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BONDS — COUNTY, MUNICIPAL, ETC. Art. 842a -2 <br />71tle 22 <br />backed securities that have a. market value of not less than the principal amount of the <br />certificates or in any other manner and amount provided by law for deposits of the <br />investing entities; <br />(6) certificates of deposit issued by savings and loan associations domiciled in this state <br />that are: <br />(A) guaranteed or insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation,-or <br />its successor, or <br />(B) secured by obligations that are described by Subdivisions (1)(4) of this subsection, <br />which are intended to include all direct federal agency or instrumentality issued mortgage <br />backed securities thuit have a market value of not less than the principal amount of the <br />certificates or in any other manner and amount provided by law for deposits of the <br />investing entities; <br />M prime domestic bankers' acceptances; <br />(8) commercial paper with a stated maturity of 270 days or leas from the date of its <br />issuance that either. <br />(A) is rated not leas than A -1, P -1, or the,equivalent by at least two nationally <br />recognized credit rating agencies; or <br />(B) is rated at least A -1, P -1, or the equivalent by at least one nationally recognized <br />credit rating agency and is fully secured by an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a <br />bank organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof; <br />and .. . <br />(9) fully collateralized repurchase agreements having a defined termination date, se- <br />cured by obligations described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection, pledged with a third <br />party selected or approved by the political entity, and placed through a primary govern- <br />ment securities dealer, as defined by the Federal Reserve, or a bank domiciled in this <br />state. <br />Text of subsea (a) as amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 699, 14, and Acts <br />1989, 71st Leg., eh. 750, § 1 <br />Sea 2. (a) An incorporated city or town, a county, a public school district, an <br />institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 of the Education Code, any <br />nonprofit corporation or public funds investment pool created under The Interloal <br />Cooperation Act (Article 4413(32c), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) acting on behalf of any <br />of those entities, or a navigation district organized under Article III, Section 52, or Article <br />XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution may, in accordance with this Act, purchase, <br />sell, and invest its funds and funds under its control in•the following: <br />(1) obligations of the United States or its agencies and instrumentalities; <br />(2) direct obligations of the State of Texas or its agencies; <br />(3) other obligations, the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaran- <br />teed or insured by the State of Texas or the United States; . <br />(4) obligations of states, agencies, counties, cities, and other political subdivisions of <br />any state having been rated as to investment quality by a nationally recognized invest- <br />ment rating firm and having received a rating of not less than A or its equivalent; <br />(5) certificates of deposit issued by state and national banks domiciled in this state that <br />are: <br />(A) guaranteed or insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or its succes- <br />sor, or <br />(B) secured by obligations that are described by Subdivisions W-(4) of this subsection, <br />which are intended to include all direct agency or instrumentality issued mortgage backed <br />securities rated AAA by a nationally recognized rating agency, or by Chapter 726, Acts of <br />the 67th Legislature, 'Regular Session, 1981 (Article 2529b -1, Vernon's Texas Civil <br />Statutes), and that have a market value of not leas than the principal amount of the <br />certificates; <br />(6) fully collateralized direct repurchase agreements having a defined termination date, <br />secured by obligations described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection, pledged with a third <br />party selected or approved by the political entity, and placed through a primary govern - <br />287 <br />I <br />