Sec. 17.080.  ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF BONDS.  (a)  If the amount transferred from the clearance fund plus the money and securities in the interest and sinking fund are insufficient to pay the interest coming due and the principal maturing on the bonds during the fiscal year, then after the transfer to the interest and sinking fund of as much money as is available in the clearance fund, the comptroller shall transfer out of the first money coming into the treasury, not otherwise appropriated by the constitution, the amount required to pay principal and interest on the bonds during the fiscal year, except for those bonds dedicated pursuant to Section 17.0111 of this code.
(b)  If the amount transferred from the economically distressed areas clearance fund plus the money and securities in the economically distressed areas interest and sinking fund are insufficient to pay the interest coming due and the principal maturing on the bonds dedicated pursuant to Section 17.0111 of this code during the fiscal year, then after the transfer to the economically distressed areas interest and sinking fund of as much money as is available in the economically distressed areas clearance fund, the comptroller shall transfer out of the first money coming into the treasury, not otherwise appropriated by the constitution, the amount required to pay principal and interest on the bonds during the fiscal year.
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977;  Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 2.17;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 20.06, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.