Tex. Water Code § 17.074
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 17.074, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 17.074. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND.
Official statutory text
The Texas Water Development Bonds Interest and Sinking Fund, referred to as the "interest and sinking fund," is a special fund in the State Treasury into which there shall be paid, from sources specified in this chapter, amounts other than amounts required to be paid into the economically distressed areas interest and sinking fund sufficient to:
(1) pay the interest coming due on all outstanding bonds other than bonds covered by Sections 17.0111 and 17.0112 of this code during the ensuing fiscal year;
(2) pay the principal on all bonds other than bonds covered by Sections 17.0111 and 17.0112 of this code that mature during the ensuing fiscal year, plus collection charges and exchanges on the bonds; and
(3) establish a reserve equal to the average annual principal and interest requirements on all outstanding bonds other than bonds covered by Sections 17.0111 and 17.0112 of this code.
(1) pay the interest coming due on all outstanding bonds other than bonds covered by Sections 17.0111 and 17.0112 of this code during the ensuing fiscal year;
(2) pay the principal on all bonds other than bonds covered by Sections 17.0111 and 17.0112 of this code that mature during the ensuing fiscal year, plus collection charges and exchanges on the bonds; and
(3) establish a reserve equal to the average annual principal and interest requirements on all outstanding bonds other than bonds covered by Sections 17.0111 and 17.0112 of this code.
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