Tex. Local Government Code § 320.074
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 320.074, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 320.074. PROCEEDS.
Official statutory text
(a) The proceeds of the bonds shall be used under the restrictions provided in the bond order or in any separate escrow agreement, or both. The holders of the bonds and any trustee provided for in respect to the bonds have a lien on the proceeds until so applied.
(b) From the bond proceeds, there may be set aside:
(1) an amount for payment of interest on the bonds during construction and any additional period prescribed in the bond order; and
(2) an amount for the interest and sinking fund or for one or more separate reserve funds, as prescribed in the bond order, for the benefit of payment of the bonds.
(c) Proceeds remaining after the amounts are set aside under Subsection (b) shall be used for the payment of all expenses necessarily incurred in the sale, issuance, and delivery of the bonds and then for the purposes specified in the bond order and in the bonds.
(d) Any surplus remaining after accomplishment of the bond purposes shall be used for retiring the bonds to the extent that they can be purchased at prevailing market prices, with any remainder being deposited to the credit of the interest and sinking fund.
(b) From the bond proceeds, there may be set aside:
(1) an amount for payment of interest on the bonds during construction and any additional period prescribed in the bond order; and
(2) an amount for the interest and sinking fund or for one or more separate reserve funds, as prescribed in the bond order, for the benefit of payment of the bonds.
(c) Proceeds remaining after the amounts are set aside under Subsection (b) shall be used for the payment of all expenses necessarily incurred in the sale, issuance, and delivery of the bonds and then for the purposes specified in the bond order and in the bonds.
(d) Any surplus remaining after accomplishment of the bond purposes shall be used for retiring the bonds to the extent that they can be purchased at prevailing market prices, with any remainder being deposited to the credit of the interest and sinking fund.
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