Sec. 58.041. ISSUANCE OF DEBT BY TEXAS PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY

(a) In this section, "debt instrument" means a note, debenture, bond, or other evidence of indebtedness.

(b) The Texas Public Finance Authority has the exclusive authority to act on behalf of the authority in issuing debt instruments authorized to be issued by the authority. A reference in law to a debt instrument issued by the authority, in the context of a debt instrument issued on or after September 1, 2009, means a debt instrument issued by the Texas Public Finance Authority on behalf of the authority.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 58.034(e), the authority shall pay all costs incurred by the Texas Public Finance Authority for issuing debt instruments on behalf of the authority and associated fees and expenses.

(d) When the board authorizes the issuance of debt instruments to fund a loan, the authority shall notify the Texas Public Finance Authority of the amount of the loan and the recipient of the loan and request the Texas Public Finance Authority to issue debt instruments in an amount necessary to fund the loan. The authority and the Texas Public Finance Authority shall determine the amount and time of a debt instrument issue to best provide funds for one or multiple loans.

(e) The Texas Public Finance Authority, at the request of the authority, may issue debt instruments to provide money to the Texas agricultural fund.

(f) The Texas Public Finance Authority may sell debt instruments in any manner it determines to be in the best interest of the authority, except that it may not sell a debt instrument that has not been approved by the attorney general and registered with the comptroller.

(g) The board, in consultation with the Texas Public Finance Authority, shall adopt rules containing criteria for evaluating the creditworthiness of loan applicants and the financial feasibility of projects to be funded with debt instruments issued by the Texas Public Finance Authority on behalf of the authority.

(h) The Texas Public Finance Authority may enter into a credit agreement for a debt instrument issued by the Texas Public Finance Authority on behalf of the authority for a period and on conditions approved by the Texas Public Finance Authority.

(i) This subsection applies only in relation to general obligation debt instruments. To the extent other sources of revenue available for payment of the authority's debts are insufficient and in accordance with the Texas Constitution, general revenue is to be appropriated to the Texas Public Finance Authority in an amount determined by the Texas Public Finance Authority to be necessary to pay the principal, premium if any, and interest on general obligation debt instruments issued by the Texas Public Finance Authority on behalf of the authority, and that amount shall be specified in the biennial appropriations acts.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 , Sec. 1.09, eff. September 1, 2009.