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
2008
2007
2005
- 08/10/05: Re: Statutory Fee Increase
2002
2001
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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
1999
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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12/13/88: Additional position s taken by the Public Finance Section and clarifications to previous positions
1987
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11/02/87: Transcript Requirements
1986
1985
1984
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
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02/03/82: Re: "General Circulation in the County"