunding bonds, by a trust indenture under which the trustee may be a bank having trust powers located inside or outside the state.(b)  Regardless of any mortgage, deed of trust lien, or security interest under Section 383.029, the trust indenture may:(1)  contain any provision that the governing body prescribes for the security of the bonds and the preservation of the trust estate; (2)  provide for amendment or modification of the trust indenture; (3)  condition the right to spend the issuer's money or sell an issuer's control facility on approval of a registered professional engineer selected as provided by the trust indenture; (4)  contain provisions governing issuance of bonds to replace lost, stolen, or mutilated bonds;  and(5)  otherwise provide for protecting and enforcing a bondholder's rights and remedies as is reasonable, proper, and lawful.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 383.029 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 383 - Clean Air Financing Act|Subchapter C. Bonds|Section 383.029. Other Security

Sec. 383.029.  OTHER SECURITY.  (a)  The bonds may be additionally secured by a mortgage, deed of trust lien, or security interest in a designated control facility of the governing body and all property and rights appurtenant to the control facility.(b)  The mortgage, deed of trust lien, or security interest may give the trustee the power to operate the control facility, sell the control facility to pay the debt, or take any other action to secure the bonds.(c)  A purchaser at a sale under a mortgage or deed of trust lien is the absolute owner of the control facility and rights purchased.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 383.030 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 383 - Clean Air Financing Act|Subchapter C. Bonds|Section 383.030. Action by Bondholders

Sec. 383.030.  ACTION BY BONDHOLDERS.  (a)  The resolution or a security agreement may provide that on default in the payment of principal of or interest on the bonds, or threatened default under conditions stated in the resolution or security agreement, and on petition of the holders of outstanding bonds, a court of competent jurisdiction may appoint a receiver to collect and receive pledged income.(b)  The resolution or security agreement may limit or qualify the rights of less than all of the holders of outstanding bonds payable from the same source to institute or prosecute litigation affecting the issuer's property or income.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 383.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 383 - Clean Air Financing Act|Subchapter C. Bonds|Section 383.031. Investment and Use of Proceeds

Sec. 383.031.  INVESTMENT AND USE OF PROCEEDS.  (a)  The governing body may set aside amounts from the proceeds of the sale of bonds for payment into an interest and sinking fund and reserve funds and may provide for this in the resolution or a security agreement.  All expenses of issuing and selling the bonds must be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds.(b)  Proceeds from the sale of bonds may be invested in:(1)  direct or indirect obligations of the United States government or an agency of the United States government that mature in a manner specified by the resolution or a security agreement;  or(2)  certificates of deposit of a bank or trust company if the deposits are secured by obligations described by Subdivision (1).(c)  A bank or trust company with trust powers may be designated as depository for proceeds of bonds or of lease or other contract revenue.  The bank or trust company shall furnish indemnifying bonds or pledge securities as required by the issuer to secure the deposits.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 383.032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 383 - Clean Air Financing Act|Subchapter C. Bonds|Section 383.032. Refunding Bonds

Sec. 383.032.  REFUNDING BONDS.  (a)  A governing body may issue refunding bonds to refund the principal of, interest on, and any redemption premium applicable to outstanding bonds.  The refunding bonds may:(1)  refund more than one series of outstanding bonds and combine the revenue pledged to the outstanding bonds for the security of the refunding bonds;  and(2)  be secured by other or additional revenues and deed of trust liens.(b)  The provisions of this chapter relating to issuance of bonds, security for bonds, approval by the attorney general, and remedies of bondholders apply to refunding bonds.(c)  The comptroller shall register refunding bonds:(1)  on the surrender and cancellation of the original bonds;  or(2)  without surrender and cancellation of the original bonds if:(A)  the resolution authorizing the refunding bonds provides that their proceeds be deposited in the bank where the original bonds are payable;  and(B)  the refunding bonds are issued in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of, interest on, and any redemption premium applicable to the original bonds up to their option date or maturity date.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 383.033 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 383 - Clean Air Financing Act|Subchapter C. Bonds|Section 383.033. Legal Investments; Security for Deposits

Sec. 383.033.  LEGAL INVESTMENTS;  SECURITY FOR DEPOSITS.  (a)  Bonds issued under this chapter are legal and authorized investments for:(1)  a bank; (2)  a savings bank; (3)  a trust company; (4)  a savings and loan association; (5)  an insurance company; (6)  a fiduciary; (7)  a trustee;  and(8)  a sinking fund of a municipality, county, school district, or other political corporation or subdivision of the state.(b)  The bonds may secure the deposits of public funds of the state or a municipality, county, school district, or other political corporation or subdivision of the state.  The bonds are lawful and sufficient security for those deposits in an amount up to their face value, if accompanied by all appurtenant unmatured coupons.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 383.034 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 383 - Clean Air Financing Act|Subchapter C. Bonds|Section 383.034. Bonds Not General Obligation

Sec. 383.034.  BONDS NOT GENERAL OBLIGATION.  The bonds are special obligations payable solely from revenues pledged to their payment and are not general obligations of the governing body, the issuer, or the state.  A bondholder may not demand payment from money obtained from a tax or other revenue of the issuer, excluding revenues pledged to the payment of the bonds.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 386.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 386 - Texas Emissions Reduction Plan|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 386.001. Definitions

