Sec. 424.070. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS: OBLIGATIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. (a) Subject to this section, an insurer may invest the insurer's funds in excess of minimum capital and surplus in a bond or other interest-bearing evidence of indebtedness of a:
(1) county or subdivision of a county;
(2) municipality;
(3) road district;
(4) turnpike district or authority;
(5) water district;
(6) school district;
(7) sanitary or navigation district; or
(8) municipally owned revenue water system, sewer system, or electric utility company with respect to which the municipality has appropriated, pledged, or otherwise provided for special revenues to meet the principal and interest payments of the bond or other evidence of indebtedness.
(b) A bond or other evidence of indebtedness of a navigation district is an authorized investment under this section only if:
(1) the navigation district is located wholly or partly in a county that has a population of at least 100,000; and
(2) the interest due on the bond or other evidence of indebtedness has never been in default.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2007.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - Regulation of Solvency
Subtitle B - Reserves and Investments
Chapter 424 - Investments for Certain Insurers
Subchapter B. Investment of Funds in Excess
Section 424.051. General Investment Authority Specified by Law
Section 424.052. Additional General Investment Authority
Section 424.053. Limitation as to Single Issuer or Borrower
Section 424.054. Applicability of Percentage Authorizations and Limitations
Section 424.055. Waiver by Commissioner of Quantitative Limitations
Section 424.056. Written Investment Plan
Section 424.057. Investment Records
Section 424.058. Authorized Investments: Form of Minimum Capital and Surplus
Section 424.059. Authorized Investments: Government Obligations
Section 424.060. Authorized Investments: Stock of National or State Bank
Section 424.061. Authorized Investments: Deposits in Certain Financial Institutions
Section 424.062. Authorized Investments: Certain Obligations of Partnership or Corporation
Section 424.064. Authorized Investments: Real Property
Section 424.065. Acting as Real Estate Broker or Salesperson Prohibited
Section 424.066. Authorized Investments: Obligations Secured by Real Property Loans
Section 424.067. Authorized Investments: Transportation Equipment
Section 424.068. Authorized Investments: Investment in Foreign Jurisdiction
Section 424.069. Authorized Investments: Certain Loans
Section 424.070. Authorized Investments: Obligations of Local Governmental Entities
Section 424.071. Authorized Investments: the University of Texas
Section 424.073. Authorized Investments: Insurer Engaged in Business in Foreign Country