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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
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Subtitle F. STATE AND LOCAL CONTRACTS AND FUND MANAGEMENT |
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Chapter 2256. PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT |
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Subchapter A. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS FOR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES |
Sec. 2256.009. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS: OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the following are authorized investments under this subchapter:
(1) obligations, including letters of credit, of the United States or its agencies and instrumentalities;
(2) direct obligations of this state or its agencies and instrumentalities;
(3) collateralized mortgage obligations directly issued by a federal agency or instrumentality of the United States, the underlying security for which is guaranteed by an agency or instrumentality of the United States;
(4) other obligations, the principal and interest of which are unconditionally guaranteed or insured by, or backed by the full faith and credit of, this state or the United States or their respective agencies and instrumentalities, including obligations that are fully guaranteed or insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or by the explicit full faith and credit of the United States;
(5) obligations of states, agencies, counties, cities, and other political subdivisions of any state rated as to investment quality by a nationally recognized investment rating firm not less than A or its equivalent; and
(6) bonds issued, assumed, or guaranteed by the State of Israel.
(b) The following are not authorized investments under this section:
(1) obligations whose payment represents the coupon payments on the outstanding principal balance of the underlying mortgage-backed security collateral and pays no principal;
(2) obligations whose payment represents the principal stream of cash flow from the underlying mortgage-backed security collateral and bears no interest;
(3) collateralized mortgage obligations that have a stated final maturity date of greater than 10 years; and
(4) collateralized mortgage obligations the interest rate of which is determined by an index that adjusts opposite to the changes in a market index.