This section lets certain authorities and nonprofit instrumentalities issue revenue bonds or other obligations to finance educational or housing facilities, subject to stated request, purpose, and ownership-control conditions.
Sec. 53.34. REVENUE BONDS. (a) An authority or a nonprofit instrumentality created under Section 53.35(b), including an authority or nonprofit instrumentality authorized to own facilities under Section 53.33(a), may issue and execute revenue bonds or other obligations to loan or otherwise provide funds to a borrower if: (1) the governing body of the borrower by official action requests the issuer of the bonds or other obligations to loan the proceeds under this subsection; (2) the purpose of the loan is to enable the borrower to acquire, construct, enlarge, extend, repair, renovate, or otherwise improve an educational facility or housing facility or any facility incidental, subordinate, or related to or appropriate in connection with an educational facility or housing facility, or for acquiring land to be used for those purposes, or to create operating and debt service reserves for and to pay issuance costs related to the bonds or other obligations; and (3) under the terms of the loan, and unless a mortgage lien granted to secure the loan is in default, the ownership of the facility is required to be at all times under the exclusive control, and held for the exclusive benefit, of the borrower. (b) In issuing revenue bonds or other obligations under this chapter, the issuer of the bonds or other obligations is considered to be acting on behalf of the city by which it was created. (c) Bonds or other obligations issued under Subsection (a) shall be payable from and secured by a pledge of the revenues, income, or assets pledged for the purpose by the borrower. The bonds or other obligations may be additionally secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or chattel mortgage on real or personal property, or on both real and personal property, if granted by the borrower. (d) A facility financed with the proceeds of a loan or loans made to a borrower under Subsection (a) is not required to be located within the corporate limits of the city that created the issuer of the bonds or other obligations. (e) An authority or a nonprofit instrumentality that is authorized to acquire and own educational facilities and housing facilities under Section 53.33(a) may issue and execute revenue bonds and other obligations for the purpose of acquiring, owning, and operating the educational and housing facilities, to create operating reserves for the facilities, and to create debt service reserves for and to pay issuance costs related to the bonds or other obligations. (f) Bonds or other obligations issued under Subsection (e) shall be payable from and secured by a pledge of all or any part of the gross or net revenues to be derived from the operation of the educational facilities and housing facilities being acquired and any other revenues, income, or assets, including the revenues and income of the educational facilities or housing facilities previously acquired or subsequently to be acquired. The bonds or other obligations may be additionally secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or chattel mortgage on real or personal property, or on both real and personal property, if granted by the authority or nonprofit instrumentality issuing the bonds or other obligations. (g) The changes in law made by the amendment of this section by the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, affect and apply only to transactions involving bonds or other obligations that are issued or executed under this chapter on or after March 15, 2003. Bonds or other obligations that are issued or executed under this chapter before March 15, 2003, are governed by the law in effect immediately before the amendment of this section by the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, and that former law is continued in effect for that purpose. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 863, ch. 200, Sec. 7, eff. Aug. 29, 1983; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1232, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1266, Sec. 1.07, eff. June 20, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1310, Sec. 9, eff. June 20, 2003. Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 641 (H.B. 2701), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.