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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 1231.063. Debt Affordability Study

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The board, in consultation with the Legislative Budget Board, shall annually prepare a study regarding the state's current debt burden by:

(1) analyzing the state's historical debt use and financial and economic resources to determine the amount of additional not self-supporting debt the state can accommodate;  and

(2) monitoring how annual changes and new debt authorizations affect the mechanism described in Subsection (b).

(b) The study must include a mechanism that can be used to determine, at a minimum, the state's debt affordability and serve as a guideline for debt authorizations and debt service appropriations.  The mechanism must be designed to calculate:

(1) the not self-supporting debt service as a percentage of unrestricted revenues;

(2) the ratio of not self-supporting debt to personal income;

(3) the amount of not self-supporting debt per capita;

(4) the rate of debt retirement;  and

(5) the ratio of not self-supporting debt service to budgeted or expended general revenue.

(c) Not later than February 15 of each year, the board shall submit the annual study to:

(1) the governor;

(2) the comptroller;

(3) the presiding officer of each house of the legislature;  and

(4) the Senate Committee on Finance and House Appropriations Committee.

(d) The annual study submitted under Subsection (c) must include a target and limit ratio for not self-supporting debt service as a percentage of unrestricted revenues.

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