Sec. 43.002. TRANSFERS FROM PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND AND GENERAL REVENUE FUND TO AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND. (a) On the first working day of each month in a state fiscal year, the comptroller shall transfer from the permanent school fund to the available school fund an amount equal to one-twelfth of the annual distribution from the permanent school fund to the available school fund as provided by Section 5(a), Article VII, Texas Constitution, for the fiscal year.
(b) Of the amounts available for transfer from the general revenue fund to the available school fund for the months of January and February of each fiscal year, no more than the amount necessary to enable the comptroller to distribute from the available school fund an amount equal to 9-1/2 percent of the estimated annual available school fund apportionment to category 1 school districts, as defined by Section 48.273, and 3-1/2 percent of the estimated annual available school fund apportionment to category 2 school districts, as defined by Section 48.273, may be transferred from the general revenue fund to the available school fund. Any remaining amount that would otherwise be available for transfer for the months of January and February shall be transferred from the general revenue fund to the available school fund in equal amounts in June and in August of the same fiscal year.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 328, Sec. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 3.048, eff. September 1, 2019.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management
Chapter 43 - Permanent School Fund and Available School Fund
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 43.001. Composition of Permanent School Fund and Available School Fund
Section 43.003. Investment of Permanent School Fund
Section 43.0031. Permanent School Fund Ethics Policy
Section 43.0032. Conflicts of Interest
Section 43.0033. Reports of Expenditures
Section 43.0034. Forms; Public Information
Section 43.004. Written Investment Objectives; Performance Evaluation
Section 43.005. External Investment Managers
Section 43.0051. Transfers to Real Estate Special Fund Account of the Permanent School Fund
Section 43.0052. Quarterly Reports
Section 43.006. Investment Management
Section 43.007. Purchase and Sale or Exchange of Securities
Section 43.009. Prepayment of Certain Bonds Held by the Permanent School Fund
Section 43.010. Default of School District Securities Held by the Permanent School Fund
Section 43.011. Authorized Refunding of Defaulted School Bonds
Section 43.012. Refunding Other Defaulted Obligations
Section 43.014. Duties of Comptroller
Section 43.015. Duties of Comptroller
Section 43.016. Use of Available School Fund
Section 43.018. Participation in Fully Secured Securities Loan Programs