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ORDINANCE NO. 94-1973
ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RESTATING ORDlNANCE NO, 941971, ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGA nON
REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 1994, AND ALL OTHER MATIERS RELATED THERETO
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte desires to amend Ordinance No, 941971 and restate
completely the ordinance as amended;
WHEREAS, there are presently outstanding the following obligations of the City of La Porte (the "Issuer" or
the "City"), which are secured by a plcilge by the Issuer to levy ad valorem taxes sufficient to pay principal of and
interest on such obligations as they become due (collectively the "Refunded Obligations") which the Issuer now
desires to refund:
DESCRIPTION
College View Municipal Utility District Waterworks
and Sewer System Combination Tax and Revenue Bonds,
Series 1968, dated September 1, 1968 (Assumed Bonds)
REFUNDED
AMOUNT
MATURITIES
CALL
$ 120,000
1997-1998
9-1-94
College View Municipal Utility District Waterworks
and Sewer System Combination Tax and Revenue Bonds,
Series 1970, dated November 1, 1970 (Assumed Bonds)
$ 15,000
1995
5-1-94
City of La Porte, Texas, General Obligation Bonds,
Series 1986, dated May 15, 1986 '
$2,175,000
1998-2005
2-15-96
City of La Porte, Texas, General Obligation Bonds,
Series 1989, dated July 15, 1989
$1,850,000
2003-2010
2-15-00
City of La Porte, Texas, General Obligation Bonds,
Series 1990, dated September 15, 1990
$ 600,000
2004-2011
3-15-01
City of La Porte, Texas, General Obligation
Refunding Bonds, Series 1991, dated April 15, 1991
$1,900,000
2001-2005
2-15-99
WHEREAS, Article 717k. Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended (the "Act"), authorizes the Issuer to issue
refunding bonds and to deposit the proceeds from the sale thereof together with any other available funds or re-
sources, directly with a place of payment (paying agent) for any of the Refunded Obligations, and such deposit, if
made before such payment dates, shall constitute the making of finn banking and financial arrangements for the
discharge and final payment of the Refunded Obligations;
WHEREAS, the City Council of the Issuer (the "Council") deems it advisable to refund the Refunded
Obligations in order to lower the annual debt service requirements of the Issuer and to restructure the Issuer's debt
service in a manner which will pennit the issuance of additional general obligation bonds without a tax rate increase
or with a smaller increase than would otherwise be required;
WHEREAS, all the Refunded Obligations mature or are subject to redemption prior to maturity within 20 years
of the date of the bonds hereinafter authorized;
WHEREAS, it is now deemed necessary and advisable that said bonds be issued at this time, in the amounts,
and for the purpose as herein shown; and
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WHEREAS, lhe bonds hereinafter authorized are to be issued and delivered pursuant to the Act and the Charter
of the Issuer.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. AMOUNT AND PURPOSE OF THE BONDS. The bonds of City of La Porte (the "Issuer") are
hereby authorized to be issued and delivered in lhe aggregate principal amount of $7,445,000, FOR THE PURPOSE
OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO REFUND THE ISSUER'S REFUNDED OBLIGATIONS (as described in the
preamble hereto).
SECTION 2. DESIGNATION, DATE, DENOMINATIONS, NUMBERS. MATURITIES. AND INTEREST
RATES OF BONDS. Each bond issued pursuant to lhis Ordinance shall be designated: "CITY OF LA PORTE.
TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BOND, SERIES 1994", and initially there shall be issued, sold,
and delivered hereunder fully registered bonds, wilhout interest coupons, dated April 1. 1994, in lhe respective
denominations and principal amounts hereinafter stated, payable to the respective initial registered owners thereof
(as designated in Section 11 hereof). or to the registered assignee or assignees of said bonds or any portion or
portions lhereof (in each case, lhe "Registered Owner", "Owner", or "owner").
The tenn "Bonds" as used in this Ordinance shall mean and include collectively the bonds initially issued and
delivered pursuant to this Ordinance and all substitute bonds exchanged lherefor, as well as all other substitute bonds
and replacement bonds issued pursuant hereto, and the tenn "Bond" shall mean any of the Bonds, The Initial Bond
shall be numbered 1-1 and the definitive Bonds shall be numbered R-l upward and shall be in the denomination of
$5.000 each or any integral multiple thereof, shall mature and be payable serially on February 15 in each of the years
and in lhe principal amounts, respectively as set forth in the following schedule, and shall bear interest from lhe dates
specified in the FORM OF BOND set forth in lhis Ordinance to their respective dates of maturity or redemption prior
to maturity at the following rates per annum:
INTEREST INTEREST
YEARS AMOUNTS RATES YEARS AMOUNTS RATES
1995 $195,000 3,25% 2001 $1,050,000 4.60%
1996 280,000 3.50 2002 960,000 4.70
1997 265,000 3.75 2003 1,090,000 4.85
1998 500,000 4,00 2004 1,065,000 4.95
1999 455,000 4.20 2005 905,000 5.10
2000 680.000 4.30
Said interest shall be payable in lhe manner provided and on the dates stated in the FORM OF BOND set forth in
this Ordinance,
SECTION 3. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BONDS. (a) Re~istration. Transfer. and Exchan~e: Authentication.
The Issuer shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal corporate trust office of Texas Commerce Bank National
Association, Houston, Texas (the "Paying Agent/Registrar") books or records for the registration of the transfer and
exchange of the Bonds (the "Registration Books"), and the Issuer hereby appoints the Paying Agent/Registrar as its
registrar and transfer agent to keep such books or records and make such registrations of transfers and exchanges
under such reasonable regulations as the Issuer and Paying AgentlRegistrar may prescribe: and the Paying
Agent/Registrar shall make such registrations, transfers, and exchanges as herein provided. The Mayor and the City
Secretary are authorized to enter into a Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement substantially in the fonn of Exhibit A,
attached hereto. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall obtain and record in the Registration Books the address of the
registered owner of each Bond to which payments with respect to the Bonds shall be mailed, as herein provided; but
it shall be the duty of each registered owner to notify the Paying Agent/Registrar in writing of the address to which
payments shall be mailed, and such interest payments shall not be mailed unless such notice has been given. To the
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extent possible and under reasonable circumstances, all transfers of Bonds shall be made within three business days
after request and presentation thereof, The Issuer shall have the right to inspect the Registration Books during
regular business hours of the Paying Agent/Registrar, but otherwise the Paying Agent/Registrar shall keep the Regis-
tration Books confidential and, unless otherwise required by law, shall not pennit their inspection by any other entity,
The Paying Agent/Registrar's standard or customary fees and charges for making such registration, transfer, exchange
and delivery of a substitute Bond or Bonds shall be paid as provided in the FORM OF BOND set forth in this Ordi-
nance, Registration of assignments, transfers, and exchanges of Bonds shall be made in the manner provided and
with the effect stated in the FORM OF BOND set forth in this Ordinance, Each substitute Bond shall bear a letter
and/or number to distinguish it from each other Bond.
Except as provided in (c) below, an authorized representative of the Paying Agent/Registrar shall, before the
delivery of any such Bond. date and manually sign the Paying Agent/Registrar's Authentication Certificate, and no
such Bond shall be deemed to be issued or outstanding unless such Certificate is so executed. The Paying
Agent/Registrar promptly shall cancel all paid Bonds and Bonds surrendered for transfer and exchange, No addi-
tional ordinances, orders. or resolutions need be passed or adopted by the governing body of the Issuer or any other
body or person so as to accomplish the foregoing transfer and exchange of any Bond or portion thereof, and the
Paying Agent! Registrar shall provide for the printing, execution, and delivery of the substitute Bonds in the manner
prescribed herein, and said Bonds shall be of type composition printed on paper with lithographed or steel engraved
borders of customary weight and strength, Pursuant to Vernon's Ann, Tex, Civ. S1. Art, 717k-6, and particularly
Section 6 thereof, the duty of lransfer and exchange of Bonds as aforesaid is hereby imposed upon the Paying
Agent/Registrar. and, upon the execution of said certificate, the transferred and exchanged Bond shall be valid.
incontestable, and enforceable in the same manner and with the same effect as the Bonds which initially were issued
and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance. approved by the Attorney General, and registered by the Comptroller of
Public Accounts.
(b) Payment of Bonds and Interest. The Issuer hereby further appoints the Paying Agent/Registrar to act as
the paying agent for paying the principal of and interest on the Bonds. all as provided in this Ordinance, The Paying
Agent! Registrar shall keep proper records of all payments made by the Issuer and the Paying Agent/Registrar with
respect to the Bonds,
(c) In General, The Bonds (i) shall be issued in fully registered fonn, without interest coupons, with the
principal of and interest on such Bonds to be payable only to the registered owners thereof. (ii) may be redeemed
prior to their scheduled maturities, (iii) may be transferred and assigned, (iv) may be exchanged for other Bonds,
(v) shall have the characteristics, (vi) shall be signed, sealed, executed. and authenticated, (vii) shall have the
principal of and interest on the Bonds be payable, and (viii) shall be administered and the Paying Agent/Registrar
and the Issuer shall have certain ~uties and responsibilities with respect to the Bonds, all as provided. and in the
manner and to the effect as required or indicated, in the FORM OF BOND set forth in this Ordinance. The Initial
Bond shall be delivered to the initial purchaser and are not required to be, and shall not be, authenticated by the
Paying Agent/Registrar, but on each substitute Bond issued in exchange for the Initial Bonds or any Bond or Bonds
issued under this Ordinance the Paying Agent/Registrar shall execute the PAYING AGENTIREGISlRAR'S
AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE, in the fonn set forth in the FORM OF BOND,
(d) Substitute Paving AgentlRegistrar, The Issuer covenants with the registered owners of the Bonds that at
all times while the Bonds are outstanding the Issuer will provide a competent and legally qualified bank, b1Jst
company. financial institution, or other agency to act as and perfonn the services of Paying Agent/Registrar for the
Bonds under this Ordinance, and that the Paying Agent/Registrnr will be one entity. The Issuer reserves the right
to, and may, at its option, change the Paying Agent/Registrnr upon not less than 120 days written notice to the
Paying Agent/Registrar, to be effective not later than 60 days prior to the next principal or interest payment date after
such notice. In the event that the entity at any time acting as Paying Agent/Registrar (or its successor by merger,
acquisition, or other method) should resign or otherwise cease to act as such, the Issuer covenants that promptly it
will appoint a competent and legally qualified bank, trust company, financial institution, or other agency to act as
Paying Agent/Registrar under this Ordinance, Upon any change in the Paying Agent/Registrar, the previous Paying
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Agent/Registrar promptly shall transfer and deliver the Registration Books (or a copy thereof), along with all other
pertinent books and records relating to the Bonds, to the new Paying Agent/Registrar designated and appointed by
the Issuer. Upon any change in the Paying AgentlRegistrar, the Issuer promptly will cause a written notice thereof
to be sent by the new Paying Agent/Registrar to each registered owner of the Bonds, by United States mail, first-
class postage prepaid, which notice also shall give the address of the new Paying Agent! Registrar, By accepting
the position and performing as such, each Paying Agent/Registrar shall be deemed to have agreed to the provisions
of this Ordinance, and a certified copy of this Ordinance shall be delivered to each Paying Agent/Registrar.
SECTION 4. FORM OF BONDS, The fonn of the Bonds, including the fonn of Paying Agent/Registrar's
Authentication Certificate, the fonn of Assign~ent, the fonn of Statement of Insumnce, and the form of Registration
Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas to be attached to the Bonds initially issued
and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance, shall be, respectively, substantially as follows, with such appropriate varia-
tions, omissions, or insertions as are penniued or required by this Ordinance.
[FORM OF BOND]
[Fonn of Front Panel of Definitive Bond]
NO.R-
United States of America
State of Texas
ctTY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS
GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BOND,
SERIES 1994
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
$
INTEREST RATE
MATURITY DATE
ISSUE DATE
April 1, 1994
CUSIP NO.
REGISTERED OWNER:
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
DOLLARS
ON THE MATURITY DATE, specified above, TIlE CITY OF LA PORTE, a home rule city and municipal
cOJporation of the State of Texas (the "Issuer"), hereby promises to pay to the Registered Owner, specified above,
or registered assigns (hereinafter called the "registered owner") the Principal Amount, specified above, and to pay
interest thereon from the Issue Date, specified above, on August 15, 1994, and semiannually on each February 15
and August 15 thereafter to the Maturity Date, specified above, or the date of redemption prior to maturity, at the
Interest Rate per annum, specified above; except that if this Bond is required to be authenticated and the date of its
authentication is later than the first Record Date (hereinafter defined), such principal amount shall bear interest from
the interest payment date next preceding the date of authentication, unless such date of authentication is after any
Record Date but on or before the next following interest payment date, in which case such principal amount shall
bear interest from such next following interest payment date; provided, however, that if on the date of authentication
hereof the interest on the Bond or Bonds, if any, for which this Bond is being exchanged is due but has not been
paid, then this Bond shall bear interest from the date to which such interest has been paid in full.
THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON this Bond are payable in lawful money of the United States of
America, without exchange or collection charges. The principal of this Bond shall be paid to the registered owner
hereof upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at maturity or upon the date fixed for its redemption prior to
maturity, at the principal corporate trust office of TEXAS COMMERCE BANK. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Houston, Texas, or its successor, which is the "Paying Agent/Registrar" for this Bond. The payment of interest on
this Bond shall be made by the Paying Agent/Registrar to the registered owner hereof on each interest payment date
by check, dated as of such interest payment date, drawn by the Paying Agent/Registrar on, and payable solely from,
funds of the Issuer required by the ordinance authorizing the issuance of this Bond adopted on March 17, 1994 (the
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"Bond Ordinance") to be on deposit with the Paying AgentlRegistrar for such purpose as hereinafter provided; and
such check shall be sent by the Paying Agent/Registrar by United States mail, frrst-class postage prepaid, on each
such interest payment date, to the registered owner hereof, at its address as it appeared on the last business day of
the month next preceding each such date (the "Record Date") on the Registration Books kept by the Paying
Agent/Registrar, as hereinafter described. In addition, interest may be paid by such other method, acceptable to the
Paying AgentlRegistIar, requested by, and at the risk and expense of, the registered owner.
TillS BOND is one of a Series of Bonds dated as of April 1, 1994, authorized in accordance with the Constitu-
tion and laws of the State of Texas in the original principal amount of $7,445,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING FUNDS TO REFUND CERTAIN OF THE ISSUER'S OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS (as described
in the preamble to the Bond Ordinance).
REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THE BOND SET FORTH ON
THE REVERSE HEREOF, WillCH PROVISIONS SHALL HAVE THE SAME FORCE AND EFFECT AS IF SET
FORTH IN THIS SPACE.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Bond to be signed with the manual or facsimile signature
of the Mayor of the Issuer and countersigned with the manual or facsimile signature of the City Secretary of the
Issuer, and has caused the official seal of the Issuer to be duly impressed, or placed in facsimile, on this Bond.
CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS
xxxxxxxxxxxxx
City Secretary
City of La Porte, Texas
xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mayor
City of La Porte, Texas
[ponn of Back Panel of Bond]
THE BONDS are issued pursuant to the Bond Ordinance whereunder the Issuer covenants to levy a continuing
direct annual ad valorem tax on taxable property within the Issuer, not to exceed $2.50 per assessed $100 valuation,
as provided in Article XI, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution, for each year while any part of the Bonds are
considered outstanding under the provisions of the Bond Ordinance, in sufficient amount to pay interest on each
Bond as it becomes due, to provide a sinking fund for dIe payment of the principal of the Bonds when due, and to
pay the expenses of assessing and collecting such tax, all as more specifically provided in the Bond Ordinance.
Reference is hereby made to the Bond Ordinance for provisions with respect to dIe custody and application of the
Issuer's funds, remedies in the event of a default hereunder or thereunder, and the other rights of the registered
owner.
TillS BOND IS TRANSFERABLE OR EXCHANGEABLE only upon presentation and surrender at the
principal corporate office of the Paying Agent/Registrar. If this Bond is being transferred, it shall be duly endorsed
for transfer or accompanied by an assignment duly executed by the registered owner, or his authorized representative,
subject to the tenns and conditions of the Bond Ordinance,
ANY ACCRUED INTEREST DUE at maturity or upon the redemption of this Bond prior to maturity as
provided herein shall be paid to the registered owner upon presentation and surrender of this Bond for redemption
and payment at the principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent/RegistIar. The Issuer covenants with the
registered owner of this Bond that on or before each principal payment date, interest payment date, and accrued
interest payment date for this Bond it will make available to the Paying Agent/Registrar, from the "Interest and
Sinking Fund" created by the Bond Ordinance, the amounts required to provide for the payment, in immediately
available funds, of all principal of and interest on the Bonds, when due.
IF THE DATE for the payment of the principal of or interest on this Bond shall be a Saturday, a Sunday, a
legal holiday, or a day on which banking institutions in the city where the principal corporate trust office of the
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Paying AgentlRegistrar is located are authorized by law or executive order to close, or the United States Postal
Service is not open for business, then the date for such payment shall be the next succeeding day which is not such
a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which banking institutions are authorized to close, or the United States
Postal Service is not open for business; and payment on such date shall have the same force and effect as if made
on the original date payment was due,
ON FEBRUARY 15, 2002, or on any date thereafter, the Bonds of this Series may be redeemed prior to their
scheduled maturities, at the option of the Issuer, with funds derived from any available and lawful source, as a whole,
or in part (provided that a portion of a Bond may be redeemed only in an integral multiple of $5,0(0) at the
redemption price of the principal amount of Bonds called for redemption, plus accrued interest thereon to the date
fixed for redemption, If less than all of the Bonds are to be redeemed, the Issuer shall detennine the maturity or
maturities and the amounts thereof to be redeemed and shall direct the Paying Agent/Registrar to call by lot Bonds,
or portions thereof, within such maturity or maturities and in such principal amounts, for redemption.
AT LEAST 30 days prior to the date for any such redemption, a notice of such redemption shall be sent by
the Paying Agent/Regislrar by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, to the registered owner of each Bond,
or portion thereof to be redeemed, at its address as it appeared on the Registration Books on the 45th day prior to
such redemption date and to major securities depositories, national bond rating agencies, and bond infonnation
services; provided, however, that the failure to send, mail, or receive such notice, or any defect therein or in the
sending or mailing thereof, shall not a(fect the validity or effectiveness of the proceedings for the redemption of any
Bond. By the date fixed for any such redemption, due provision shall be made by the Issuer with the Paying
Agent/Registrar for the payment of the required redemption price for this Bond or the portion hereof which is to be
so redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date fixed for redemption, If such notice of redemption is given,
and if due provision for such payment is made, all as provided above, this Bond, or the portion thereof which is to
be so redeemed, thereby automatically shall be redeemed prior to its scheduled maturity, and shall not bear interest
after the date fixed for its redemption, and shall not be regarded as being outstanding except for the right of the
registered owner to receive the redemption price plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption from the
Paying Agent/Registrar out of the funds provided for such payment. The Paying AgentlRcgistrar shall record in the
Registration Books all such redemptions of principal of this Bond or any portion hereof. If a portion of any Bond
shall be redeemed, a substitute Bond or Bonds having the same maturity dale, bearing interest at the same rate, in
any denomination or denominations in any integral multiple of $5,000, at the written request of the registered owner,
and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof, will be issued to the registered owner
upon the surrender thereof for cancellation, at the expense of the Issuer, all as provided in the Bond Ordinance.
ALL BONDS OF THIS SERIES are issuable solely as fully registered Bonds, without interest coupons, in the
denomination of any integral multiple of $5,000. As provided in the Bond Ordinance. this Bond. or any unredeemed
portion hereof, may, at the request of the registered owner or the assignee or assignees hereof, be assigned,
transferred, and exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of fully registered Bonds, without interest coupons,
payable to the appropriate registered owner, assignee, or assignees, as the case may be, having the same
denomination or denominations in any integral multiple of $5,000 as requested in writing by the appropriate
registered owner, assignee, or assignees, as the case may be. upon surrender of this Bond to the Paying
Agent/Registrar for cancellation, all in accordance with the fonn and procedures set forth in the Bond Ordinance.
Among other requirements for such assignment and transfer, this Bond must be presented and surrendered to the
Paying Agent/Registrar, together with proper instruments of assignment, in fonn and with guarantee of signatures
satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar, evidencing assignment of this Bond or any portion or portions hereof in
any integral multiple of $5,000 to the assignee or assignees in whose name or names this Bond or any such portion
or portions hereof is or are to be registered. The fonn of Assignment printed or endorsed on this Bond may be
executed by the registered owner to evidence the assignment hereof, but such method is not exclusive, and other
instruments of assignment satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar may be used to evidence the assignment of this
Bond or any portion or portions hereof from time to time by the registered owner. The person requesting such
transfer and exchange shall pay the Paying Agent/Registrar's reasonable standard or customary fees and charges for
transferring and exchanging any Bond or portion thereof. In any circumstance, any taxes or governmental charges
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required to be paid with respect thereto shall be paid by the person requesting such assignment, transfer, or exchange,
as a condition precedent to the exercise of such privilege, The foregoing notwithstanding, in the case of the
exchange of a portion of a Bond which has been redeemed prior to maturity, as provided herein, and in the case of
the exchange of an assigned and transferred Bond or Bonds or any portion or portions thereof, such fees and charges
of the Paying Agent/Regislrar will be paid by the Issuer. The Paying Agent/Regislrar shall not be required to make
any such transfer or exchange (i) during the period commencing with the close of business on any Record Date and
ending with the opening of business on the next following principal or interest payment date or (ii) with respect to
any Bond or any portion thereof called for redemption prior to maturity, within 45 days prior to its redemption date.
IN THE EVENT any Paying Agent/Registrar for the Bonds is changed by the Issuer, resigns, or otherwise
ceases to act as such, the Issuer has covenanted in the Bond Ordinance that it promptly will appoint a competent and
legally qualified substitute therefor, and cause written notice thereof to be mailed to the registered owners of the
Bonds,
BY BECOMING the registered owner of this Bond, the registered owner thereby acknowledges all of the tenns
and provisions of the Bond Ordinance, agrees to be bound by such tenns and provisions, acknowledges that the Bond
Ordinance is duly recorded and available for inspection in the official minutes and records of the governing body
of the Issuer, and agrees that the'tenns and provisions of this Bond and the Bond Ordinance constitute a contract
between each registered owner hereof and the Issuer.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED. RECITED, AND COVENANTED THAT this Bond has been duly and validly
authorized, issued, and delivered; all acts, conditions, and things required or proper to be perfonned, exist, and be
done precedent to or in the authorization, issuance, and delivery of this Bond have been perfonned, existed, and been
done in accordance with law; and ad valorem taxes sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest on and
principal of this Bond, as such interest comes due, and as such principal matures, have been levied and ordered to
be levied against all taxable property in the Issuer, and have been pledged for such payment, within the limit
prescribed by law.
FORM OF INITIAL BOND
The Initial Bond shall be in the fonn set forth above for the Definitive Bonds. except the followin~ shall
replace the headin~ and the first oara~raph and the Bond will be a continuous document:
NO. 1-1
$7,445,000
United States of America
State of Texas
CITY OF LA PORTE. TEXAS
GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BOND.
SERIES 1994
Issue Date:
APRil.. 1, 1994
Registered Owner:
Principal Amount:
SEVEN Mll..LION FOUR HUNDRED FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($7,445,000)
THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS (the "Issuer"), for value received, acknowledges itself indebted to and
hereby promises to pay to the order of the Registered Owner, specified above, or the registered assigns thereof (the
"Registered Owner"), the Principal Amount. specified above, wilh principal installments payable on August 15 in
each of the years, and bearing interest at per annum rates in accordance with the following schedule:
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YEARS OF
STATED MA TURlTIES
PRINCIPAL
INSTALLMENTS
$
INfEREST
RATE
%
(Infonnation to be inserted from schedule in Section 2 hereof.)
INTEREST on the unpaid Principal Amount hereof from the Issue Date, specified 'above, or from the most
recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for until the Principal Amount has
become due and payment thereof has been made or duly provided for shall be paid computed on the basis of a 360-
day year of twelve 30-day months; such interest being payable on February 15 and August 15 of each year,
commencing August 15, 1994,
THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INfEREST ON this Bond are payable in lawful money of the United States of
America, without exchange or collection charges, The final payment of principal of this Bond shall be paid to the
Registered Owner hereof upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at final maturity, at the principal corporate
bUst office of TEXAS COMMERCE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Houston, Texas, which is the "Paying
Agent/Registrar" for this Bond. The payment of principal installments and interest on this Bond shaU be made by
the Paying Agent/Registrar to the Registered Owner hereof as shown by the Registration Books kept by the Paying
Agent/Registrar at the close of business on the Record Date by check drawn by the Paying Agent/Registrar on, and
payable solely from, funds of the Issuer required to be on deposit with the Paying Agent/Registrar for such purpose
as hereinafter provided; and such check shall ~e sent by the Paying Agent/Registrar by United States mail, postage
prepaid, on each such payment date, to the registered owner hereof at its address as it appears on the Registration
Books kept by the Paying Agent/Registrar, as hereinafter described, The record date ("Record Date") for payments
hereon means the last business day of the month preceding a scheduled payment. In the event of a non-payment
of interest on a scheduled payment date, and for 30 days thereafter, a new record date for such payment (a "Special
Record Date") will be established by the Paying Agent/Registrar, if and when funds for the payment thereof have
been received from the Issuer. Notice of the Special Record Date and of the scheduled payment date of the past due
payment (the "Special Payment Date", which shall be 15 calendar days after the Special Record Date) shaU be sent
at least five business days prior to the Special Record Date by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, to the
address of the Registered Owner appearing on the books of the Paying Agenl/Registrar at the close of business on
the last business day next preceding the date of mailing of such notice, The Issuer covenants with the Registered
Owner that no later than each principal installment payment date and interest payment date for this Bond it will make
available to the Paying Agenl/Regislrar the amounts required to provide for the payment, in immediately available
funds, of all principal of and interest on the Bond, when due, in the manner set forth in the Ordinance defined below.
[FORM OF PAYING AGENT/REGlSlRAR'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE].
