This section lets a board issue revenue bonds for school buildings or needed sites, but requires an order of the board, limits repayment sources, and sets submission and timing rules.
Sec. 45.085. BOND REQUIREMENTS. (a) In addition to the powers granted by this subchapter, any board, for and on behalf of its district, may issue, sell, and deliver revenue bonds of its district from time to time and in one or more issues, series, or installments, with the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the bonds to be payable from and secured by liens on and pledges of all or any part of any of the revenue, income, payments, or receipts derived by the district from the sale of real property pursuant to this subchapter, and those amounts may be pledged by the district to the payment of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on such bonds, subject to this section. (b) Bonds must be issued by an order of the board. (c) The bonds must be issued for the purpose of constructing or equipping school buildings in the district or purchasing necessary sites for school buildings. (d) The bonds shall mature, come due, or be payable serially, in installments, or otherwise, within not to exceed 90 days after the last date on which the final payment is due to the district from the sale of the real property. The bond order may provide for the subsequent issuance of additional parity bonds, or subordinate lien bonds, under any terms set forth in the bond order. (e) The bonds may be executed, made redeemable before maturity or due date, and be issued in the form, denominations, and manner and under the terms provided in the bond order. The bonds may be sold in the manner, at the price, and under the terms and may bear interest at the rates provided in the bond order. (f) If so provided in any bond order, the proceeds from the sale of the bonds may be used for paying interest on the bonds during the period of constructing or equipping any school buildings to be provided through the issuance of the bonds or for creating a reserve fund for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds. The proceeds may be placed on time deposit, in certificates of deposit, or invested, until needed, to the extent and in the manner provided in any bond order. The proceeds also may be used for paying the costs and expenses of issuing the bonds and selling the real property. (g) The bonds may be payable only from the revenues described by Subsection (a) and may not be payable or paid from any taxes levied and collected in the district. (h) Chapter 1201, Chapter 1204, and Subchapters A-C, Chapter 1207, Government Code, apply to bonds issued pursuant to this subchapter. (i) If bonds are issued pursuant to this subchapter, the bonds, along with the appropriate proceedings authorizing their issuance, and the sale agreement the proceeds from which they are payable shall be submitted to the attorney general for examination. If after the initial issuance of any bonds under this subchapter payable from the proceeds of a particular sale agreement, one or more subsequent issues, series, or installments of bonds are issued as additional parity bonds, on a parity with the initial bonds and payable from the proceeds of that sale agreement, then, at the option of the board, the subsequent issues, series, or installments of bonds need not be submitted to the attorney general or approved by the attorney general or registered by the comptroller, and the subsequent bonds are, on delivery of and payment for the bonds, valid and incontestable in the same manner and with the same effect as if they had been approved by the attorney general and registered by the comptroller as were the initial bonds. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.211, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.