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TX Govt Code § 1504.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter E. Obligations for Exposition and Convention Halls in Municipalities With Population of 290,000 or More|Section 1504.203. Authority to Issue Bonds, Notes, and Warrants

Sec. 1504.203.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS, NOTES, AND WARRANTS.  A municipality may issue bonds, notes, or warrants to evidence an obligation incurred to purchase, construct, renovate, or repair an exposition or convention hall.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter E. Obligations for Exposition and Convention Halls in Municipalities With Population of 290,000 or More|Section 1504.204. Pledge of Income

Sec. 1504.204.  PLEDGE OF INCOME.  A municipality may pledge the income from an exposition or convention hall to the payment of an obligation issued under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter E. Obligations for Exposition and Convention Halls in Municipalities With Population of 290,000 or More|Section 1504.205. Obligations Not Payable From Taxes

Sec. 1504.205.  OBLIGATIONS NOT PAYABLE FROM TAXES.  (a)  An obligation issued under this subchapter:(1)  is not a debt of the municipality;(2)  may be a charge only on the property of the exposition or convention hall encumbered;  and(3)  may not be included in determining the power of the municipality to issue bonds for any purpose authorized by law.(b)  Each contract, bond, or note issued or executed under this subchapter must contain the following provision:  "The holder of this obligation is not entitled to demand payment of this obligation out of any money raised by taxation."|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.206 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter E. Obligations for Exposition and Convention Halls in Municipalities With Population of 290,000 or More|Section 1504.206. Operating Expenses as First Lien

Sec. 1504.206.  OPERATING EXPENSES AS FIRST LIEN.  If the income from an exposition or convention hall is encumbered under this subchapter, each expense of operation and maintenance, including all salaries, labor, materials, interest, repairs, and additions necessary to properly maintain the exposition or convention hall, and each proper item of expense, is a first lien against that income.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.207 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter E. Obligations for Exposition and Convention Halls in Municipalities With Population of 290,000 or More|Section 1504.207. Charges for Services

Sec. 1504.207.  CHARGES FOR SERVICES.  (a)  A municipality shall impose and collect charges for the use of an encumbered exposition or convention hall in amounts determined by the governing body to be sufficient to pay:(1)  all operating, maintenance, depreciation, replacement, improvement, and interest charges in connection with the hall;(2)  for an interest and sinking fund sufficient to pay any bonds issued to purchase, construct, or improve the hall;  and(3)  any outstanding debt against the hall.(b)  A municipality may not allow any free use of or free service in connection with the exposition or convention hall.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.208 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter E. Obligations for Exposition and Convention Halls in Municipalities With Population of 290,000 or More|Section 1504.208. Use of Income for Other Purposes Prohibited

Sec. 1504.208.  USE OF INCOME FOR OTHER PURPOSES PROHIBITED.  A municipality may not use the income from the exposition or convention hall to pay any other debt, expense, or obligation of the municipality until the debt secured by the income is fully paid.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.209 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter E. Obligations for Exposition and Convention Halls in Municipalities With Population of 290,000 or More|Section 1504.209. Management and Control

Sec. 1504.209.  MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL.  (a)  The contract under which an exposition or convention hall is encumbered must provide that the governing body of the municipality shall manage and control the hall during the time the hall is encumbered.(b)  The governing body may:(1)  adopt rules governing the use and rental of the exposition or convention hall and for the payment of those rents;  and(2)  provide penalties for:(A)  the violation of rules adopted under Subdivision (1);(B)  the use of the hall without the consent or knowledge of the authorities in charge of the hall;  or(C)  any interference with, trespass on, or injury to the hall or the property on which the hall is located.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.210 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter E. Obligations for Exposition and Convention Halls in Municipalities With Population of 290,000 or More|Section 1504.210. Trustee

Sec. 1504.210.  TRUSTEE.  A contract under which an exposition or convention hall is encumbered may provide for:(1)  the selection of a trustee to sell the hall on a default in the payment of principal or interest or another default under the contract;(2)  the selection of a successor trustee, if the original trustee is disqualified or fails to act;  and(3)  the collection by the trustee of a fee of not more than five percent of the principal.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.211 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter E. Obligations for Exposition and Convention Halls in Municipalities With Population of 290,000 or More|Section 1504.211. Receiver

