Tex. Agriculture Code § 58.071
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 58.071, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 58.071. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter:
(1) "Eligible lending institution" means a financial institution that makes commercial loans, is either a depository of state funds or an institution of the Farm Credit System, and agrees to participate in the farmer interest rate reduction program and to provide collateral equal to the amount of linked deposits placed with it.
(2) "Linked deposit" means a time deposit governed by a written deposit agreement between the state and an eligible lending institution that provides:
(A) that the eligible lending institution pay interest on the deposit at a rate that is not less than the greater of:
(i) the current market rate of a United States treasury bill or note of comparable maturity minus three percent; or
(ii) 0.5 percent;
(B) that the state not withdraw any part of the deposit before the expiration of a period set by a written advance notice of the intention to withdraw; and
(C) that the eligible lending institution agree to lend the value of the deposit to an eligible borrower at a maximum rate that is the linked deposit rate plus a maximum of one percent.
(1) "Eligible lending institution" means a financial institution that makes commercial loans, is either a depository of state funds or an institution of the Farm Credit System, and agrees to participate in the farmer interest rate reduction program and to provide collateral equal to the amount of linked deposits placed with it.
(2) "Linked deposit" means a time deposit governed by a written deposit agreement between the state and an eligible lending institution that provides:
(A) that the eligible lending institution pay interest on the deposit at a rate that is not less than the greater of:
(i) the current market rate of a United States treasury bill or note of comparable maturity minus three percent; or
(ii) 0.5 percent;
(B) that the state not withdraw any part of the deposit before the expiration of a period set by a written advance notice of the intention to withdraw; and
(C) that the eligible lending institution agree to lend the value of the deposit to an eligible borrower at a maximum rate that is the linked deposit rate plus a maximum of one percent.
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