Texas Administrative Code
Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
Part 10 - TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Chapter 375 - CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND
Subchapter B - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Section 375.19 - Financial Guarantees for Political Subdivision Bonds

Universal Citation: 31 TX Admin Code ยง 375.19

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) Financial guarantees. The Board will consider accepting surety bonds in lieu of required cash reserve deposits and insurance policies for political subdivision bonds. At the time of loan commitment and at loan closing, only those financial guarantors that have been approved by the Board are authorized to underwrite financial guarantee policies on political subdivision bonds approved by the Board.

(b) Criteria for authorized list. The Board will maintain a list of authorized financial guarantors. In order to be considered for placement on the list, a guarantor must meet the following minimum criteria:

(1) the financial guarantor must be a nationally-recognized provider of municipal bond insurance and must have a triple-A stable insurer financial strength rating with Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and Fitch, Inc.; and

(2) the financial guarantor must have a triple-A insurer financial enhancement rating with Standard & Poor's.

(c) Review of policies. The executive administrator shall review all policies of insurance submitted by authorized financial guarantors and may reject any policy of insurance or surety bond that does not protect the interests of the Board's financial program or that subrogates the Board's rights.

(d) Removal from authorized list. The executive administrator may remove a financial guarantor from the authorized list at any time that a change in status would cause the financial guarantor to fail to meet the minimum criteria.

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