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Tex. Gov't Code § 2257.024

CONTRACT FOR SECURING DEPOSIT OF PUBLIC FUNDS

Known as the Public Funds Collateral Act

The act spans §§ 2257.001 to 2257.114 (41 sections).

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A public entity may contract with a bank that has its main office or a branch office in this state to secure a deposit of public funds.

(b) The contract may contain a term or condition relating to an investment security used as security for a deposit of public funds, including a term or condition relating to the:

(1) possession of the collateral;

(2) substitution or release of an investment security;

(3) ownership of the investment securities of the bank used to secure a deposit of public funds; and

(4) method by which an investment security used to secure a deposit of public funds is valued.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.