Tex. Local Government Code § 117.001
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 117.001, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 117.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Bank" means a banking corporation or association, an individual banker, or a state or federal savings and loan association or savings bank.
(2) "Clerk" means a county clerk, a district clerk, or a county and district clerk.
(3) "Registry funds" means funds tendered to the clerk for deposit into the registry of the court.
(4) "Separate account" means funds transferred from a special account into a separate interest-bearing account.
(5) "Special account" means an account in a depository in which registry funds are placed.
(1) "Bank" means a banking corporation or association, an individual banker, or a state or federal savings and loan association or savings bank.
(2) "Clerk" means a county clerk, a district clerk, or a county and district clerk.
(3) "Registry funds" means funds tendered to the clerk for deposit into the registry of the court.
(4) "Separate account" means funds transferred from a special account into a separate interest-bearing account.
(5) "Special account" means an account in a depository in which registry funds are placed.
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