2025 Texas Statutes
Education Code
Title 2 - Public Education
Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management
Chapter 45 - School District Funds
Subchapter C. Guaranteed Bonds
Section 45.059. Payment of School District Bond on Default

Universal Citation:
TX Educ Code § 45.059 (2025)
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Sec. 45.059. PAYMENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND ON DEFAULT. (a) Immediately following receipt of notice under Section 45.058 that a school district will be or is unable to pay maturing or matured principal or interest on a guaranteed bond, the commissioner shall instruct the comptroller to transfer from the appropriate account in the permanent school fund to the district's paying agent the amount necessary to pay the maturing or matured principal or interest.

(b) Immediately following receipt of the funds for payment of the principal or interest, the paying agent shall pay the amount due and forward the canceled bond or coupon to the comptroller. The comptroller shall hold the canceled bond or coupon on behalf of the permanent school fund.

(c) Following full reimbursement to the permanent school fund with interest, the comptroller shall further cancel the bond or coupon and forward it to the school district for which payment was made.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 5.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 59.12, eff. September 28, 2011.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 59.13, eff. September 28, 2011.

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