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TITLE 1 - ADMINISTRATION
PART 3 - OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
CHAPTER 53 - MUNICIPAL SECURITIES
SUBCHAPTER A - APPROVAL OF MUNICIPAL SECURITIES BY ATTORNEY GENERAL
SECTION/RULE ยง53.3 - Content of Transcripts
Chapter Review Date 10/26/2020

(a) Transcript Requirements. Each transcript shall include the following, as applicable:(1) Initial Public Securities. The initial public securities executed in accordance with applicable law;(2) Authorizing Document. The authorizing ordinance, order or resolution and, as applicable, indenture of trust for the proposed public securities, including the following:(A) citation to the legal authority for the issuance of the proposed public securities;(B) the terms of the proposed public securities, including the title, numbering, denominations, date, persons authorized to sign, method of signing, principal and interest payment dates, redemption terms, if any, place of payment and registration and form of paying agent and registrar agreement, and substantially final form of the public securities; provided, however, that to the extent specific terms of the public securities have been lawfully delegated to a representative or committee for determination, those terms shall be set forth in the pricing certificate;(C) citation to the legal authority for the issuer to construct or acquire the proposed improvements or services, to pledge the specified payment source, and, as applicable, to contract with other parties for payment of principal and interest and other payments relating to the proposed public securities;(D) identification of a specified revenue source and/or a levy of a tax, which shall be pledged in amounts sufficient, within any applicable limitation, to pay the annual debt service requirements of the proposed public securities for the current year and each succeeding year during which the proposed public securities are outstanding. Cities and counties issuing public securities supported in whole or in part by ad valorem taxes constitutionally must provide for an annual levy sufficient to collect a sinking fund of not less than 2% of the principal amount of the proposed public securities regardless of the year in which the first principal payment is due;(E) a reasonably complete and detailed description of the improvements, services, or projects being financed and the intended use of the proceeds, including whether any of the proceeds are being used to pay capitalized interest or fund a reserve fund;(F) a recitation of the following:(i) the manner of the sale, whether negotiated or competitively bid,(ii) the identification of the purchaser,(iii) the purchase price, including any discount or premium, and(iv) the finding that the terms of the sale were in the issuer's best interest, and additionally, if competitively bid, that the sale was awarded based on the lowest net effective interest rate, or other applicable standard as permitted by law;(G) for proposed public securities with a floating, variable, or adjustable interest rate, a provision limiting the maximum rate of interest to:(i) a net effective interest rate not to exceed the maximum interest rate provided for and calculated in accordance with Chapter 1204 of the Government Code; or(ii) such other limit applicable to the securities and/or the issuer;(H) incorporation of the provisions of