Tex. Education Code § 45.259
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 45.259, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 45.259. PAYMENT FROM INTERCEPTED FUNDS.
Official statutory text
(a) Immediately following receipt of notice under Section 45.258, the commissioner shall instruct the comptroller to transfer to the district's paying agent from appropriations to the Foundation School Program that may be used for the purpose under Section 45.252 and other law 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.
(c) The procedures prescribed by Subsections (a) and (b) apply to each payment of principal or interest on bonds as the payment becomes due until the bonds mature or are defeased in accordance with state law.
(d) If money appropriated for the Foundation School Program is used for purposes of this subchapter and as a result there is insufficient money to fully fund the Foundation School Program, the commissioner shall, to the extent necessary, reduce each school district's foundation school fund allocations, other than any portion appropriated from the available school fund, in the same manner provided by Section 48.266(f) for a case in which school district entitlements exceed the amount appropriated. The following fiscal year, a district's entitlement under Section 48.266 is increased by an amount equal to the reduction under this subsection.
(e) A payment made under this section by the state on behalf of a school district of funds the district owes on bonds for which credit enhancement is provided under this subchapter creates a repayment obligation of the district to the state regardless of the maturity date of, or any payment of interest on, the bonds.
(f) This section does not create a debt of the state under the Texas Constitution or, except to the extent provided by this subchapter, create a payment obligation.
(b) Immediately following receipt of the funds for payment of the principal or interest, the paying agent shall pay the amount due.
(c) The procedures prescribed by Subsections (a) and (b) apply to each payment of principal or interest on bonds as the payment becomes due until the bonds mature or are defeased in accordance with state law.
(d) If money appropriated for the Foundation School Program is used for purposes of this subchapter and as a result there is insufficient money to fully fund the Foundation School Program, the commissioner shall, to the extent necessary, reduce each school district's foundation school fund allocations, other than any portion appropriated from the available school fund, in the same manner provided by Section 48.266(f) for a case in which school district entitlements exceed the amount appropriated. The following fiscal year, a district's entitlement under Section 48.266 is increased by an amount equal to the reduction under this subsection.
(e) A payment made under this section by the state on behalf of a school district of funds the district owes on bonds for which credit enhancement is provided under this subchapter creates a repayment obligation of the district to the state regardless of the maturity date of, or any payment of interest on, the bonds.
(f) This section does not create a debt of the state under the Texas Constitution or, except to the extent provided by this subchapter, create a payment obligation.
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