Sec. 15.321. SALE OR LEASE: CONDITION PRECEDENT. (a) No sale, transfer, or lease of a state facility is valid unless the board first makes the following affirmative findings:
(1) that the applicant has a permit granted by the commission;
(2) that the sale, transfer, or lease serves the public interest; and
(3) that the consideration for the sale, transfer, or lease is fair, just, reasonable, and in full compliance with the law.
(b) The consideration for a sale or transfer may be either money or revenue bonds which for the purposes of this section shall be deemed the same as money.
(c) The amount of money shall be equal to the price for purchasing the facilities as prescribed by Sections 15.317-15.318 of this code, or if revenue bonds constitute the consideration, the principal amount of revenue bonds shall be equal to the price for purchasing the facilities as prescribed by the provisions of Sections 15.317-15.318 of this code, and the revenue bonds shall bear interest at the rate prescribed in Section 17.128 of this code with regard to bonds purchased with the proceeds of the Texas water development fund.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Water Administration
Subtitle C - Water Development
Chapter 15 - Texas Water Assistance Program
Subchapter E. Storage Acquisition Program
Section 15.302. Authorized Projects
Section 15.303. Joint Ventures
Section 15.304. Permits Required
Section 15.3041. Reservation and Appropriation for Bays and Estuaries and Instream Uses
Section 15.306. Board Findings
Section 15.3061. Recommendations for Funding by Legislature
Section 15.307. Facilities Wanted by Political Subdivision
Section 15.308. Contracts: General Authority
Section 15.309. Specific Contracts Authorized
Section 15.310. Contracts: Facilities Acquired for a Term of Years
Section 15.311. Maintenance Contracts
Section 15.312. Recreational Facilities
Section 15.313. Board May Sell or Lease Projects
Section 15.314. Permit Required
Section 15.315. Contract Must Be Negotiated
Section 15.316. Reservoir Land
Section 15.318. Price of Sale: Facilities Acquired Under Contracts With the United States
Section 15.320. Lease Payments
Section 15.321. Sale or Lease: Condition Precedent
Section 15.322. Disposition of Proceeds
Section 15.323. Sale of Stored Water
Section 15.324. Sale Contract: Provisions, Limitations
Section 15.325. Emergency Releases of Water
Section 15.327. Lease of Land Prior to Project Construction
Section 15.328. Lease Contribution Equivalent to Taxes
Section 15.329. Inspection of Projects