* Not required on Initial Bond
PAYING AGENTIREGISTRAR'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE
It is hereby certified that this Bond has been issued under the provisions of the Bond Ordinance described in
the text of this Bond; and that this Bond has been issued in exchange for, a bond, bonds, or a portion of a bond or
bonds of a Series which originally was approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas and registered by
the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas,
Dated:
TEXAS COMMERCE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Paying Agenl/Registrar
By
Authorized Signature
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[FORM OF STATEMENT OF INSURANCE]
STATEMENT OF INSURANCE
Municipal Bond Guaranty Insurance Policy No. (the "Policy") with respect to payments due for
principal of and interest on this Bond has been issued by AMBAC Indemnity Corporation ("AMBAC Indemnity").
The Policy has been delivered to the United States Trust Company of New York, New York, New York, as the
Insurance Trustee under said Policy and will be held by such Insurance Trustee or any successor insurance trustee.
The Policy is on file and available for inspection at the principal office of the Insurance Trustee and a copy thereof
may be secured from AMBAC Indemnity or the Insurance Trustee, All payments required to be made under the
Policy shall be made in accordance with the provisions thereof, The owner of this Bond acknowledges and consents
to the subrogation rights of AMBAC Indemnity as more fully set forth in the Policy.
[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto
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(please insert Social Security Number or (please print name and address. including zip code. of Transferee)
Taxpayer Identification of Transferee)
the within Bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
attorney to register the transfer of
the within Bond on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises,
Dated:
Signature Guaranteed:
NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a
member fmn of the New York Stock Exchange
or a commercial bank or trust company.
NOTICE: The signature above must correspond
with the name of the Registered Owner as it
appears upon the front of this Bond in every
particular. without alteration or enlargement
or any change whatsoever,
The following abbreviations. when used in the Assignment above or on the face of the within Bond, shall be
construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties
IT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
(Cust)
(Minor)
under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list above,
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[FORM OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS]'"
"'To be printed or attached to Initial Bond only
COMPTROLLER'S REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE: REGISTER NO.
I hereby certify that this Bond has been examined. certified as to validity, and approved by the Attorney
General of the State of Texas, and that this Bond has been registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the
State of Texas.
Witness my signature and seal this
COMPTROLLER'S SEAL
Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas
[END OF FORMS]
SECTION 5. TAX LEVY, A special Interest and Sinking Fund (the "Interest and Sinking Fund") is hereby
created solely for the benefit of the Bonds, and the Interest and Sinking Fund shall be established and maintained
by the Issuer at an official depository bank of the Issuer. The Interest and Sinking Fund shall be kept separate and
apart from all other funds and accounts of the Issuer, and shall be used only for paying the interest on and principal
of the Bonds. All ad valorem taxes levied and collected for and on account of the Bonds shall be deposited, as
collected, to the credit of the Interest and Sinking Fund. During each year while any of the Bonds or interest thereon
are outstanding and unpaid, the Council shall compute and ascertain a rate and amount of ad valorem tax which will
be sufficient to raise and produce the money required to .pay the interest on the Bonds as such interest comes due,
and to provide and maintain a sinking fund adequate to pay the principal of its Bonds as such principal matures (but
never less than 2% of the original principal amount of said Bonds as a sinking fund each year); and said tax shall
be based on the latest approved tax rolls of the Issuer, with full allowance being made for tax delinquencies and the
cost of tax collection. Said rate and amount of ad valorem tax is hereby levied, and is hereby ordered to be levied,
against all taxable property in the Issuer for each year while any of the Bonds or interest thereon are outstanding
and unpaid; and said tax shall be assessed and collected each such year and deposited to the credit of the aforesaid
Interest and Sinking Fund. Said ad valorem taxes sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest on and
principal of the Bonds, as such interest comes due and such principal matures, are hereby pledged for such payment,
within the limit prescribed by law.
SECTION 6, DISPOSITION OF BOND PROCEEDS, The proceeds of the Bonds shall be placed into the
Interest and Sinking Fund and the Escrow Fund of the Issuer as follows:
(a) Interest and SinkiDJ~ Fund, An amount equal to the accrued interest on the Bonds from the date of the
Bonds to the date of delivery to the Initial Purchaser shall be deposited in the Interest and Sinking Fund.
(b) Escrow Fund. The proceeds of the Bonds remaining after the above described deposit into the Interest and
Sinking Fund shall be placed in the Escrow Fund (after created) to be used by the Issuer for the purposes described
in the Escrow Agreement hereafter authorized.
SECTION 7. REMEDIES OF OWNERS. In addition to all rights and remedies of any Owner of the Bonds
provided by the laws of the State of Texas, the Issuer and the Council covenant and agree that in the event the Issuer
defaults in the payment of the principal of or interest on any of the Bonds when due, fails to make the payments
required by this Ordinance to be made into the Interest and Sinking Fund. or defaults in the observance or
performance of any of the covenants, conditions, or obligations set forth in this Ordinance, the owner of any of the
Bonds shall be entitled to a writ of mandamus issued by a court of proper jurisdiction compelling and requiring the
Council and other officers of the Issuer to observe and perform any covenant, obligation, or condition prescribed in
this Ordinance, No delay or omission by any owner to exercise any right or power accruing to such owner upon
default shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or acquiescence
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therein, and every such right or power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient.
The specific remedies mentioned in this Ordinance shall be available to any owner of any of the Bonds and shall
be cumulative of all other existing remedies,
SECTION 8, DEFEASANCE OF BONDS, (a) Any Bond and the interest thereon shall be deemed to be paid,
retired, and no longer outstanding (a "Defeased Bond") within the meaning of this Ordinance, except to the extent
provided in subsection (d) of this Section, when payment of the principal of such Bond, plus interest thereon to the
due date (whether such due date be by reason of maturity, upon redemption, or otherwise) either (i) shall have been
made or caused to be made in accordance with the tenns thereof (including the giving of any required notice of
redemption) or (ii) shall have been provided for on or before such due date by irrevocably depositing with or making
available to the Paying Agent/Registrar for such payment (A) lawful money of the United States of America
sufficient to make such payment or (B) Government Obligations (hereinafter defined) which mature as to principal
and interest in such amounts and at such times as will insure the availability, without reinveSbnent, of sufficient
money to provide for such payment, and when proper arrangements have been made by the Issuer with the Paying
Agent/Registrar for the payment of its services until all Defeased Bonds shall have become due and payable. At such
time as a Bond shall be deemed to be a Defeased Bond hereunder, as aforesaid, such Bond and the interest thereon
shall no longer be secured by, payable from, or entitled to the benefits of, the ad valorem taxes herein levied and
pledged as provided in this Ordinance, and such principal and interest shall be payable solely from such money or
Government Obligations.
(b) Any money so deposited with lhe Paying AgentIRegistrar may at the written direction of the Issuer also
be invested in Government Obligations, maturing in the amounts and times as hereinbefore set forth, and all income
from such Government Obligations received'by the Paying Agent/Regislrar which is not required for the payment
of the Bonds and interest thereon, with respect to which such money has been so deposited, shall be turned over to
the Issuer, or deposited as directed in writing by the Issuer,
(c) The tenn "Government Obligations" as used in this Section, shall mean direct obligations of the United
States of America, including obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by the
United States of America. which may be United States Treasury obligations such as its State and Local Government
Series, which may be in book-entry fonn.
(d) Until all Defeased Bonds shall have become due and payable, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall perfonn
the services of Paying Agent/Registrar for such Defeased Bonds the same as if they had not been defeased, and the
Issuer shall make proper arrangements to provide and pay for such services as required by this Ordinance.
(e) In the event that the principal and/or interest due on the Bonds shaU be paid by AMBAC Indemnity
Corporation, a Wisconsin domiciled stock insurance company ("AMBAC Indemnity") pursuant to the municipal bond
guaranty insurance policy issued by AMBAC Indemnity insuring the payment when due of the principal of and
interest on the Bonds as provided therein (the "Municipal Bond Guaranty Insurance Policy"), the Bonds shall remain
outstanding for all purposes, not be defeased or otherwise satisfied, and not be considered paid by the City, and the
assignment and pledge of the proceeds of taxes and all covenants, agreements, and other obligations of the City to
the registered owners shall continue to exist and shall run to the benefit of AMBAC Indemnity, and AMBAC
Indemnity shall be subrogated to the rights of such registered owners.
SECTION 9, DAMAGED, MUTILATED, LOST, STOLEN, OR DESTROYED BONDS. (a) Replacement
Bonds, In the event any outstanding Bond is damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed, the Paying
Agent/Registrar shall cause to be printed, executed, and delivered, a new bond of the same principal amount,
maturity, and interest rate, as the damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed Bond, in replacement for such Bond
in the manner hereinafter provided.
(b) Application for Replacement Bonds, Application for replacement of damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen, orldeSlroyed Bonds shall be made by the regislered owner thereof to the Paying Agent/Regislrar. In every case of loss,
theft, or destruction of a Bond, the registered owner applying for a replacement bond shall furnish to the Issuer and
to the Paying Agent/Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by them to snve each of them hannless
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from any loss or damage with respect thereto, Also, in every case of loss, theft, or destruction of a Bond, the
registered owner shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Paying Agenl/Registrar evidence to their satisfaction of the
loss, theft, or destruction of such Bond, as the case may be, In every case of damage or mutilation of a Bond, the
registered owner shall surrender to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation the Bond so damaged or mutilated.
(c) No Default Occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, in the event any such Bond
shall have matured, and no default has occurred which is then continuing in the payment of the principal of, redemp-
tion premium, if any, or interest on the Bond, the Issuer may authorize the payment of the same (without surrender
thereof except in the case of a damaged or mutilated Bond) instead of issuing a replacement Bond, provided security
or indemnity is furnished as above provided in this Section,
(d) CbarRe for IssuinR Replacement Bonds, Prior to the issuance of any replacement bond, the Paying
Agent/Registrar shall charge the registered owner of such Bond with all legal, printing, and other expenses in
connection therewith. Every replacement bond issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact
that any Bond is lost, stolen, or destroyed shall constitute a contractual obligation of the Issuer whether or not the
lost, stolen, or destroyed Bond shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all
the benefits of this Ordinance equally and proportionately with any and all other Bonds duly issued under this
Ordinance, .
(e) Authority for IssuinR Replacement Bonds, In accordance with Section 6 of Vernon's Ann. Tex. Civ. St.
Art, 717k-6, this Section of this Ordinance shall constitute authority for the issuance of any such replacement bond
without necessity of further action by the governing body of the Issuer or any other body or person, and the duty
of the replacement of such bonds is hereby authorized and imposed upon the Paying Agent! Registrar, and the Paying
Agent/Registrar shall authenticate and deliver such Bonds in the fonn and manner and with the effect, as provided
in Section 4(a) of this Ordinance for Bonds issued in exchange for other Bonds.
SECTION 10, CUSTODY, APPROVAL, AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS: BOND COUNSEL'S
OPINION, AND CUSIP NUMBERS. The Mayor of the Issuer is hereby authorized to have control of the Bonds
initially issued and delivered hereunder and all necessary records and proceedings pertaining to the Bonds pending
their delivery and their investigation, examination, and approval by the Attorney General of the State of Texas, and
their registration by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. Upon registration of the Bonds said
Comptroller of Public Accounts (or a deputy designated in writing to act for said Comptroller) shall manually sign
the Comptroller's Registration Certificate attached to such Bonds, and the seal of said Comptroller shall be
impressed, or placed in facsimile, on such Certificate. The approving legal opinion of McGinnis, Lochridge &
Kilgore, L.L.P., Bond Counsel and the assigned CUSIP numbers may, at the option of the Issuer, be printed on the
Bonds issued and delivered under this Ordinance, but neither shall have any legal effect, and shall be solely for the
convenience and infonnation of t~e registered owners of the Bonds,
SECTION 11. COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER. (a) General Covenants, The Issuer covenants and represents
that:
(i) The Issuer is a duly incorporated Home Rule City, having more than 5000 inhabitants, operating and
existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and is duly authorized under the laws of the
State of Texas to create and issue the Bonds; all action on its part for the creation and issuance of the Bonds
has been duly and effectively taken: and the Bonds in the hands of the Owners thereof are and will be valid
and enforceable obligations of the Issuer in accordance with their tenns: and
(ii) The Bonds shall be ratably secured in such manner that no one Bond shall have preference over
other Bonds,
(b) Specific Covenants. The Issuer covenants and represents that, while the Bonds are outstanding and unpaid,
it will:
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(i) Levy an ad valorem tax that will be sufficient to provide funds to pay the current interest on the
Bonds and to provide the necessary sinking fund, all as described in this Ordinance: and
(ii) Keep proper books of record and account in which full, true. and correct entries will be made of all
dealings, activities, and transactions relating to the Funds crented pursuant to this Ordinance. and all books,
documents, and vouchers relating thereto shall at all reasonable times be made available for inspection upon
request from any Owner.
