Tex. Local Government Code § 351.146
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 351.146, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 351.146. DEPOSITORY.
Official statutory text
(a) The board shall name one or more banks to serve as depository for district funds.
(b) District funds, other than those transmitted to a bank of payment for bonds issued by the district, shall be deposited as received with the depository bank. This subsection does not limit the power of the board to place a part of the district's funds on time deposit or to purchase certificates of deposit.
(c) Before the district deposits funds in a bank in an amount that exceeds the maximum amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the bank must execute a bond or other security in an amount sufficient to secure from loss the district funds that exceed the amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
(b) District funds, other than those transmitted to a bank of payment for bonds issued by the district, shall be deposited as received with the depository bank. This subsection does not limit the power of the board to place a part of the district's funds on time deposit or to purchase certificates of deposit.
(c) Before the district deposits funds in a bank in an amount that exceeds the maximum amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the bank must execute a bond or other security in an amount sufficient to secure from loss the district funds that exceed the amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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