Texas Transportation Code

§ 257.110 — DISTRICT TREASURER OR DEPOSITORY

TN § 257.110Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part C. COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES · Ch. 257. ROAD DISTRICTS · Art. C. ROAD DISTRICT IN ADJOINING COUNTIES

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(a)At a joint meeting held for that purpose in the county having the greatest population, the commissioners of the counties included in whole or part in a road district established under this subchapter shall select a treasurer or depository for the district. The treasurer or depository must be a bank, banking corporation, or individual banker resident in the district.

(b)The treasurer or depository is governed by the laws and subject to the penalties applicable by law to a depository of county money.

(c)The selected treasurer or depository may not receive any road district money until the treasurer or depository gives a surety bond to the district:

(1)in an amount equal to the amount of district money deposited;

(2)made with a corporate surety authorized to do business in the state; and

(3)conditioned on the safekeeping and paying of the district money.

Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.