(c) Covenants Re~ardiDJ~ Tax Exemption of Interest on the Bonds, The Issuer covenants to take any action
to maintain, or reCrain from any action which would adversely affect, the treatment of the Bonds as obligations
described in section 103 of the Code, the interest on which is not includable in the "gross income" of the holder for
purposes of federal income taxation. In furtherance thereof, the Issuer specifically covenants as follows:
(i) To take any action to assure that no more than 10% of the proceeds of the Bonds Oess amounts
deposited to a reserve fund, if ,any) are used for any "private business use," as defined in section 141(b)(6) of
the Code or, if more than 10% of the proceeds are so used, that amounts, whether or not received by the Issuer
with respect to such private business use, do not under the tenns of this Ordinance or any underlying
arrangement, directly or indirectly, secure or provide for the payment of more than 10% of the debt service
on the Bonds, in contravention of section 141(b)(2) of the Code;
(ii) To take any action to assure that in the event that the "private business use" described in subsection
(i) hereof exceeds 5% of the proceeds of the Bonds (less amounts deposited into a reserve fund, if any), then
the amount in excess of 5% is used for a "private business use" which is "related" and not "disproportionate,"
within the meaning of section 141(b)(3) of the Code, to the governmental use;
(iii) To take any action to assure that no amount which is greater than the lesser of $5,000,000 or 5%
of the proceeds of the Bonds (less amounts deposited into a reserve fund. if any) is directly or indirectly used
to fmance loans to persons, other than state or local governmental units. in contravention of section 141(c) of
the Code;
(iv) To reCrain from taking any action which would otherwise result in the Bonds being treated as
"private activity bonds" within the meaning of section 141(b) of the Code;
(v) To reCrain from taking any action that would result in the Bonds being "federally guaranteed" within
the meaning of section 149(b) of the Code;
(vi) To refrain from using any portion of the proceeds of the Bonds. directly or indirectly, to acquire
or to replace funds which were used, directly or indirectly, to acquire investment property (as defined in
section 148(b)(2) of the Code) which would produce a materially higher yield over the tenn of the Bonds,
other than invesbnent property acquired with --
(A) proceeds of the Bonds invested for a reasonable temporary period of three years or less, or
in the case of a reCunding a period of 30 days or less, until such proceeds are needed for the purpose
for which the Bonds are issued,
(B) amounts invested in a bona fide debt service Cund, within the menning of section 1.103-
13(b)(12) of the Treasury Regulations, and
(C) amounts deposited in any reasonably required reserve or replacement fund to the extent such
amounts do not exceed 10% of the proceeds of the Bonds;
(vii) To otherwise restrict the use of the proceeds of the Bonds or amounts treated as proceeds of the
Bonds, as may be necessary. so that the Bonds do not otherwise contravene the requirements of section 148
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of the Code (relating to arbitrage) and, to the extent applicable, section 149(d) of the Code (relating to advance
refundings);
(viii) To pay to the United States of America at least once during each five year period (beginning on
the date of delivery of the Bonds) an amount that is at least equal to 90% of the "Excess Earnings," within
the meaning of section 148(f) of the Code, and to pay to the United States of America, not later than 60 days
after the Bonds have been paid in full, 100% of the amount then required to be paid as a result of Excess
Earnings under section 148(f) of the Code; and
(ix) To maintain such records as will enable the Issuer to fulfill its responsibilities under this Section
and section 148 of the Code and to retain such records for at least six years following the final payment of
principal and interest on the Bonds.
It is the understanding of the Issuer that the covenants contained herein are intended to assure compliance with the
Code and any regulations or rulings promulgated by the U.S, Department of Treasury pursuant thereto. In the event
that regulations or rulings are hereafter promulgated which modify or expand provisions of the Code, as applicable
to the Bonds, the Issuer will not be required to comply with any covenant contained herein to the extent that such
modification or expansion, in the opinion of nationally-recognized bond counsel, will not adversely affect the
exemption of interest on the Bonds under section 103 of the Code. In the event that regulations or rulings are here-
after promulgated which impose additional requirements which are applicable to the Bonds, the Issuer agrees to
comply with the additional requirements to the extent necessary, in the opinion of nationally recognized bond
counsel, to preserve the exemption from federal income taxation of interest on the Bonds under section 103 of the
Code.
In order to facilitate compliance with the above covenants (vii), (viii), and (ix), a "Rebate Fund" is hereby
established by the Issuer for the sole benefit of the United States of America, and such Fund shall not be subject to
the claim of any other person, including without limitation the Bondholders. The Rebate Fund is established for the
additional pwpose of compliance with section 148 of the Code.
SECTION 12. DESIGNATION AS QUALIFIED TAX-EXEMPT BONDS. The City hereby designates the
Bonds as "qualified tax-exempt bonds" as defined in section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"). In furtherance of such designation, the City represents, covenants, and warrants the
following: (a) during the calendar year in which the Bonds are issued, the City (including any subordinate entities)
has not designated nor will designate bonds, which when aggregated with the Bonds, will result in more than
$10,000,000 of "qualified tax-exempt bonds" being issued; (b) the City reasonably anticipates that the amount of tax-
exempt obligations issued during the calendar year in which the Bonds are issued by the City (or any subordinate
entities) will not exceed $10,000,000; and (c) the City will take such action or refrain from such action as necessary
in order rhat rhe Bonds will not be considered "private activity bonds" within the meaning of section 141 of the
Code.
SECTION 13. SALE OF BONDS. The Bonds are hereby sold and shall be delivered to Masterson Moreland
Sauer Whisman, Inc, and Rauscher Pierce Refsnes, Inc (the "Underwriters"), pursuant to the terms and provisions
of the Purchase Contract attached hereto as Exhibit B and the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and deliver such
Purchase Contract. The Initial Bond shall be registered in the name of Masterson Moreland Sauer Whisman, Inc.
The officers of the Issuer are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver such certificates, instructions,
or other instruments as are required or necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Ordinance,
SECTION 14. APPROVAL OF OFFICIAL STATEMENT, The Issuer hereby approves the form and content
of the Official Statement relating to the Bonds, and any addenda, supplement, or amendment thereto and approves
the distribution of such Official Statement in the reoffering of the Bonds by the Initial Purchasers in final form, with
such changes therein or additions thereto as the officer executing the same may deem advisable, such determination
to be conclusively evidenced by his execution thereof. It is further officially found determined and declared that the
statements and representations contained in said Official Statement are true and correct in all material respects to
the best knowledge and belief of the Council.
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SECTION 15. CONSIDERATIONS OF REFUNDING. The Council hereby finds that by refunding the
Refunded Obligations the Issuer will (i) lower the annual debt service requirements with respect to its general tax
obligations and (ii) restructure its debt service in a manner which will allow the issuance of additional bond issues
without a tax rate increase or with a smaller increase than would otherwise be required.
SECTION 16. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION TO PAYING AGENT AND REGISTERED OWNERS AND
PUBLICA TlON. The principal of and accrued interest on the Refunded Obligations shall be paid on the earliest
redemption date with proceeds of the Bonds. and the Refunded Obligations are hereby called for redemption on said
dates. Texas Commerce Bank National Association. Houston, Texas is hereby directed to make appropriate arrange-
ments so that the principal of and accrued interest on such Refunded Obligations may be redeemed at said bank on
such redemption dates, Unless notice is waived by the owners thereof, a copy of the Notices of Prior Redemption,
substantially in the fonn attached hereto as Exhibit A, shall be delivered to the paying agent bank for the Refunded
Obligations and a copy of such Notices of Prior Redemption shall be mailed to the registered owner thereof, or
otherwise given as provided in the appropriate order, resolution, or ordinance authorizing the Refunded Obligations.
SECTION 17. ESCROW AGREEMENT, The discharge of the Refunded Obligations shall be effectuated
pursuant to the tenns and provisions of the Escrow Agreement, the tenns and provisions of which are hereby
approved, subject to such insertions, additions, and modifications as shall be necessary (a) to carry out the program
designed for the City by Masterson Moreland Sauer Whisman, Inc, and which shall be certified as to mathematical
accuracy by Deloitte & Touche, Certified Public Accountants, whose Report shall be delivered with the Escrow
Agreement, (b) to maximize the City's present value savings and/or minimize the City costs of refunding, (c) to
comply with all applicable laws and regulations relating to the refunding of the Refunded Obligations, and (d) to
carry out the other intents and purposes of this Ordinance, and the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and deliver
the Escrow Agreement on behalf of the City in 'multiple counterparts and the City Secretaiy is hereby authorized to
attest thereto and affix the City's seal.
SECTION 18. PURCHASE OF UNITED STATES TREASURY OBLIGATIONS. To assure the purchase of
the Escrowed Securities referred to in the Escrow Agreement, the May~r, the City's Chief Financial Officer, and the
Escrow Agent are hereby authorized to subscribe for, agree to purchase, and purchase non-callable obligations of
the United States of America. in such amounts and maturities and bearing interest at such rates as may be provided
for in the Report, and to execute any and all subscriptions. purchase agreements, commitments, letters of
authorization, and other documents necessary to effectuate the foregoing, and any actions heretofore taken for such
purpose are hereby ratified and approved,
SECTION 19, MA'ITERS RELATED TO REFUNDING, In order that the Issuer shall satisfy in a timely
manner all of its obligations under this Ordinance, the Mayor and all other appropriate officers and agents of the
Issuer are hereby authorized and directed to take all other actions that are reasonably necessary to provide for the
refunding of the Refunded Obligations, including without limitation. executing and delivering on behalf of the Issuer
all certificates, consents. receipts, requests, notices, and other documents as may be reasonably necessary to satisfy
the Issuer's obligations under this Ordinance and to direct the transfer and application of funds of the Issuer
consistent with the provisions of this Ordinance,
SECTION 20. ORDINANCE A CONTRACT; AMENDMENTS, This Ordinance shall constitute a contract
with the Owners, from time to time, of the Bonds, binding on t~e Issuer and its successors and assigns, and shall
not be amended or repealed by the Issuer as long as any Bond remains outstanding except as pennitted in this
Section, The Issuer may. without the consent of or notice to any owners. amend. change. or modify this Ordinance
as may be required (i) by the provisions hereof, (ii) in connection with the issuance of any additional bonds, (iii)
for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, inconsistency, or fonnal defect or omission herein, or (iv) in connection
with any other change which is not to the prejudice of the Owners. The Issuer may, with the written consent of the
Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Bonds then outstanding affected thereby, and the insurer of
any Bonds amend, change. modify, or rescind any provisions of this Ordinance; provided that without the consent
of all of the Owners affected, no such amendment, change, modification, or rescission shall (i) extend the time or
times of payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds, reduce the principal amount thereof to the rate of
interest thereon, or in any other way modify the tenns of payment of the principal of or interest on additional bonds
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on a parity with the lien of the Bonds, (ii) give any preference of any Bond over any other Bond, (iii) extend any
waiver of default to subsequent defaults, or (iv) reduce the aggregate principal ronount of Bonds required for consent
to any such amendment, change, modification, or rescission. Whenever the Issuer shall desire to make any
amendment or addition to or rescission of this Ordinance requiring consent of the Owners, the Issuer shall cause
notice of the amendment, addition, or rescission to be given as described above for a notice of redemption.
Whenever at any time within one year after the date of the giving of such notice, the Issuer shall receive an
instrument or instruments in writing executed by the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Bonds then outstanding affected by any such amendment, addition, or rescission requiring the consent of Owners
of Bonds, which instrument or instruments shall refer to the proposed amendment, addition, or rescission described
in such notice and shall specifically cons<?nt to and approve the adoption thereof in substantially the form of the copy
thereof referred to in such notice, thereupon, but not otherwise, the Issuer may adopt such amendment, addition, or
rescission in substantially such fonn, except as herein provided, No Owner may thereafter object to the adoption
of such amendment, addition, or rescission, or to any of the provisions thereof, and such amendment, addition, or
rescission shall be fully effective for all purposes,
SECTION 21, PAYMENT PROCEDURE PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL BOND GUARANTY INSURANCE
POLICY, As long as the bond guaranty insurance shall be in full force and effect, the City and the Paying
Agent/Registrar agree to comply with the following provisions:
(a) If payment of principal or interest due on the Bonds has not been made to the Paying Agent/Registrar in
time to pay the registered owners of the Bonds, the Paying Agent/Registrar or any registered owner to whom such
payment is due shall so notify AMBAC Indemnity Corporation, by telephonic or telegraphic notice, subsequently
confirmed in writing, or written notice by registered or certified mail. Such notice shall specify the amount of the
anticipated deficiency, the Bonds to which such deficiency is applicable, and whether such Bonds will be deficient
as to principal or interest, or both, AMBAC Indemnity, on the later of the date due for payment or within one
business day after receipt of notice of nonpayment, will deposit sufficient money with the United States Trust
Company of New York, as insurance trustee for AMBAC Indemnity or any successor insurance trustee (the
"Insurance Trustee").
