The comptroller must authorize issuance of the notes and handle the proceeds and related fund transfers as this section directs.
Sec. 404.125. ISSUANCE OF NOTES. (a) The comptroller, consistent with the committee's determinations under Section 404.124, shall authorize the issuance, sale, and delivery of the notes by order. (b) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the proceeds of the notes shall be deposited in a special fund in the treasury called the tax and revenue anticipation note fund. The comptroller may pay the costs of issuance of the notes from the fund and from time to time shall transfer the net proceeds to the general revenue fund to honor authorized expenditures from the general revenue fund. The comptroller may invest any funds held in the tax and revenue anticipation note fund in the authorized investments described in Section 404.024 until used in accordance with this section. Proceeds of a credit agreement may be deposited as directed by the comptroller pursuant to the order authorizing the credit agreement and may be applied to pay the principal of and interest on the notes. (c) In connection with the issuance of the notes, the comptroller may exercise the powers granted to the governing body of an issuer in connection with the issuance of obligations under Chapter 1371 to the extent not inconsistent with this section. The notes are subject to review and approval by the attorney general in the same manner and with the same effect as is provided by that chapter. (d) The comptroller is an authorized issuer under Chapter 1201, and that chapter applies to the tax and revenue anticipation notes authorized in this subchapter. (e) Amounts in the tax and revenue anticipation note fund may be pledged to secure payment of the notes and performance of obligations under credit agreements relating to the notes and may be used to pay required rebates to the federal government. The comptroller may make covenants to carry out the purposes of this subchapter and take other actions necessary, desirable, or appropriate to complete the issuance of the notes. The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of any notes that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the comptroller to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the holders, until the notes are fully discharged. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 53, Sec. 2.003, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 7.81, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.233, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.