Tex.
Transp. Code Section 222.035
Private Activity Bonds
(a)
In this section, “private activity bond” has the meaning assigned by Section 141(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986.(b)
If the attorney general makes a determination that the United States Congress has enacted legislation amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include highway facilities or surface freight transfer facilities among the types of facilities for which private activity bonds may be used:(1)
the determination shall be published in the Texas Register; and(2)
Subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) take effect on the 30th day after the date on which the attorney general’s determination is published in the Texas Register.(c)
The attorney general shall monitor federal legislation for purposes of this section.(d)
The department shall establish and administer a program for private activity bonds issued for highway facilities or surface freight transfer facilities in this state.(e)
The program, at a minimum, must include a process by which the department and the Bond Review Board receive and evaluate applications for issuance of private activity bonds for highway facilities or surface freight transfer facilities.(f)
The department shall adopt rules to administer the program established under this section.(g)
To the extent that private activity bonds for highway facilities or surface freight transfer facilities are subject to the state ceiling under Section 146, Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the issuance of bonds for those facilities is governed by Chapter 1372 (Private Activity Bonds and Certain Other Bonds), Government Code.
Source:
Section 222.035 — Private Activity Bonds, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.222.htm#222.035 (accessed May 4, 2024).
