Sec. 1231.062.  BIENNIAL DEBT STATISTICS REPORT.  (a)  Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year, the board shall submit to the legislature a statistical report relating to:
(1)  state securities; and
(2)  bonds and other debt obligations issued by local governments.
(b)  A report must include:
(1)  total debt service as a percentage of total expenditures;
(2)  tax-supported debt service as a percentage of general revenue expenditure;
(3)  per capita total debt;
(4)  per capita tax-supported debt;
(5)  total debt and tax-supported debt as a percentage of personal income;
(6)  total personal income per capita;
(7)  total debt per capita as a percentage of total personal income per capita;
(8)  total debt and tax-supported debt as a percentage of real property valuations;
(9)  total debt and tax-supported debt as a percentage of annual revenues and expenditures;
(10)  principal required to be repaid in five years and principal required to be repaid in 10 years;
(11)  growth rates of total debt per capita and total debt per dollar of personal income;
(12)  recent trends in the issuance of short-term notes;
(13)  recent trends in issuance costs;
(14)  savings from recent refundings;
(15)  recent trends in capitalized interest use;
(16)  debt service coverage ratios, if applicable;  and
(17)  other information the board considers relevant.
(c)  The attorney general, each state agency, and each local government shall provide to the board, at the times required by the board, information that the board determines to be necessary to prepare the statistical report.
(d)  The board may enter into a contract for the procurement of services related to the collection and maintenance of information on the indebtedness of local governments and state agencies necessary to prepare the statistical report.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1416 (S.B. 2064), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.