Texas § WA.16.187 - PRICE OF SALE

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§ WA.16.187. PRICE OF SALE

PRICE OF SALE: FACILITIES ACQUIRED UNDER CONTRACTS WITH THE UNITED STATES. (a) The price of the sale or transfer of a facility acquired prior to September 1, 1977, under a contract with the United States shall be the sum of the direct cost of acquisition, plus an amount of interest calculated by adding one-half of one percent to the weighted average effective interest rate in effect at the date of the sale or transfer of the state facility times the amount of board money disbursed for the acquisition times the number of years and fraction of a year for which the board paid interest to the other party to the contract, plus the board's cost of operating and maintaining the facility from the date of acquisition to the date of the sale or transfer, less any payments received by the board from the lease of the facility or the sale of water from it. (b) The price of the sale or transfer of a state facility acquired on or subsequent to September 1, 1977, under a contract with the United States shall be the sum of the direct cost of acquisition, plus an amount of interest calculated by multiplying the lending rate in effect at the time of acquisition by the amount of board money disbursed for the acquisition of the facility times the number of years and fraction of a year from the date or dates of purchase or acquisition to the date or dates of sale or transfer, plus the board's cost of operating and maintaining the facility from the date of acquisition to the date of the sale or transfer of the facility, less any payments received by the board from the lease of the facility or the sale of water from it. (c) If, in transferring any contract, the board remains in any way directly, conditionally, or contingently liable for the performance of any part of the contract, then the transferee, in addition to the payments prescribed by Subsection (a) or (b) of this section, as applicable, shall pay to the board annually one-half of one percent of the remaining amount owed to the other party to the contract, and shall continue these payments until the board is fully released from the contract. Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 671, ch. 254, Sec. 2, eff. May 25, 1977. Renumbered from 11.357 and amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.

Source: official Texas text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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