Tex. Local Government Code § 116.051

This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 116.051, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.

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§ 116.051. QUALIFICATION AS DEPOSITORY OR SUBDEPOSITORY.

Official statutory text

Within 15 days after the date a bank is selected as a county depository or subdepository, the bank must qualify as the depository or subdepository by providing security for the funds to be deposited by the county with the bank. The depository or subdepository may secure these funds, at the option of the commissioners court, by:

(1) personal bond; surety bond; bonds, notes, and other securities; first mortgages on real property; real property; certificates of deposit; or a combination of these methods, as provided by this subchapter; or

(2) investment securities or interests in them as provided by Chapter 726, Acts of the 67th Legislature, Regular Session, 1981 (Article 2529b-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).

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