Sec. 1504.211.  RECEIVER.  (a)  The trustee may apply to a court for the appointment of a receiver if:(1)  the contract under which the exposition or convention hall is encumbered provides for the appointment of a receiver;  and(2)  there is a default in the payment of principal and interest or another default under the contract that continues for at least 30 days.(b)  A receiver appointed under this section may, subject to the order of the court:(1)  enter and take possession of the exposition or convention hall;  and(2)  operate and maintain the hall and apply the net revenue to the liquidation of the debt.(c)  The receiver may use or rent any part of the hall for any purpose consistent with the continued use of the major part of the hall as an exposition or convention hall, or, if authorized by the court, rent the hall for any lawful use.(d)  The receiver may rent all or any part of the exposition or convention hall to the municipality, and the municipality may lease the hall from the receiver.(e)  An exposition or convention hall that is operated by a receiver under this section is free from taxation until the debt secured by the hall is fully paid.(f)  All rights of the receiver and of any lessee or other person holding under the receiver end when the debt is paid or the trustee, in the exercise of the trustee's powers, sells the exposition or convention hall.  The trustee may agree with a person leasing the hall from the receiver not to sell the hall during the term of the person's lease.(g)  If the principal of all the bonds has not been declared due or if a declaration that the principal of all the bonds is due is annulled under the contract under which the exposition or convention hall is encumbered:(1)  on application to the court, the rights of the receiver may be terminated and the receiver discharged by remedy or waiver of the default;  and(2)  the rights of a person leasing the hall from the receiver are subject to adjudication and may be terminated or adjusted by the court.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.212 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter E. Obligations for Exposition and Convention Halls in Municipalities With Population of 290,000 or More|Section 1504.212. Notice to Governing Body Before Foreclosure or Other Action

Sec. 1504.212.  NOTICE TO GOVERNING BODY BEFORE FORECLOSURE OR OTHER ACTION.  (a)  Unless written notice is given to the governing body of the municipality in accordance with this section that there is a default in payment of any installment of principal of or interest on an obligation issued under this subchapter and that payment has been demanded:(1)  a collection fee may not accrue;(2)  a foreclosure proceeding may not be begun in a court or through a trustee;  and(3)  an option to mature any part of the obligation because of the default may not be exercised.(b)  A notice under Subsection (a) must be sent by prepaid registered mail to each member of the governing body of the municipality, addressed to the member at the post office in the municipality.(c)  An action described by Subsection (a) may not be taken before the 91st day after the date the notice is mailed.(d)  A payment of a delinquent installment of principal and interest that is paid before the expiration of the period prescribed by Subsection (c) and that is accompanied by a payment of interest as prescribed in the contract, at a rate not to exceed 10 percent per year, from the date of default until the date of payment, has the same effect as if paid on the date the installment was originally due.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.251 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter F. Revenue Bonds for Cultural Facilities in Home-Rule Municipalities With Population of 1.2 Million or More|Section 1504.251. Applicability of Subchapter

Sec. 1504.251.  APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.  This subchapter applies only to a home-rule municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 669, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.252 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter F. Revenue Bonds for Cultural Facilities in Home-Rule Municipalities With Population of 1.2 Million or More|Section 1504.252. Authority for Cultural and Parking Facilities

Sec. 1504.252.  AUTHORITY FOR CULTURAL AND PARKING FACILITIES.  A municipality may acquire sites for and establish, acquire, lease as lessee or lessor, construct, improve, enlarge, equip, repair, operate, or maintain:(1)  a cultural facility, such as an opera house, ballet or symphony hall, theater, or similar building;(2)  a building combining cultural facilities listed in Subdivision (1);  or(3)  a parking facility at or in the immediate vicinity of a cultural facility listed in Subdivision (1) for use in connection with that facility and otherwise for off-street parking or storage of motor vehicles or other conveyances.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.253 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter F. Revenue Bonds for Cultural Facilities in Home-Rule Municipalities With Population of 1.2 Million or More|Section 1504.253. Authority to Issue Revenue Bonds

Sec. 1504.253.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS.  The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may issue revenue bonds to provide all or part of the money to accomplish any purpose described by Section 1504.252.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.254 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter F. Revenue Bonds for Cultural Facilities in Home-Rule Municipalities With Population of 1.2 Million or More|Section 1504.254. Pledge of Revenue

Sec. 1504.254.  PLEDGE OF REVENUE.  (a)  Bonds issued under this subchapter must be secured by a pledge of and be payable from all or a designated part of the revenue from the cultural or parking facility for which the bonds are issued, as provided in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds.(b)  The pledge securing the bonds is inferior to any previous pledge of the revenue for the payment of revenue bonds or refunding bonds that are outstanding.(c)  A municipality that leases as lessee a cultural or parking facility described by Section 1504.252 may pledge all or part of the revenue from the facility to the lease payments the municipality must make.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.255 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter F. Revenue Bonds for Cultural Facilities in Home-Rule Municipalities With Population of 1.2 Million or More|Section 1504.255. Lien on Facility

Sec. 1504.255.  LIEN ON FACILITY.  Subject to any limitation contained in any previous pledge, the governing body of the municipality may, in addition to pledging the revenue from a cultural or parking facility, give a lien on all or part of the physical property and facilities constructed or acquired with the proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.256 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter F. Revenue Bonds for Cultural Facilities in Home-Rule Municipalities With Population of 1.2 Million or More|Section 1504.256. Pledge of Mixed Beverage Tax Receipts

