The housing finance division and department must move certain excess funds into the housing trust fund, with some transfers limited or paused when rating-agency conditions apply.
Sec. 2306.205. TRANSFER OF MONEY TO HOUSING TRUST FUND. (a) Except as provided by Subsections (c), (d), and (e), not later than January 10 of each year the housing finance division shall transfer to the housing trust fund an amount, as determined by the audit report prepared under Section 2306.204, equal to one-half of the housing finance division's unencumbered fund balances in excess of two percent of the division's total bonded indebtedness that is not rated on its own merits in the highest long-term debt rating category by one or more nationally recognized rating agencies. (b) The department shall determine the unencumbered fund balance under Subsection (a) according to the debt rating criteria established for housing finance agencies by one or more nationally recognized rating agencies. (c) If, at the time an annual audit required by Section 2306.204 is concluded, the housing finance division's unencumbered fund balances exceed four percent of its total bonded indebtedness that is not rated on its own merits in the highest long-term debt rating category, the department shall transfer not later than January 10 of the next year all amounts in excess of that four percent. (d) If, at the time an annual audit required by Section 2306.204 is concluded, a nationally recognized rating agency has recommended that the housing finance division maintain unencumbered fund balances in excess of the amount permitted by Subsection (a) to achieve or maintain a rating of at least Aa/A+ on all or a portion of the bonded indebtedness of the housing finance division that is issued under an open indenture or an open flow of funds, the department shall transfer not later than January 10 of the next year all amounts in excess of the amount required by the rating agency to be held as unencumbered fund balances. (e) If, at the time an annual audit required by Section 2306.204 is concluded, a nationally recognized rating agency has recommended that the housing finance division increase the amount of its unencumbered fund balances to achieve or maintain a financially sound condition or to prevent a decrease in the long-term debt rating maintained on all or a portion of the housing finance division's bonded indebtedness, the housing finance division may not make further annual transfers to the housing trust fund until all requirements and conditions of the rating agency have been met. (f) In addition to the money transferred into the housing trust fund under this section, and subject to Subsection (e), the department shall transfer into the fund the amount of any origination fee, asset oversight fee, and servicing fee the department or the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation receives in relation to the administration of its 501(c)(3) bond program established pursuant to Section 2306.358 that exceeds the amount needed by the department or the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation to pay its operating and overhead costs and fund reserves, including an insurance reserve or credit enhancement reserve established by the board in administering the program. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 980, Sec. 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.