All Bond Counsel Letters (PDF Format)

Index of All Bond Counsel Letters stored in HTML format

All Bond Counsel Letters reflect positions taken by the Public Finance Division of the Office of the Attorney General in carrying out its statutory responsibility to review all public securities issued by any agency, district, municipal corporation or political subdivision of this state or by any nonprofit corporation acting for or on behalf of these entities. (See Chapter 1202 of the Government Code.) Please note that positions taken in some Letters have been revised by later ones. All substantive Letters since November, 1987, are included here, while only selected Letters before that date are included.

2009

09/02/09: Re: Bond Counsel Input on Issues Raised by the Texas Education Agency

2008

12/17/08: Re: Proposed Public Improvement District Guidelines; Public Finance Division Personnel; Proposed Public Finance Division Rules

08/01/08: Re: Public Finance Division Personnel; Time Requirements for Bond Review and Approval; Public Finance Division Address Change; Form of Transcripts; Responses to Legal Questions; Comptroller of Public Accounts Holiday Schedule

2007

05/22/07: Re: Temporary Increase in Time Requirements for Bond Review and Approval

2005

08/10/05: Re: Statutory Fee Increase

2002

11/06/02: Re: Timing of December Issues, Water Districts, Reminders

2001

10/02/01: Re: School District Lease-Purchase Financing of School Buildings
09/19/01: To: Superintendents of Texas Public Schools; Re: Lease-Purchase Financing of School Buildings
08/13/01: Re: Water District Matters: Annexation and Division, Waste Control and Drainage Powers, Requirements for Approval of District Bonds not receiving approval of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission ("TNRCC")
06/28/01: Re: Premiums, Multifamily Housing, Certificates of Obligation Notices, School District Matters

2000

03/17/00: Re: Negligence Standard; School Lease Purchase Requirements; Certificates of Obligation; Application of Section 1207.008, Tex. Gov't Code; Health Facility Development Corporation Obligations; Acquisition of School Property Previously Financed; Underwriters Discount; Section 45.108 Notes; All Bond Counsel Letters; Time Requirements

1999

08/17/99: Re: School District Obligations, Other Matters
07/21/99: Re: Position of the Office of the Attorney General Regarding Certain Provisions of Senate Bill 4, Acts 1999, 76th Legislature, Regular Session ("SB 4")
06/30/99: Re: Interpretation of Certain Provisions of Senate Bill 4, Acts 1999, 76th Legislature, Regular Session ("SB 4")
02/11/99: Re: Update of Public Finance Division Positions and Procedures

1998

03/05/98: Re: Put Option Contracts and Similar Agreements
02/17/98: Re: Temporary Increase in Time Requirements for Bond Review and Approval

1997

12/09/97: Re: School District Obligations, Variable Rate Bonds for Governmental Entities Not Qualifying as Issuers under Article 717q, Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann., Other Matters
07/16/97: Re: Public Finance Division Offices to be Moved, Various Legal Matters

1996

08/30/96 Re: School District Financings under SB 826; Other Matters
07/11/96: Re: Use of a Surety Bond or Bond Insurance for a Reserve Fund

1995

09/05/95: Re: Design/Build; Bond Review Board Requirements; Surety Bonds
07/11/95: Re: Update of Public Finance Division Positions and Procedures
02/14/95: Re: Approval of School District Bonds
02/07/95: Re: Approval of School District Bonds

1994

08/19/94: Re: Use of Nonprofit Corporations for Municipal Finance and Other Matters
01/26/94: Re: Timing Requirements, Certificates of Obligation, Article 717w, Interest Rate Swaps, Jails and Other Matters

1993

09/15/93: Re: School District Obligations and Other Matters
07/13/93: Re: School District Obligations and S.B. 826
06/10/93: Re: School District Obligations, Timing Requirements and Other Matters
04/22/93: Re: Approval of School District Obligations (Edgewood v. Meno Deadline) and Other Timing Requirements
01/20/93: Re: 1. Requirements for Attorney General Approval of Certificates of Participation
2. Refunding of Hospital District Revenue Bonds with General Obligation Bonds
3. Filing Requirements
4. Response to Legal Questions

1992

09/18/92: Re: Hospital Districts, Public Property Finance Act, Indemnity of Conduit Issuers, Other Matters
06/04/92: Re: Timing Requirements for Filing Transcripts, Initial Bonds and Executed Documents

1991

12/12/91: Re: School District Bonds, Part II
10/07/91: Re: School District Bonds
08/13/91: Re: Approval of School Bonds After August 30, 1991
04/24/91: Re: Issuance of School Bonds - S.B. 351
04/11/91: Re: Prepayment of Paying Agent Fees for Refunded Bonds
03/06/91: Re: Edgewood v. Kirby (Memo)
02/20/91: Re: Submission of School District Transcripts - Edgewood v. Kirby Deadline
01/28/91: Re: Edgewood v. Kirby (Memo)

1990

07/25/90: Re: Resolution Funding Corporation Bonds, Other Matters
01/09/90: Re: Effect of Edgewood v. Kirby on Attorney General Bond Approval

1989

12/14/89: Positions taken by the Public Finance Section which have not been formally disseminated since the All Bond Counsel Letter of December 13, 1988
09/07/89: Re: Financing of Jails and Detention Facilities

1988

12/13/88: Additional position s taken by the Public Finance Section and clarifications to previous positions

1987

11/02/87: Transcript Requirements

1986

12/18/86: Re: Breaking of Escrows in Refundings and Calling Refunded Bonds

1985

04/09/85: Re: Revenues Pledged on Combination Certificates of Obligation

1984

10/16/84: Re: Creation Petitions and Petitions for Annexation of Land for Water Districts; Certificate of Assessed Valuation

1983

07/05/83: Numerous financing statutes in Texas require publication of notice of intent to issue bonds in a newspaper of general circulation in the appropriate area
02/23/83: New division requirement in the approval of bonds of water districts

1982

02/03/82: Re: "General Circulation in the County"