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TITLE 31NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 10TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD
CHAPTER 375CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND
SUBCHAPTER GLOAN CLOSINGS AND AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
RULE §375.91Financial Assistance Secured by Bonds or Other Authorized Securities

    (D) insurance coverage must be obtained and maintained in an amount sufficient to protect the Board's interest in the project;

    (E) the Applicant, or an obligated person for whom financial or operating data is presented, either individually or in combination with other issuers of the Applicant's obligations or obligated persons, must undertake in a written agreement or contract to comply with requirements for continuing disclosure as required by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule 15c2-12 and determined as if the Board were a Participating Underwriter within the meaning of such rule. Such continuing disclosure undertaking is for the benefit of the Board and the beneficial owner of the political subdivision's obligations if the Board sells or otherwise transfers such obligations, and the beneficial owners of the Board's bonds if the political subdivision is an obligated person with respect to such bonds under rule 15c2-12. The ordinance or resolution required in subsection (a)(2) of this section, above, must also contain any other requirements of the SEC or the IRS relating to arbitrage, private activity bonds, or other relevant requirements regarding the securities held by the Board;

    (F) current, accurate, and complete records and accounts must be maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles to demonstrate compliance with requirements in the financial assistance documents;

    (G) the Applicant must annually submit an audit prepared by a certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards;

    (H) the Applicant must submit a final accounting within 60 days of the completion of the project;

    (I) the Applicant must document the adoption and implementation of an approved water conservation plan for the duration of the financial assistance;

    (J) the Applicant must comply with special environmental conditions specified in the Board's environmental finding as well as with any applicable Board laws or rules relating to use of the financial assistance;

  (3) assurances that the Applicant will comply with any special conditions specified by the Board's environmental finding;

  (4) if the project will result in the development of surface water or groundwater resources, the Applicant must provide information showing that it has the legal right to use the water that the project will provide. Upon receipt of the information, the executive administrator will prepare a finding that the Applicant has a reasonable expectation of obtaining the water rights to the water that the project will provide prior to any release of funds for planning, land acquisition, and design activities. Prior to the release of funds for construction, a written water rights certification will be prepared by the executive administrator. The certification will be based upon the Applicant's information showing the necessary water rights have been acquired;

  (5) evidence that the Applicant has the technical, managerial, and financial capacity to maintain the system unless the use of the funds will be to ensure that the system has the technical, managerial, and financial capacity to comply with the national primary or applicable state drinking water regulations over the long term;

  (6) when any portion of the financial assistance is to be held in an escrow account, the Applicant must execute an escrow agreement, approved as to form and substance by the executive administrator;

  (7) if applicable, a home rule municipality pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Chapter 104 must execute a Certification of Trust as defined in §375.1 of this title; and

  (8) any additional information specified in writing by the executive administrator.


Source Note: The provisions of this §375.91 adopted to be effective September 8, 2010, 35 TexReg 8126; amended to be effective July 30, 2012, 37 TexReg 5615; amended to be effective July 4, 2016, 41 TexReg 4853; amended to be effective March 18, 2019, 44 TexReg 1445; amended to be effective June 10, 2020, 45 TexReg 3869

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