Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 221.046

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 221.046 - Mitigation Bank Financing

(a) A mitigation project participant may issue a bond, note, or other obligation to acquire land for, to pay any part of the cost of, or to acquire, construct, improve, operate, or maintain a wetland mitigation bank.

(b) The subdivision may issue a bond, note, or obligation:

(1) in one or more series; and

(2) payable from and secured by:

(A) a tax;

(B) an assessment;

(C) an impact fee;

(D) revenue;

(E) a grant or gift;

(F) a lease or contract; or

(G) a combination of resources listed in Paragraphs (A)-(F).

(c) In this section, "mitigation project participant" means an eligible political subdivision that seeks to:

(1) implement a project the unavoidable result of which would adversely affect wetland; and

(2) compensate for the loss of wetland acreage or wetland habitat value through participation in a mitigation bank.

Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 221.046

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 24.01(a), eff. 9/1/1997.