Sec. 386.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Account" means the Texas emissions reduction plan account established under Section 386.251.(2)  "Affected county" includes:(A)  Bastrop County;(B)  Bexar County;(C)  Caldwell County;(D)  Comal County;(E)  Ellis County;(F)  Gregg County;(G)  Guadalupe County;(H)  Harrison County;(I)  Hays County;(J)  Henderson County;(K)  Hood County;(L)  Hunt County;(M)  Johnson County;(N)  Kaufman County;(O)  Nueces County;(P)  Parker County;(Q)  Rockwall County;(R)  Rusk County;(S)  San Patricio County;(T)  Smith County;(U)  Travis County;(V)  Upshur County;(W)   Williamson County;(X)  Wilson County; and(Y)  any other county designated as an affected county by commission rule because of deteriorating air quality.(3)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.(4)  Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1125, Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2005.(5)  "Fund" means the Texas emissions reduction plan fund established under Section 386.250.(6)  "Incremental cost" means the cost of an applicant's project less a baseline cost that would otherwise be incurred by an applicant in the normal course of business.  Incremental costs may include added lease or fuel costs as well as additional capital costs.(7)  "Laboratory" means the Energy Systems Laboratory at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station of The Texas A&M University System.(8)  "Nonattainment area" means an area so designated under Section 107(d) of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7407), as amended.(9)  "Plan" means the Texas emissions reduction plan.(10)  "Site" means the total of all stationary sources located on one or more contiguous or adjacent properties, which are under common control of the same person or persons under common control.(10-a)  "Stationary engine" means a machine used in a nonmobile application that converts fuel into mechanical motion, including turbines and other internal combustion devices.(11)  "Utility commission" means the Public Utility Commission of Texas.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 967, Sec. 1(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1331, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1125 (H.B. 2481), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1125 (H.B. 1796), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 755 (S.B. 1731), Sec. 8(b-2), eff. August 30, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 755 (S.B. 1731), Sec. 8(r-2)(1), eff. August 30, 2017.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 127 (H.B. 1627), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2019.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1301 (H.B. 3745), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 386.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 386 - Texas Emissions Reduction Plan|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 386.002. Expiration

Sec. 386.002.  EXPIRATION.  This chapter expires on the last day of the state fiscal biennium during which the commission publishes in the Texas Register the notice required by Section 382.037.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 967, Sec. 1(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1125 (H.B. 2481), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 262 (S.B. 12), Sec. 2.01, eff. June 8, 2007.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1125 (H.B. 1796), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 755 (S.B. 1731), Sec. 8(c), eff. August 30, 2017.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 386.0515 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 386 - Texas Emissions Reduction Plan|Subchapter B. Texas Emissions Reduction Plan|Section 386.0515. Agricultural Product Transportation Projects

Sec. 386.0515.  AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.(a)  In this section:(1)  "Agricultural product transportation" means the transportation of a raw agricultural product from the place of production using a heavy-duty truck to:(A)  a nonattainment area;(B)  an affected county;(C)  a destination inside the clean transportation zone; or(D)  a county adjacent to a county described by Paragraph (B) or that contains an area described by Paragraph (A) or (C).(2)  "Clean transportation zone" has the meaning assigned by Section 393.001.(b)  Notwithstanding other eligibility requirements, the commission shall by rule or policy provide specific eligibility requirements under the Texas Clean Fleet Program established under Chapter 392 and under the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program established under Chapter 394, as added by Chapter 892 (Senate Bill No. 385), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, for projects relating to agricultural product transportation.(c)  The determining factor for eligibility for participation in a program established under Chapter 392 or 394 for a project relating to agricultural product transportation is the overall accumulative net reduction in emissions of oxides of nitrogen in a nonattainment area, an affected county, or the clean transportation zone.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1230 (S.B. 1727), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 755 (S.B. 1731), Sec. 8(c-2), eff. August 30, 2017.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 386.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle C - Air Quality|Chapter 386 - Texas Emissions Reduction Plan|Subchapter B. Texas Emissions Reduction Plan|Section 386.052. Commission Duties

Sec. 386.052.  COMMISSION DUTIES.(a)  In administering the plan established under this chapter and in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, the commission:(1)  shall:(A)  manage plan funds and oversee the plan;(B)  produce guidelines, protocols, and criteria for eligible projects;(C)  develop methodologies for evaluating project cost-effectiveness;(D)  prepare reports regarding the progress and effectiveness of the plan; and(E)  take all appropriate and necessary actions so that emissions reductions achieved through the plan are credited by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to the appropriate emissions reduction objectives in the state implementation plan; and(2)  may hire staff and consultants needed to complete the commission's duties under this section and ensure timely review of applications and reimbursement of grant applicants' eligible project costs.(b)  Appropriate commission objectives include:(1)  achieving maximum reductions in oxides of nitrogen to demonstrate compliance with the state implementation plan;(2)  preventing areas of the state from being in violation of national ambient air quality standards;(3)  achieving cost-saving and multiple benefits by reducing emissions of other pollutants;(4)  achieving reductions of emissions of diesel exhaust from school buses; and(5)  advancing new technologies that reduce oxides of nitrogen and other emissions from facilities and other stationary sources.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 967, Sec. 1(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 766 (H.B. 3469), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 262 (S.B. 12), Sec. 2.02, eff. June 8, 2007.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1125 (H.B. 1796), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2009.|