(b) The Paying Agent/Registrar shall, after giving notice to AMBAC Indemnity as provided in (a) above,
make available to AMBAC Indemnity and, at AMBAC Indemnity's direction, to the Insurance Trustee, the
registration books of the City maintained by the Paying Agent/Registrar, and all records relating to the Funds and
Accounts maintained under this Ordinance,
(c) The Paying Agent/Registrar shall provide AMBAC Indemnity and the Insurance Trustee with a list of
registered owners of Bonds entitled to receive principal or interest payments from AMBAC Indemnity under the
terms of the municipal bond guaranty insurance policy issued by AMBAC Indemnity insuring the payment when due
of the principal of and interest on the Bonds as provided therein (the "Municipal Bond Guaranty Insurance Policy"),
and shall make arrangements with the Insurance Trustee (i) to mail checks or drafts to the registered owners of
Bonds entitled to receive full or partial interest payments from AMBAC Indemnity and (ii) to pay principal upon
Bonds surrendered to the Insurance Trustee by the registered owners of Bonds entitled to receive full or partial
principal payments from AMBAC Indemnity.
(d) The Paying Agent/RegiSlrar shall, at the time it provides notice to AMBAC Indemnity pursuant to (a)
above, notify registered owners of Bonds entitled to receive the payment of principal or interest thereon from
AMBAC Indemnity (i) as to the fact of such entitlement; (ii) that AMBAC Indemnity will remit to them all or a part
of the interest payments next coming due; (iii) that should they be entitled to receive full payment of principal from
AMBAC Indemnity, they must present and surrender their Bonds together with any appropriate instrument of
assignment for payment to the Insurance Trustee, and not the Paying Agent/Registrar, and (iv) that should they be
entitled to receive partial payment of principal from AMBAC Indemnity, they must present and surrender their Bonds
for payment thereon fIrst to the Paying Agent/Registrar, who shall note on such Bonds the portion of the principal
paid by the Paying Agent/Registrar, and then, along with an appropriate instrument of assignment, to the Insurance
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Trustee, which will then pay the unpaid portion of principal, The Insurance Trustee shall disburse to registered
owners of Bonds, or the Paying Agent/Registrar, the payment due less any amount held by the Paying
Agent/Registrar for payment of principal of or interest on Bonds and legally available therefor.
(e) In the event that the Paying Agent/Registrar has notice that any payment of principal of or interest on a
Bond which has become due for payment and which is made to a registered owner by or on behalf of the City has
been deemed a preferential transfer and theretofore recovered from its registered owner pursuant to the United States
Bankruptcy Code by a trustee in bankruptcy in accordance with the final, nonappealable order of a court having
competent jurisdiction, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall, at the time AMBAC Indemnity is notified pursuant to (a)
above, notify all registered owners that in the event that any registered owner's payment is so recovered, such
registered owner will be entitled to payment from AMBAC Indemnity to the extent of such recovery if sufficient
funds are not otherwise available, and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall furnish to AMBAC Indemnity its records
evidencing the payments of principal of and interest on the Bonds which have been made by the Paying
Agent/Registrar and subsequently recovered from registered owners and the dates on which such payments were
made,
(f) In addition to those rights granted AMBAC Indemnity under this Ordinance, AMBAC Indemnity shall,
upon remittance and transfer of Bonds or appropriate instruments of assignment, become the owner thereof, and to
evidence such ownership (i) in the case of claims for past due interest, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall note
AMBAC Indemnity right's as owner on the Registration Books upon receipt from AMBAC Indemnity of proof of
the payment of interest thereon to the registered owners of the Bonds and (il) in the case of claims for past due
principal, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall note AMBAC Indemnity's rights as owner on the Registration Books upon
surrender of the Bonds by the registered owners thereof together with proof of the payment of principal thereof.
SECTION 22, NOTICES TO BE GIVEN TO AMBAC INDEMNITY. While the Municipal Bond Guamnty
Insurance Policy is in effect, the City shall furnish to AMBAC Indemnity:
(a) as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, a copy of any financial statement of the City and a copy
of any audit and annual report of the City:
(b) a copy of any notice to be given to the registered owners of the Bonds, including, without limitation,
notice of any redemption of or defeasance of Bonds, and any certificate rendered pursuant to this Ordinance relating
to the security for the Bonds; and
(c) such additional infonnation it may reasonably request.
The City will pennit AMBAC Indemnity to discuss the affairs, finances, and accounts of the City or any infor-
mation AMBAC Indemnity may reasonably request regarding the security for the Bonds with appropriate officers
of the City, The City will pennit AMBAC Indemnity to have access to and to make copies of all books and records
relating to the Bonds at any reasonable time,
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance the Paying Agent/Registrar shall immediately notify
AMBAC Indemnity if at any time there is insufficient money to make any payments of principal and/or interest as
required hereunder.
SECTION 23, MISCELLANEOUS. (a) Titles Not Restrictive, The titles assigned to the various sections of
this Ordinance are for convenience only and shall not be considered restrictive of the subject matter of any section
or of any part of this Ordinance.
(b) Inconsistent Provisions, All ordinances, orders, and resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or
inconsistent with any provision of this Ordinance are hereby repealed and declared to be inapplicable, and the
provisions of this Ordinance shall be and remain controlling as to the matters prescribed herein,
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(c) Severability, If any word, phrase, clause, paragraph, sentence. part, portion, or provision of this Ordinance
or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance
shall nevertheless be valid and the Council hereby declares that this Ordinance would have been enacted without such
invalid word, phrase, clause, paragraph, sentence, part, portion, or provisions.
(d) Governinlt Law, This Ordinance shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State
of Texas.
(e) Effective Date, This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of
its passage, and it is so ordained,
PASSED AND APPROVED this March 17,1994.
A TIEST:
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City Secretary, City of La Porte, Texas
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EXHIBIT A
PA YING AGENTIREGISTRAR AGREEMENT
THE PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT IS OMITIED AT TillS POINT AS IT APPEARS IN
EXECUTED FORM ELSEWHERE IN THIS TRANSCRIPT.
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EXHIBIT B
PURCHASE CONTRACT
THE PURCHASE CONTRACT IS OMITIED AT TillS POINT AS IT APPEARS IN EXECUTED FORM
ELSEWHERE IN THlS TRANSCRIPT.
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EXHIBIT C
ESCROW AGREEMENT
THE ESCROW AGREEMENT IS OMITTED AT THIS POINT AS IT APPEARS IN EXECUTED FORM
ELSEWHERE IN THIS TRANSCRIPT.
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EXHIBIT D
NOTrCES OF PRIOR REDEMPTION
[To Come]
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CITY OF LA PORTE
G. O. REFUNDING BONDS
SERIES 1994
SAVINGS REPORT
DATE
- - - - - - - - PROPOSED DEBT SERVICE - -
PRINCIPAL COUPON INTEREST
TOTAL
PRIOR
D/S
8/15/94
2/15/95 195,000.00 3.250000
8/15/95
2/15/96 280,000.00 3.500000
8/15/96
2/15/97 265,000.00 3.750000
8/15/97
2/15/98 500,000.00 4.000000
8/15/98
2/15/99 455,000.00 4.200000
8/15/99
2/15/ 0 680,000.00 4.300000
8/15/ 0
2/15/ 1 1,050,000.00 4,600000
8/15/ 1
2/15/ 2 960,000.00 4,700000
8/15/ 2
2/15/ 3 1,090,000.00 4.850000
8/15/ 3
2/15/ 4 1,065,000,00 4.950000
8/15/ 4
2/15/ 5 905,000,00 5.100000
8/15/ 5
2/15/ 6
8/15/ 6
2/15/ 7
8/15/ 7
2/15/ 8
8/15/ 8
2/15/ 9
8/15/ 9
2/15/10
8/15/10
2/15/11
8/15/11
7,445,000.00
ACCRUED
7,445,000,00
DATED 4/ 1/94
BOND YEARS
AVERAGE COUPON
AVERAGE LIFE
N I C %
TIC %
126,400.15 126,400.15 224,426.25
169,791.25
166,622.50 531,413.75 448,852.50
166,622.50
161,722,50 608,345.00 463,327.50
161,722.50
156,753.75 583,476.25 506,002.50
156,753.75
146,753.75 803,507.50 743,527.50
146,753.75
137,198.75 738,952.50 663,915.00
137,198.75
122,578.75 939,777.50 670,077.50
122,578.75
98,428.75 1,271,007.50 1,076,060.00
98,428.75
75,868.75 1,134,297,50 1,013,023.75
75,868.75
49,436.25 1,215,305.00 1,173,130.00
49,436.25
23,077.50 1,137,513.75 1,170,080.00
23,077.50
928,077.50 956,002.50
398,968.75
378,906.25
358,843.75
362,968.75
341,281.25
77,718.75
2,573,073.90 10,018,073.90 11,027,112.50
12,262.70 12,262.70
2,560,811.20 10,005,811,20 11,027,112.50
WITH DELIVERY OF 4/14/94
54,398.694
4.730
7.307
4.730029 % USING 100.0000000
4.715064 % USING 100,0000000
BOND INSURANCE: 0.330000 % OF
(TOTAL DEBT SERVICE - ACCRUED - CAP. INT.) =
NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS AT :
PREPARED BY MORONEY, BEISSNER & CO., INC.
RONDATE: 03-16-1994 @ 14:27:39
33,019,18
4.8857% EQUALS
269,115,14 OR
3,6147% OF PAR
FILENAME: LP
KEY: 94REFJL
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SAVINGS
98,026.10
-82,561.25
-145,017.50
-77,473.75
-59,980,00
-75,037.50
-269,700.00
-194,947.50
-121,273.75
-42,175.00
32,566.25
27,925.00
398,968.75
CUMULATIVE
SAVINGS
98,026.10
15,464,85
-129,552.65
-207,026.40
-267,006.40
-342,043.90
-611,743.90
-806,691.40
-927,965.15
-970,140.15
-937,573.90
-909,648.90
-510,680.15
378,906.25 -131,773,90
358,843,75 227,069,85
362,968.75 590,038.60
341,281,25 931,319.85
77,718.75 1,009,038.60
1,009,038,60
12,262.70
1,021,301.30
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y l5 ~a. interest to the date fixed for redemption, Ifless than al' of the Bonds are redeemed at any time, the particular Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by the City in
:5 .a '5 integral multiples of $5,000 within anyone maturity, The registered owner of any Bond, all or a portion of which has been called for redemption, shall be
~ S ~ required to present same to the Registrar for payment of the redemption price on the portion of the Bond so called for redemption and a new Bond in the principal
;; :! 'l5 amount equal to the portion of such Bond not redeemed will be issued to such registered owner,
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s8 B Counsel, San Antonio, Texas, Definitive Bonds are expected to be available for delivery on Dr about April 14, 1994,
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~:a! .. The initial yields will be established by and are the sole responsibility of the Underwriters, and may subsequently be changed,
Insured
G.O, Revenue
Bonds B!m!!
In the opinion of Bond Counsel, interest on the Bonds is excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes under existing law, and the Bonds
are not private activity bonds, See "TAX /dATTERS" herein for a description of Bond Counsel's opinion, including alternative minimum tax
consequences for corporations, The City designated the Bonds as qualified tax.exempt obligations, See "Qllalif~d Tax-Exempt Obligations",
Moody's -
S&P's -
ISSUE
NEW
Series 1994
April 1,
The General Obligation Bonds constitute obligations of the City of La Porte, Harris County, Texas (the "Cityj, payable as to principal and interest from the
proceeds ofa continuing, direct 8IUlual ad valorem tax, within the limits prescribed by law, levied upon all taxab'e poperty located within the City, The Bonds are
being issued pursuant to Articles 717k and 823, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended, and an ordaninance adopted by the City Council of the City
authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bonds (the "Bond Ordinance"),
as shown below
15,
February
Due:
CITY OF LA PORTE,
(Harris County)
57,505,000*
General Obligatio~,Refunding Bonds, Series 1994
and
52,490,000*
Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding Bonds,
TEXAS
GENERAL OBLIGATION 1I0NDS
1994
Initial Date:
Interest on the Bonds will be due on August IS, 1994, and each February IS and August 15 thereafter until maturity, The Bonds will be issued in fully
registered fonn in integral multiples of$5,000, and principal and semi8IUlual interest will be payable by Texas Commerce Bank, National Association, Houston,
Texas, the paying agent/registrar (the "Registrar"), Principal of the Bonds will be payable to the registered owner at maturity or redemption upon presentation
of such Bonds to the Registrar, Interest on the Bonds will be payable by check, dated as of the interest payment date, and mailed by the Registrar to registered
owners as shown on the records of the Registrar as of the fifteenth day of the month nell.1 preceding each interest payment date,
%
%
%
%
%
Yield or
Price"
Maturitv
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
%
%
%
%
%
Rate
Amount.
,055,000
965,000
1,100,000
,075,000
915,000
February 15
Maturity Schedule
$
%
%
%
%
%
%
Yield or
Price"
Maturitv
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
%
%
%
%
%
%
Rate
Amount.
