Sec. 228.110. PROVISIONS PROTECTING AND ENFORCING RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF BONDHOLDERS. A trust agreement or order providing for the issuance of bonds may contain provisions to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the bondholders, including:
(1) covenants establishing the commission's duties relating to:
(A) the acquisition of property;
(B) the design, development, financing, construction, improvement, expansion, maintenance, repair, operation, and insurance of the toll project or system in connection with which the bonds were authorized; and
(C) the custody, safeguarding, and application of money;
(2) covenants prescribing events that constitute default;
(3) covenants relating to the rights, powers, liabilities, or duties that arise on the breach of a duty of the commission, including the right of the trustee to bring actions against the commission or the department in any state court to enforce the covenants in the agreement, and the sovereign immunity of the state is waived for that purpose; and
(4) provisions for the employment of consulting engineers in connection with the construction or operation of the project or system.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 312, Sec. 28, eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 15.29, eff. June 21, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 8, Sec. 1.08, eff. Jan. 11, 2004.
Transferred from Transportation Code, Section 361.177 and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 281 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 2.42, eff. June 14, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - State Highway System
Chapter 228 - State Highway Toll Projects
Subchapter C. Toll Revenue Bonds
Section 228.101. Construction Costs
Section 228.102. Issuance of Bonds
Section 228.103. Applicability of Other Law; Conflicts
Section 228.104. Payment of Bonds; Credit of State Not Pledged
Section 228.105. Sources of Payment of and Security for Toll Revenue Bonds
Section 228.106. Interim Bonds
Section 228.107. Effect of Lien
Section 228.108. Approval of Bonds by Attorney General
Section 228.109. Trust Agreement
Section 228.110. Provisions Protecting and Enforcing Rights and Remedies of Bondholders
Section 228.111. Furnishing of Indemnifying Bonds or Pledge of Securities
Section 228.112. Feasibility Study by Municipality, County, or Private Group
Section 228.115. Exemption From Taxation or Assessment
Section 228.116. Valuation of Bonds Securing Deposit of Public Funds