Tex. Education Code § 43.009
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 43.009, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 43.009. PREPAYMENT OF CERTAIN BONDS HELD BY THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.
Official statutory text
(a) The State Board of Education may authorize the governing body of any political subdivision in this state to pay off and discharge, at any interest paying date whether the bonds are matured or not, all or any part of any outstanding bond indebtedness owned by the permanent school fund.
(b) The governing body of a political subdivision desiring to pay off and discharge any bonded indebtedness owned by the fund shall apply in writing to the State Board of Education, not later than the 30th day before any interest paying date on the bonds, describing the bonds or part of the bonds it desires to pay off and discharge. The application must be accompanied by an affidavit stating that only tax money collected from a tax levy made for the specific purpose of providing a sinking fund and paying interest on the particular bonds to be redeemed will be spent in redeeming, taking up, or paying off the bonds.
(c) The State Board of Education, on receiving the application and affidavit, shall take action on them in the manner it considers best and shall notify the applicant whether the application is refused or granted in whole or in part.
(d) A person who has a duty under this section may not give or receive any commission, premium, or compensation for the performance of that duty.
(e) Only tax money collected from tax levies made for the specific purpose of providing a sinking fund and paying interest on the particular bonds to be redeemed may be spent in redeeming, taking up, or paying off of bonds as provided by this section, unless the bonds are being redeemed for the purpose of being refunded.
(b) The governing body of a political subdivision desiring to pay off and discharge any bonded indebtedness owned by the fund shall apply in writing to the State Board of Education, not later than the 30th day before any interest paying date on the bonds, describing the bonds or part of the bonds it desires to pay off and discharge. The application must be accompanied by an affidavit stating that only tax money collected from a tax levy made for the specific purpose of providing a sinking fund and paying interest on the particular bonds to be redeemed will be spent in redeeming, taking up, or paying off the bonds.
(c) The State Board of Education, on receiving the application and affidavit, shall take action on them in the manner it considers best and shall notify the applicant whether the application is refused or granted in whole or in part.
(d) A person who has a duty under this section may not give or receive any commission, premium, or compensation for the performance of that duty.
(e) Only tax money collected from tax levies made for the specific purpose of providing a sinking fund and paying interest on the particular bonds to be redeemed may be spent in redeeming, taking up, or paying off of bonds as provided by this section, unless the bonds are being redeemed for the purpose of being refunded.
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