$195,000
280,000
270,000
505,000
460,000
685,000
*
**
2
Subject to change,
The initial yields will be established by and are the sole responsibility of the Underwriters,
and may subsequently be changed,
The City has not defaulted on
General
Obligation Bonds in more than 54 years,
The City has never defaulted on revenue Bonds,
PAYMENT RECORD
The City is a political subdivision of the State of Texas and a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Texas, including its duly adopted Home Rule Charter (the "Charter"), The Bonds are issued pursuant to the Charter and the general laws
of the State of Texas, particularly article 717k, Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil Statutes ("V.A.T.C,S,") and additionally pursuant to
ordinances authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bonds (the "Bond Ordinances") passed by the city Council on the date of sale of the
Bonds,
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AUTHORIZATION
The Bonds are olTered when, as and if issued, subject to approval by the Attorney General of the State of Texas and McGiIU1is Lochridge
& Kilgore, L.L.P" Bond Cowlsel, San Antonio, Texas, Definitive Bonds arc expected to be available for delivery on or about April 14,
1994,
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Deliverv
All Bonds maturing on or after March 15,2003 are optional for redemption in whole or in part on March 15,2002 or any date thereafter
at par and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption, If less than all of the Bonds are redeemed at any time, the particular Bonds
to be redeemed shall be selected by the City in integral multiples of $5,000 within anyone maturity, The registered owner of any Bond,
all or a portion of which has been called for redemption, shall be required to present same to the Registrar for payment of the redemption
price on the portion of the Bond so called for redemption and a new Bond in the principal amount equal to the portion of such Bond not
redeemed will be issued to such registered owner,
o
tional Provisions
$65,000
105,000
80,000
85,000
90,000
95,000
%
%
%
%
%
%
995
996
997
1998
1999
2000
%
%
%
%
%
%
$100,000
405,000
405,000
460,000
445,000
55,000
%
%
%
%
%
%
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
%
%
%
%
%
%
Amount.
Rate
Maturitv
Yield or
Price"
AmOWlt*
Rate
Maturitv
Yield or
Price"
March 15
Maturi Schedule
Interest on the Bonds will be due on September 15, 1994, and each March 15 and September 15 thereafter until maturity, The Bonds
will be issued in fully registered form in integral multiples of $5,000, and principal and semiannual interest will be payable by Texas
Commerce Bank, National Association, Houston, Texas, the paying agent/registrar (the "Registrar"), Principal of the Bonds will be
payable to the registered owner at maturity or redemption upon presentation of such Bonds to the Registrar, Interest on the Bonds will be
payable by check, dated as of the interest payment date, and mailed by the Registrar to registered owners as shown on the records of the
Registrar as of the fifteenth day of the month next preceding each interest payment date,
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The Revenue Bonds constitute special obligations of the City of La Porte, Harris County, Texas (the "City"), payable as to principal and
interest from the revenues derived from the operation of the City's Waterworks and Sewer System after deduction of the necessary and
reasonable expenses of maintenance and operation of said system, The Bonds are being issued pursuant to Articles 717k and 823,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended, and an ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City authorizing the issuance and sale
of the Bonds (the "Bond Ordinance"),
Initial
Date:
April 1, 1994
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REYENUEBONDS
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Match 15, as shown below
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The proceeds from the sale of the Bonds which were used to (I) current refund two series of outstanding Waterwork and Sewer System
Combination Tax and Revenue Bonds assumed by the City through annexation and (2) advance refund four series of outstanding Gen~i'al
Obligation Bonds and two series of Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds prior to their stated maturities. The bonds to be
refunded (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Refunded Bonds") constitute the following issues:
PLAN OF DN~CING
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Pu rDose
Option
Dates
09/01194
02/15/96
02/15/00
03/15/01
02/15/99
03/15/01
03/15/99
05/01194
Maturities
To Be
Refunded
1997-1998
1995
1998-2005
2003-2010
2004-2011
2001-2005
2004-2011
2002-2005
ArnOunl
To Be
Refunded
$ 120,000
5,000
$2,175,000
$1,850,000
$ 600,000
$1,900,000
$ 900,000
$1.260.000
$8,820,000
$
Style
College View MUD WW&SS Comb. Tax &
Rev Bonds, Ser 1968 (Assumed Bonds)
College View MUD WW&SS Comb. Tax &
Rev Bonds, Ser 1970 (Assumed Bonds)
G.O.Bonds,SerI986
G.O. Bonds, Ser 1989
G.O. Bonds, Ser 1990
G.O. Refunding Bonds, Ser 1991
WW &SS Rev Bonds, Ser 1990
WW &SS Rev Refunding Bonds, Ser 1991
Original
Amount
Issued
$1,150,000
$ 600,000
$4,250,000
$4,500,000
$1,500,000
$6,430,000
$2,100,000
$3,425,000
Total
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Option Dates at a price of par plus accrued interest to the date
for redemption on their respective
called
The Refunded Bonds will be
fixed for redemption.
in a debt service savings to the City.
The interest payments on the Refunded Bonds scheduled to become due and payable prior to the Option Dates and the principal amount
of the Refunded Bonds scheduled to mature subsequent to the Option Dates are to be paid on the dates each comes due, and on the
Option Dates respectively, from funds to be deposited with Texas Commerce Bank, National Association, Houston, Texas (the "Escrow
Agent").
result
wil
issuance of the Bonds
With respect to the Refunded Bonds, the
The Ordinances authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bonds (the "Bond Ordinances") provide that from the proceeds of the sale of the
Bonds to the Underwriters the City will deposit with the Escrow Agent the amount necessary to accomplish the discharge and final
payment of the Refunded Bonds. Such funds will be held by the Escrow Agent in an escrow account (the "Escrow Fund") and used to
purchase direct obligations of the United States of America (the "Federal Securities"). At the time of delivery of the Bonds to the
Underwriters, Deloitte & Touche, Certified Public Accountants, will verify the mathematical adequacy of the Escrowed Securities,
maturing at such time and yielding interest in amounts such that together with uninvested funds in the Escrow Fund they will be
sufficient to pay, when due, the principal of and interest on the Refunded Bonds including all costs related thereto. Such maturing
principal and interest on the Federal Securities will not be available to pay debt service on the Bonds.
Under a certain Escrow Deposit Agreement (the "Escrow Agreement") to be dated as of between the City and the
Escrow Agent, the Escrow Fund is irrevocably pledged to the payment of principal of and interest on the Refunded Bonds.
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By the deposit of the Federal Securities and cash with the Escrow Agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, the City will have effected
the defeasance of the Refunded Bonds pursuant to the terms of the ordinances authorizing their issuance. In the opinion of Bond
Counsel, as a result of such defeasance, the General Obligation Refunded Bonds will no longer be payable from ad valorem taxes, and
the Revenue Refunded Bonds will no longer be paid from the net revenues of the City's Water and Sewer System, but will be payable
solely from the principal of and interest on the Federal Securities and cash held for such purpose by the Escrow Agent, and the pledge of
ad valorem taxes and net revenues of the City's Water and Sewer System for the payment of the principal and interest on the Refunded
Bonds will be discharged.
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Estimated Sources and Uses of Funds
The proceeds from the sale of the Bonds will be applied as follows:
General Obli~ation Revenue Bonds
Bonds
Sources of Funds:
Principal amount of the Bonds .............. $ $
AccruedInterest .............................
Total Available Funds .......................
Uses of Funds:
Deposit in Escrow Funds (Federal Securities and Cash) $ $
Costs of Issuance .....................................
Accrued Interest ......................................
Total Uses of Funds ..................................
THE BONDS
General
The Bonds are dated April 1, 1994, and interest on the Bonds will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve
30-day months and will accrue from April 1, 1994. Interest is payable semiannually on February 15 and August 15 of each year ("Interest
Payment Date") commencing August 15, 1994 for the General Obligation Bonds and March 15 and September 15 of each year
commencing March 15, for the Revenue Bonds. Interest on the Bonds is payable by check, mailed on or before each Interest Payment
Date by the Registrar to the Registered owner thereof as shown on the Registrats books on the Record Date (as dermed herein). The
record date (the "Record Date") for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date is the last business day of the month next preceding
such Interest Payment Date. The Bonds are issued only as fully registered bonds in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple
thereof.
Securitv
The General Obligation Bonds will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the City, payable from and secured by a continuing
levy of ad valorem taxes against all taxable property on the tax rolls of the City, within the limits prescribed by law.
The Revenue Bonds will constitute valid and legally binding special obligations of the City, payable from and secured by a first lien on
and pledge of the revenues derived from the operation of the City's Waterworks and Sewer System, after deduction of the necessary and
reasonable expenses of maintenance and operation of said system. The owner (owners) of the Revenue Bonds shall never have the right
to demand payment of the principal and interest on the Revenue Bonds out of any funds raised or to be raised by taxation.
Ootional Provisions
All General Obligation Bonds maturing on or after February 15,2003 are optional for redemption in whole or in part on February 15,
2002 or any date thereafter at par and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. All Revenue Bonds maturing on or after March
15,2003 are optional for redemption in whole or in part on March 15,2002 or any date thereafter at par and accrued interest to the date
fixed fro redemption. If less than all of the Bonds are redeemed at any time, the particular Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by the
City in integral multiples of $5,000 within anyone maturity. The registered owner of any Bond, all or a portion of which has been called
for redemption, shall be required to present same to the Registrar for payment of the redemption price on the portion of the Bond so
called for redemption and a new Bond in the principal amount equal to the portion of such Bond not redeemed will be issued to such
registered owner.
Deliverv of the Bonds
The Bonds are expected to be available for delivery on or about April 14, 1994. Delivery of the Bonds will be accomplished by the
issuance of one Bond for each maturity (the "Initial Bonds") either in typed or printed form, payable to the Underwriters. If the
Underwriters furnish to the Registrar, at least five days prior to delivery of the Bonds (or as otherwise agreed to between the
Underwriters and the Registrar), instructions designating the names in which Bonds are to be registered, the addresses of the registered
owners, the maturities, interest rates and denomination of such Bonds, the Registrar shall, on the date of delivery, authenticate and
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deliver in exchange for the Initial Bonds, Bonds registered in accordance with such instructions in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Bonds submitted for transfer or exchange.
Pavine Al!entJRee:istrar
The Bonds will be issued in fully registered form in integral multiples of $5,000, and principal and semiannual interest will be payable
by Texas Commerce Bank, N.A., Houston, Texas, the Paying Agent/Registrar (the "Registrar"). Principal of the Bonds will be payable
to the registered owner at maturity or redemption upon presentation to the Registrar. Interest on the Bonds will be payable by check,
dated as of the interest payment date, and mailed by the Registrar to registered owners as shown on the records of the Registrar as of the
fifteenth day of the month next preceding each interest payment date.
Successor Pavinl! Al!entJRee:istrar
Provision is made in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Bonds for replacement of the Registrar. If the Registrar is replaced by
the City, the new Registrar shall accept the previous Registrar's records and act in the same capacity as the previous Registrar. Any
Registrar selected by the City shall be either a national or state banking institution and shall be a corporation organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State, authorized under such laws to exercise trust powers, and subject
to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. Successor Registrars, if any, shall be determined by the City.
Future Ree:istration
The Bonds may be transferred, registered and assigned only on the registration books of the Registrar, and such registration and transfer
shall be without expense or service charge to the owner, except for any tax or other govemmental charges required to be paid with
respect to such registration and transfer. A Bond may be assigned by the execution of an assignment form on the Bonds or by other
instrument of transfer and assignment acceptable to the Registrar. A new Bond or Bonds will be deliVl.'J'ed by the Registrar in lieu of the
Bond being transferred or exchanged at the principal office of the Registrar. To the extent possible, new Bonds issued in an exchange or
transfer of Bonds will be delivered to the registered owner or assignee of the owner in not more than three business days after the receipt
of the Bonds to be cancelled in the exchange or transfer and the written instrument of transfer or request for exchange duly executed by
the owner or his duly authorized agent, in form satisfactory to the Registrar. New Bonds registered and delivered in an exchange or
transfer shall be in denominations of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof for anyone maturity and for a like aggregate principal
amount as the Bond or Bonds surrendered for exchange or transfer.
Limitation on Transfer or Exchanee of Bonds
Neither the City nor the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be required to transfer or exchange any Bond during the period of 15 days next
preceding any interest payment date.
Record Date
The record date ("Record Date") for the interest payable on any interest payment date is dermed as the last business day of the month
next preceding such interest payment date.
USE OF INFORMATION IN OFFICIAL STATEMENT
This Official Statement has been prepared by Moroney, Beissner & Co., Inc., a firm employed by the City to perform professional
services in the capacity of Financial Advisors, including the preparation of this Official Statement. Information with respect to interest
rates, discounts, and other matters relating to the resale of the Bonds, including changes in the affairs of the City subsequent to the date
hereof, is the responsibility of the Underwriters and such information is not provided herein. The information set forth herein has been
obtained from the City and other sources which are believed to be reliable, but no guarantee is made as to the accuracy or completeness
of such information, and its inclusion herein is not to be construed as a representation on the part of the City nor Moroney, Beissner &
Co., Inc. to such effect. No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations other than those
contained in this Official Statement, and if given or made, such other information or representations must not be relied upon as having
been authorized by the City or Moroney, Beissner & Co., Inc.
This Official Statement does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy in any state in which such offer or solicitation
is not authorized, or in which the person making such offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so, or any person to whom it is unlawful
to make such offer or solicitation. Any information and expressions of opinions herein are subject to change, without notice, and neither
the delivery of this Official Statement, nor any sale made hereunder, shall under any circumstances create any implication that there has
been no change in the affairs of the City since the date hereof.
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Steve Gillett
Knox Askins
Moroney, Beissner & Co.. Inc.
