Tex. Education Code § 46.004
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 46.004, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 46.004. LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS.
Official statutory text
(a) A district may receive state assistance in connection with a lease-purchase agreement concerning an instructional facility. For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) taxes levied for purposes of maintenance and operations that are necessary to pay a district's share of the payments under a lease-purchase agreement for which the district receives state assistance under this subchapter are considered to be bond taxes; and
(2) payments under a lease-purchase agreement are considered to be payments of principal of and interest on bonds.
(b) Section 46.003(b) applies to taxes levied to pay a district's share of the payments under a lease-purchase agreement for which the district receives state assistance under this subchapter.
(c) A lease-purchase agreement must be for a term of at least eight years to be eligible to be paid with state and local funds under this subchapter.
(1) taxes levied for purposes of maintenance and operations that are necessary to pay a district's share of the payments under a lease-purchase agreement for which the district receives state assistance under this subchapter are considered to be bond taxes; and
(2) payments under a lease-purchase agreement are considered to be payments of principal of and interest on bonds.
(b) Section 46.003(b) applies to taxes levied to pay a district's share of the payments under a lease-purchase agreement for which the district receives state assistance under this subchapter.
(c) A lease-purchase agreement must be for a term of at least eight years to be eligible to be paid with state and local funds under this subchapter.
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