Sec. 1504.256.  PLEDGE OF MIXED BEVERAGE TAX RECEIPTS.  (a)  The governing body of a municipality by official action may pledge for the purposes provided by this subchapter a portion of the mixed beverage tax that is remitted to the municipality under Section 183.051, Tax Code.(b)  The total amount of mixed beverage tax receipts pledged under Subsection (a) may not exceed an amount equal to 1-1/2 percent of the gross receipts subject to taxation under Chapter 183, Tax Code, from permittees within the municipality.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.257 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter F. Revenue Bonds for Cultural Facilities in Home-Rule Municipalities With Population of 1.2 Million or More|Section 1504.257. Shortage of Mixed Beverage Tax Receipts

Sec. 1504.257.  SHORTAGE OF MIXED BEVERAGE TAX RECEIPTS.  If at the time of a remittance of mixed beverage tax receipts by the comptroller under Section 183.051, Tax Code, the amount collected by the comptroller from permittees in a municipality that has pledged a portion of its mixed beverage tax receipts under Section 1504.256 is less than the total amount required to be collected from those permittees by Chapter 183, Tax Code, then the amount to be pledged under Section 1504.256 is an amount equal to the total amount actually collected from permittees in the municipality multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of mixed beverage tax receipts pledged under Section 1504.256 for the quarterly period and the denominator of which is the total amount required to be collected from permittees in the municipality during that period.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.258 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter F. Revenue Bonds for Cultural Facilities in Home-Rule Municipalities With Population of 1.2 Million or More|Section 1504.258. Additional Use of Mixed Beverage Tax Receipts

Sec. 1504.258.  ADDITIONAL USE OF MIXED BEVERAGE TAX RECEIPTS.  A municipality may spend money derived from the portion of the mixed beverage tax receipts authorized to be pledged under Section 1504.256 for:(1)  advertising and promotion of events to take place in a cultural facility described by Section 1504.252;(2)  the attraction of events to a cultural facility described by Section 1504.252, either by the municipality or through a contract with a person or organization selected by the municipality;  and(3)  the encouragement, promotion, improvement, and application of the cultural arts, including opera, ballet, symphony, and theater, and the arts related to the presentation, performance, execution, and exhibition of those major art forms.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.259 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter F. Revenue Bonds for Cultural Facilities in Home-Rule Municipalities With Population of 1.2 Million or More|Section 1504.259. Bonds Not Payable From Taxes; Exception

Sec. 1504.259.  BONDS NOT PAYABLE FROM TAXES;  EXCEPTION.  (a)  The owner or holder of a bond issued under this subchapter is not entitled to demand payment of the principal of or interest on the bond from money raised by taxation.(b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a demand for payment from mixed beverage tax receipts that are pledged under Section 1504.256.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.260 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter F. Revenue Bonds for Cultural Facilities in Home-Rule Municipalities With Population of 1.2 Million or More|Section 1504.260. Contents of Ordinance Authorizing Bonds

Sec. 1504.260.  CONTENTS OF ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING BONDS.  (a)  The ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under this subchapter may provide for the flow of funds and the establishment and maintenance of an interest and sinking fund, reserve fund, or other fund.(b)  The ordinance may:(1)  prohibit the issuance of additional bonds or other obligations payable from the pledged revenue;  or(2)  reserve the right to issue additional bonds to be secured by a pledge of and payable from the revenue on a parity with, or subordinate to, the lien and pledge in support of the bonds being issued, subject to the conditions prescribed by the ordinance.(c)  The ordinance may contain any other provision or covenant, including a covenant with respect to the bonds, the pledged revenue, or the operation or maintenance of the cultural or parking facility the revenue of which is pledged.  The ordinance may provide for the operation or lease of all or part of the facility and the use or pledge of money derived from operation contracts and leases.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.261 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter F. Revenue Bonds for Cultural Facilities in Home-Rule Municipalities With Population of 1.2 Million or More|Section 1504.261. Adoption and Execution of Documents

Sec. 1504.261.  ADOPTION AND EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS.  The municipality may adopt and have executed any other proceeding or instrument necessary or convenient to the issuance of bonds under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.262 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter F. Revenue Bonds for Cultural Facilities in Home-Rule Municipalities With Population of 1.2 Million or More|Section 1504.262. Signatures

Sec. 1504.262.  SIGNATURES.  A bond issued under this subchapter must be signed by the mayor of the municipality and countersigned by the secretary or clerk of the municipality.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.263 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter F. Revenue Bonds for Cultural Facilities in Home-Rule Municipalities With Population of 1.2 Million or More|Section 1504.263. Sale of Bonds

Sec. 1504.263.  SALE OF BONDS.  A municipality may sell bonds issued under this subchapter at public or private sale in the manner and on the terms provided by the ordinance under which the bonds are issued.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 1504.264 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 9 - Public Securities|Subtitle J - Specific Authority for Municipalities to Issue Securities|Chapter 1504 - Obligations for Municipal Buildings|Subchapter F. Revenue Bonds for Cultural Facilities in Home-Rule Municipalities With Population of 1.2 Million or More|Section 1504.264. Interim Receipts

Sec. 1504.264.  INTERIM RECEIPTS.  Pending the preparation of a definitive bond, a municipality may provide to the purchaser of a bond sold under this subchapter an interim receipt or certificate in the form and with the provisions specified in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|