Robert T. Herrera
John Joerns
Jeff Litchfield
Sue Lenes
Linda Stubbs
Name
.Mayor Malone previously served
All powers of the City are vested in the City Council which enacts local legislation, adopts budgets, determines policies, and
employs the City Manager. The City Manager is the Chief Executive Officer and head of the Administrative Branch of the city
government. The City Council determines the goals of the city and operates as a policy making body. The City Manager
executes the policies of the Council concerning matters of policy, personnel and budgeting.
Norman L. Malone
Jerry Clarke
Alton Porter
Bob McLaughlin
Guy Sutherland
Mike Cooper
Bob Thrower
Deotis Gay
Jack Maxwell
Official
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McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P.
San Antonio, Texas
five years as Councilman.
ELECTED OFFICIALS
Mayor
Mayor Pro- Tem
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Title
APPOINTED OFFICIALS
City Manager
Assistant City Manager
Director of Finance
City Secretary
Finance Officer
Director of Public Works
City Attorney
financial Advisors
BOND COUNSEL
9 Years"
7 Years
8 Years
5 Years
4 Years
6 Years
3 Years
14 Years
2 Years
Years of
Service
Title
Term
Exnires
5/94
5/96
5/96
5/95
5/96
5/94
5/94
5/95
5/95
7 Years
13 Years
6 Years
16 Years
5 years
14 Years
29 Years
45 Years
Len2.tlt of Service
Retire, Pasadena I.S.D.
C & S Boat Repair
Specialty Gas Concepty
Retired, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours
Retired, Tenneco
Instrument Technician, Lubrizol
Retired, NASA
Operator, Rohm & Haas, Inc.
Retired, City of La Porte
Occuoation
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The City Council is composed of a Mayor and eight Council members. The Mayor and two Council members are elected at
large and six Council members are elected from single member districts within the City. The Mayor and eight council
members are elected for three year terms on a 3-3-3 sequence.
The City of La Porte was incorporated on August 10, 1892, and adopted
operates under a Council-Manager form of government.
a Home Rule Charter
CITY.OFLA_PQRTE. TEXAS
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
(As Of 1/31/94)
$1,066,420,530(1)
1993 Assessed Valuation (100% of Actual)
$ 6,201,041
2,618,959
460,000
7.505.000
$16,785,000
(2)
General Purpose G.O. Bonds
Water & Sewer G.O. Bonds .
Assumed Water District Bonds
The Series 1994 Bonds (3)
Gross Debt
1.12%
square miles
The above General Obligation Debt Statement does not include Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue
Bonds outstanding and proposed for sale simultaneously with the General Obligation Bonds. See
"UTD..ITY DEPARTMENT".
COMPUTATION OF SELF-SUPPORTING DEBT
Waterworks and Sewer System net revenues available for Debt Service for Fiscal Year ended
9/30/93 .
$1,955,518
785.679
$1.169,839
5801,702
Percentage of Waterworks and Sewer System General Obligation Bonds and assumed Water
District Bonds self-supporting
100%
Tax bills are sent out October 1, each year, and taxes are delinquent after January 31. No split payments are allowed and no
discounts are given on early tax payments. Penalty and interest on delinquent payments are rigidly enforced.
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General Obligation Debt Outstanding:
29,300
$36,397
Note:
Less: Debt Service Requirements for Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds for
Fiscal Year End 9/30/94
Debt Service Requirements on General Obligation Bonds issued for water and sewer purposes
and assumed Water District Bonds for Fiscal year end 9/30/94 (maximum year) .
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$11,931,194
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1.774.847
$407
Net of exemptions in the amount 0[$103,029,190
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Applicable Debt Service Fund
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1993 Assessed Valuation
Assessed Valuation per Capita
1994 Estimated Population
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1987 956,389,820 0.6600 97.10 99.12 9/30/88
1988 988,287,240 0.6800 96.71 98.45 9/30/89
1989 1,016,690,590* 0.7100 97.15 99.16 9/30/90
1990 1,009,015,980 0.7100 98.33 99.26 9/30/91
1991 1,018,953,486 0.7100 96.30 98.69 9/30/92
1992 1,017,182,960 0.7100 97.69 102.00 9/30/93
1993 1,066,420,530 0.7100 In the Process of Collection 9/30/94
Delinquent taxes outstanding for all prior years as of 1/31/94 ...................... $940,097.
* Annexation of Bayshore MUD on 12/31/88.
TAX RATE DISTRIBUTION
Tax Year
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1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
General Fund $0.5300 $0.500 $0.5050 $0.5048 $0.5175
Debt Service Fund 0.1800 0.2100 0.2050 0.2052 0.1925
Total $0.7100 $0.7100 $0.7100 $0.7100 $0.7100
TAX RATE LIMITATIONS
The City is a Home Rule Charter City with a maximum authorized rate for all purposes of$2.50 per $100 Assessed Valuation.
This maximum tax rate is imposed both by the Constitution of the State of Texas and the City Charter. Within this $2.50
maximum there is no legal limit upon the amount of taxes which can be levied for Debt Service.
DEBT SERVICE FUND MANAGEMENT INDEX
Debt Service Fund Balance as of 9/30/93 ................................................ $ 539,795
Debt Service Fund Tax Levy of $0.180 per $100 of Assessed Valuation on total 1993
Assessed Valuation of$I,066,420,530 at 97% collection produces ................... 1,861,970
Budgeted transfer from Utility Fund for G.O. Bonds issued for water and sewer purposes 399.376
Available for 1994 Debt Service...................................... $2,801,141
Less: Estimated 1994 Debt Service requirements including the Bonds 2.451.579
Estimated Balance at 9/30/94 $349,562
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The following calculations do not take into consideration the estimated balance in the Debt Service Fund as of 9/30/94 or future
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Maximum Year
(995)
$1,804,945
$0.17
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CITY SALES TAX
which authorizes the collection of a
Total Collected
Authorized
But Unissued
$ 100,000
500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
500.000
$4,600,000
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1,000,000
2,500,000
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4,000,000
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Street Improvements
Drainage Improvements
Sanitary Land Fill
Park Improvements
Average Annual
0994-2005)
$2,504,601
$0.24
The City adopted the provisions of Article 1066c, vrcs, Section 9,
collections for the past several years are as follows:
Calendar Year Total Collected
938,303
1,019,692
1,229,551
1,228,599
1,214,420
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GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AUmORIZED BUT UNISSUED
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Authorized
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6/15/85
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Debt Service Fund tax levy required per $100 Assessed Valuation on total
1993 Assessed Valuation 0[$1,066,420,530 @ 97% collection.
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1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
$505,970
504,847
696,656
674,867
808,365
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
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Principal Taxpayers as percent of City's 1993 Assessed Valuation
37.43%
Total Assessed Valuation of Principal Taxpayers
Petrolite Corp.
Big Three Industries,
Aristech Chemical Corporation
Rohm & Haas Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
Solvey Interox
Air Porducts & Chemicals
LubrizolCorporation
Akzo Arnerica Inc.
Akzo Chemical Inc.
Praxair Inc.
E.I. Du pont de Nemours
Quantum Chemical
PPG Industries Inc.
Soltex Polymer Corp.
Occidental Electrochemical
HL&P
Geon Company
Dow Chemical Co.
Fina Oil & Chemical Co.
TaxDaver
TWENTY MAJOR TAXPAYERS
*Includes $25,000,000 Ser 92-B Bonds, dated December
Harris County (Incld. Toll
Bonds) .
Harris County Flood Control
District*
La Porte I.S.D.
Port of Houston Authority
San Jacinto Jr. College District
Total Overlapping Net Debt ..
CITY OF LAPORTE ......
Total Direct and Overlapping Net Debt .
Ratio of Total Direct and Overlapping Net Debt to
Total Direct and Overlapping Net Debt per Capita
Assessed Valuation per Capita .
Rd.
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ESTlMATEDDIRECT_&
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Inc.
Utility.
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
Utility
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
Chemical Plant
993 Assessed
Valuation
289,768,731
23,586,531
97,338,585
20,690,180
1992
993 Assessed Valuation
02/29/92
08/31/92
12/31/92
11/01/92
$935,689,416
Arnount
'VERLAPPING DEBT~TATEMENT
Net Debt Percent .
As Of Overlapping
e
$399,165,160
$50,879,530
50,570,830
38,747,980
37,068,510
36,937,690
29,836,880
20,408,900
20,320,350
20,211,350
14,535,770
11,611,100
10,650,070
9,746,250
9,004,520
8,398,070
7,611,800
7,077,770
6,870,920
5,555,030
3.121.840
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6.03
$1,145
$36,397
$33,538,958
3.15%
$22,654,418
.0.884.540
2,752,803
8,840,232
924,717
.247.617
02/29/92
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GENERAL FUND REVENUES. EXPENDITURES AND_BALANCES - FIVE YEAR mSTORY
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Fund
the General
The following summary of Revenues, Expenses and Balances of Cash and Temporary Investments for
operation were taken from the City's annual audit reports.
Fiscal Year Ended September 30
1992 1991
1989
$4,920,586
796,602
907,528
2394,531
1990
$5,302,772
923,628
1,006,642
2,713,538
$5,125,057
1,014,182
1,129,896
2,844,201
$5,187,266
1,449,351
1,143,762
3,434,734
1993
$5,414,592
1,145,267
1,052,642
4,662,448
Revenues:
Property Taxes
Franchise Taxes
Sales Taxes
151,332
163,843
843,465
453,375
492.330
184,364
287,713
951,109
485,220
241.339
137,480
248,161
1,051,203
394,841
208.455
239,754
228,413
,115,069
297,817
234.653
306,297
264,577
1,504,317
411,123
194.677
Industrial Payments
Licenses, Permits &
Other Taxes
Fines & Forfeits
Charges for Services
Interest
Miscellaneous
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$11.123,592
$1,538,579
2,850,437
184,760
689,893
2,972,970
606,251
1.206.165
$12,096,325
$1,599,433
2,995,466
1,738,345
723,411
2,693,907
632,778
1.373.112
$12,253,476
$1,738,944
3,119,828
1,846,517
570,958
2,732,332
629,509
1.515.891
$13,330,819
$1,969,602
3,567,678
1,798,315
892,187
2,954,235
652,455
1.680.782
$14,955,940
$1,952,024
3,601,471
1,894,040
1,242,884
2,918,889
687,591
1.862.816
Total Revenues
Expenditures:
Fire Department
Police Department
Administration
Finance
Public Works
Community Development
Parks & Recreation
AUDIT REPORT
The information contained on the following pages are excerpts from the
rmancial section of the City's Audit Report for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 1993 as prepared by:
Null & Associates
Certified Public Accounts
Houston, Texas
$11,711,055
$11,756,452
$12,153,979
$13,515,254
$14,159,715
Expenditures
Excess of Revenue Over
Expenditures
Total
This information is not intended to be a complete statement of the City's
rmancial condition. A complete Audit Report is available upon request to:
$(587.463)
$339 873
$22.m
$(184435)
$~
Balance of Cash and
Investments
Moroney, Beissner & Co., Inc.
Financial Advisors to the City
$3,913,421
$4,134,651
$4,614,907
$4,370,400
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Excludes the Refunded Bonds;
994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
$2,333,455
1,995,130
1,815,867
1,628,802
1,257,913
1,171,634
820,472
335,063
315,188
77 ,626
subject to change.
$
95,000
280,000
270,000
505,000
460,000
685,000
,055,000
965,000
1,100,000
1,075,000
915,000
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$118,124
314,471
306,905
297,355
283,026
264,588
241,918
206,063
163,160
117,663
68,188
21,731
118,124
509,471
586,905
567,355
788,026
724,588
926,918
1,261,063
1,128,160
1,217,663
1,143,188
936,731
$2,451,579
2,504,601
2,402,772
2,196,157
2,045,939
1,896,222
1,747,390
1,596,126
1,443,348
1,295,289
1,143,188
936,731
$801,702
679,657
629,873
502,473
444,950
413,212
242,392
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Fiscal Year
Endine. 9/30
Present Total
$7,505,000 Bonds, Series
Principal Interest
$
1994
Total
ESTIMATED DEBT SERVICE RE
IUlREMENT ScHEDULE*
Water & Sewer
Included in Total
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Average Maturity on Outstanding Debt.
$1,525,000
1,505,000
1,455,000
1,345,000
1,055,000
1,040,000
750,000
300,000
300,000
75,000
Fiscal Year
Endine. 9/30
Present Total
$7,505,000 Bonds,
Series 1994
New Total
Outstanding
Debt
ESTlMA'IEltPRINClPAL REPAYME.Nr~CREDULE*
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New Total
$195,000
280,000
270,000
505,000
460,000
685,000
,055,000
965,000
,100,000
,075,000
915,000
.5.862 Years
$1,525,000
1,700,000
1,735,000
1,615,000
1,560,000
1,500,000
1,435,000
1,355,000
1,265,000
1,175,000
1,075,000
915,000
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purchased. The Bonds may be offered and sold to certain dealers and others at prices lower than the public offering prices
shown on the first page hereof, and such public prices may be changed, from time to time, by the Underwriters.
