Sec. 43.017. USE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS AS AGENTS FOR COLLECTION OF INCOME FROM PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND INVESTMENTS. (a) The State Board of Education may contract with one or more commercial banks to receive payments of dividends and interest on securities in which the state permanent school funds are invested and transmit that money with identification of its source to the comptroller for the account of the available school fund by the fastest available means.
(b) In choosing each commercial bank with which to contract as authorized by Subsection (a), the State Board of Education shall assure itself of:
(1) the financial stability of the bank;
(2) the location of the bank with respect to its proximity to the banks on which checks are drawn in payment of dividends and interest on securities of the permanent school fund;
(3) the experience and reliability of the bank in acting as agent for others in the similar collection and expeditious remittance of money; and
(4) the reasonableness of the bank's charges for the services, both in amount of the charges and in relation to the increased investment earnings of the available school fund that will result from speedier receipt by the comptroller of the money.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 5.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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