FINANCIAL ADVISORS
Moroney, Beissner & Co., Inc. serves as Financial Advisors to the City and in this capacity supervised the preparation of this
Official Statement and represented the City in the negotiations pertaining to the sale of the Bonds to the Underwriters. Under
the tenns of the contract between Moroney, Beissner & Co., Inc. and the City, it is agreed and understood that Moroney,
Beissner & Co., Inc. shall not be permitted to purchase any Bonds from the City nor have any interest, directly or indirectly, in
the original purchase and sale of the Bonds, except as Agent for the City. As Financial Advisors to the City, Moroney, Beissner
& Co., Inc. will be paid a fee based upon a percentage of the principal amount of Bonds actually sold and delivered, which fee
is contingent upon such sale and delivery.
OTHER MATTERS
All infonnation contained in this Official Statement is subject, in all respects, to the complete body of information contained in
the original sources thereof and no guaranty, warranty, or other representation is made concerning the accuracy or completeness
of the infonnation herein. In particular, no opinion or representation is rendered as.to whether any projection will approximate
actual results, and all opinions, estimates and assumptions, whether or not expressly identified as such, should not be
considered as statements of fact.
nITS OFFICIAL STATEMENT was approved, and the execution and delivery of this Official Statement authorized, by the City
Council of the City of La Porte, Texas on
CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS
Is! Nonnan Malone
Mayor
ArrEST:
Is! Cherie Black
City Secretary
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$15,330,000
13,630,000
11,895,000
10,280,000
8,720,000
7,220,000
5,785,000
4,430,000
3,165,000
1,990,000
915,000
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TAX PROCEDURES - _GENERAL OBLlGATIOl"iBj).M)S
designate more than $10,000,000 of tax-exempt obligations as qualified
designated is issued. In any event an issuer may not
tax-exempt obligations during anyone calendar year.
raisatDistrict
The Texas Property Tax Code (the "Code") establishes among other matters, county-wide appraisal and equalization of taxable
property values and establishes in each county of the State an appraisal district and an appraisal review board. The Harris
County Central Appraisal District (the "Appraisal District") has the responsibility of appraising property for all taxing units
within Harris County, including the City. Such appraisal values will be subject to review and change by the Harris County
Appraisal Review Board (the "Appraisal Review Board"). Such appraisal roll, as approved by the Appraisal Review Board,
will be used by the City in establishing its tax rolls and tax rate.
Tax Code and Coun
er
Pro
The City has designated the Bonds as qualified tax-exempt obligations in the Bond Ordinances authorizing the issuance and
sale of the Bonds and agrees that it will take such action as is necessary for the Bonds to constitute qualified tax-exempt
obligations. Therefore, it is anticipated that financial institutions purchasing the Bonds will not be subject to the 100%
disallowance of interest expense under section 265 of the Code. However, such purchasers would be subject to the 20%
interest disallowance rule applicable under prior law.
the District
Except for certain exemptions provided by Texas law, all real and tangible personal property in the City is subject to taxation
by the City; however, no effort is made by the City to collect taxes on personal property, other than on personal property
devoted to commercial or industrial use. Principal categories of exempt property include: property owned by the State of
Texas or its political subdivisions, if the property is used for public purposes; property exempt from ad valorem taxation by
federal law; certain household goods, family supplies and personal effects; farm products owned by the producer, certain
implements of farming and ranching; non-profit cemeteries; certain property of charitable organizations, youth development
associations, religious organizations and qualified schools; designated historical sites; solar and wind-powered energy devices;
and most individually-owned automobiles. In addition, the City may by its own action exempt residential homesteads of
persons 65 years or older and certain disabled persons, to the extent deemed advisable by the City Council of the City, or by
petition and referendum by the City's voters. Furthermore, the City must grant exemptions to disabled veterans, if requested,
but only to the maximum extent of$3,OOO of taxable valuation. The City may also exempt up to 20% of the value of residential
homesteads from ad valorem taxation. However, where ad valorem taxes have previously been pledged for the payment of
debt, the City Council may continue to levy and collect taxes against the value of the exempted homesteads until the debt is
discharged, if the cessation of the levy would impair the obligations of the contract by which the debt was created.
Valuation of ProDe
for Taxation
Generally, property in the City must be appraised by the Appraisal District at market value as of January 1 of each year. Once
an appraisal roll is prepared and finally approvcd by the Appraisal Review Board, it is used by the City in establishing its tax
rolls and tax rate. Except for qualifying agricultural and timberland, assessments under the Code are to be based on one
hundred percent (100%) of market value. The Code permits land designated for agricultural use, open-space agricultural use, or
timberland to be appraised at its value based on the land's capacity to produce agricultural or timber products rather than at its
fair market value.
The Code requires the Appraisal District to implement a plan for periodic reappraisal of property to update appraisal values.
The plan must provide for reappraisal of all real property in the Appraisal District at least once every three years. It is not
known what frequency of reappraisal will be utilized by the Appraisal District or whether reappraisals will be conducted on a
zone or cowlty-wide basis.
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LEGAL MATTERS
Legal matters incident to the authorization, issuance and sale of the Bonds are subject to the approval of the Attorney GenCTal
of the State of Texas and of McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Bond Counsel, whose opinion will be printed on the
Bonds. McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P. was not requested to participate, and did not take part in, the preparation of the
Official Statement except as hereinafter noted, and such fmn has not assumed any responsibility with respect thereto or
undertaken independently to verifY any of the information contained herein, except that, in its capacity as Bond Counsel, such
firm has reviewed the information under the captions "DESCRIPTION OF BONDS", "TAX MATTERS" and "LEGAL
MATTERS" in the Official Statement to determine whether such information presents a fair and accurate summary of the
provisions of the law and the instruments described under such captions. The legal fees to be paid to McGinnis, Lochridge &
Kilgore, L.L.P. in connection with the issuance of the Bonds are contingent on the sale and delivery of the Bonds. Certain legal
matters will be passed upon by Mayor, Day, Caldwell & Keeton, L.L.P. Houston, Texas, Counsel to the Underwriters.
The City will furnish to the Underwriters a certificate, dated as of the date of delivery of the Bonds, executed by an authorized
officer of the City, to the effect that no litigation of any nature has been filed or is then pending or threatened, either in state or
federal courts, contesting or attacking the Bonds; restraining or enjoining the issuance, execution or delivery of the Bonds;
affecting the provisions made for the payment of or security for tile Bonds; in any manner questioning the authority or
proceedings for the issuance, execution, or delivery of the Bonds; or affecting the validity of the Bonds.
No Material Adverse Chane:e
The obligations of the Underwriters to take and pay for the Bonds, and of the City to deliver the Bonds, are subject to the
condition that, up to the time of delivery of and receipt of payment for the Bonds, there shall have been no material adverse
change in the condition (rmancial or otherwise) of the City subsequent to the date of sale from that set forth or contemplated in
the Preliminary Official Statement, as it may have been supplemented or amended through the date of sale.
ation Certificate
No-Lit
aver Remedies
Under certain circunlstances, taxpayers and taxing units, including the City, may appeal orders of the Appraisal Review Board
by filing a petition for review in district court within forty-five (45) days after notice is received that a fmal order has been
entered. In such event, the property value in question may be determined by the court, or by a jury, if requested by any party.
Additionally, taxing units may bring suit against the Appraisal District to compel compliance with the Code.
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VERIFICATION OF MATHEMATICAL COMPUT A nONS
The accuracy of (i) the mathematical computations of the adequacy of the maturing principal amounts of the Fedcral Securities
together with the interest income earned and uninvested cash, if any, to pay, when due, the principal of and interest on the
Refunded Bonds and (ii) the mathematical computation of yield supporting Bond Counsel's conclusion that the Bonds are not
"Arbitrage Bonds" under Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 will be verified by the finn of Deloitte & Touche,
independent Certified Public Accountants, whose opinion with respect thereto \vill be available at delivery. Such computations
were based solely upon assumptions and information supplied by the Underwriters. Deloitte & Touche has restricted its
procedures to the examination of the arithmetic accuracy of certain computations and has not made any study or evaluation of
assumptions and information upon which the computations are based and, accordingly, has not expressed an opinion on the
data used, the reasonableness of the assumptions, or the achievability of the forecasted outcome.
The Code sets forth notice and hearing procedures for certain tax rate increases by the City and provides for taxpayer referenda
which could result in the repeal of certain tax increases. The Code also establishes a procedure for notice to property owners
of reappraisals reflecting increased property values, appraisals that are higher than renditions and appraisals of property not
previously on an appraisal roll.
and Collection of Taxes
The City is responsible for the collection of its taxes, unless it elects to transfer such functions to another governmental entity.
By September 1 of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the rate of taxation is set by the city Council of the City based
upon the valuation of property within the District as of the preceding January 1. Taxes are due October 1, or when billed,
whichever comes later, and become delinquent after January 31 of the following year. A delinquent tax incurs an initial
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UNDERWRITING
The Underwriters, Masterson Moreland Sauer Whisman, Inc. and Rauscher Pierce Refsnes, Inc. agree, subject to certain
conditions, to purchase the Bonds from the City at a price of plus accrued interest. The City agrees to pay the
Underwriters a fee of $ or % of the par value of the issue. The Underwriters' obligations are
subject to certain conditions precedent, and they will be obligated to purchase all of the Bonds if any of the Bonds are
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penalty of up to twelve percent (12%) of the amount of the tax and accrues interest at the rate of one percent (1%) per month.
If the tax is not paid by the following July 1, an additional penalty of up to 15% may under certain circumstances be imposed
by the City. The Code also makes provision for the split payment of taxes, discounts for early payment and the postponement
of the delinquency date of taxes under certain circumstances.
City's Ril!hts in the Event of Tax Delinquencies
Taxes levied by the City are a personal obligation of the owner of the property. On January 1 of each year, a tax lien attaches
to property to secure the payment of all taxes, penalties and interest ultimately imposed for the year on the property. The lien
exists in favor of the State and each taxing unit, including the City, having the power to tax the property. The City's tax lien is
on a parity with the tax liens of other such taxing units. A tax lien on real property taxes priority over the claims of most
creditors and other holders of liens on the property encumbered by the tax lien, whether or not the debt or lien existed before
the attachment of the tax lien. Personal property, under certain circumstances, is subject to seizure and sale for the payment of
delinquent taxes, penalty and interest. At any time after taxes on property become delinquent, the city may file suit to foreclose
the lien securing payment of the tax, to enforce personal liability for the tax, or both. In filing a suit to foreclose a tax lien on
real property, the City must join other taxing units that have claims for delinquent taxes against all or part of the same property.
Collection of delinquent taxes may be adversely affected by the amount of taxes owned to other taxing units, by the effects of
market conditions on the foreclosure sale price, by taxpayer redemption rights or by bankruptcy proceedings which restrict the
collection of taxpayer debts.
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Collatcral Fcderal Income Tax ConseQucnces
The following discussion is a summary of certain collateral federal income tax consequences resulting from the purchase,
ownership or disposition of the Refunding Bonds. This discussion is based on existing statutes, regulations, published rulings
and court decisions, all of which are subject to change or modification, retroactively.
The following discussion is applicable to investors, other than those who are subject to special provisions of the Code, such as
rmancial institutions, property and casualty insurance companies, life insurance companies, individual recipients of Social
Security or Railroad Retirement benefits, certain S corporations with Subchapter C earnings and profits and taxpayers who may
be deemed to have incurred or continued indebtedness to purchase tax-exempt obligations.
INVESTORS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE SUBJECT TO SPECIAL PROVISIONS OF THE CODE, SHOULD
CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS AS TO THE TAX TREATMENT WHICH MAYBE ANTICIPATED TO RESULT
FROM TIlE PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP AND DISPosmON OF TAX-EXEMPT OBLIGATIONS BEFORE DETERM1NING
WHETHER TO PURCHASE THE REFUNDING BONDS.
Interest on the Reflmding Bonds will be includable as an adjustment for "adjusted ~ings and profits" to calculate the
alternative minimum tax imposed on corporations by section 55 of the Code. Section 55 of the Code imposes a tax equal to
20% for corporations, or 26% for noncorporate taxpayers (28% for taxable income exceeding $175,000), of the taxpayer's
"alternative minimum taxable income", if the amount of such alternative minimum tax is greater than the taxpayer's regular
income tax for the taxable year.
Interest on the Refunding Bonds is includable in the "alternative minimum taxable income" of a corporation (other than a
regulated investment company or a real estate investment trust) for purposes of determining the environmental tax imposed by
section 59A of the Code. Section 59A of the Code imposes on a corporation an environmental tax, in addition to any other
income tax imposed by the Code, equal to 0.12% of the excess of the modified alternative minimum taxable income of such
corporation for the taxable year over $2 million.
Interest on the Reflmding Bonds may be subject to the "branch profits tax" imposed by section 884 of the Code on the
effectively-connected earnings and profits of a foreign corporation doing business in the United States.
Under section 6012 of the Code, holders of tax-exempt obligation, such as the Refunding Bonds, may be required to disclose
interest received or accrued during each taxable year on their returns of federal income taxation.
Section 1276 of the Code provides for ordinary income tax treatment of gain recognized upon the disposition of a tax-exempt
obligation, such as the Refunding Bonds, if such obligation was acquired at a "market discount" and if the fixed maturity of
such obligation is equal to, or exceeds, one year from the date of issue. Such treatment applies to "market discount bonds" to
the extent such gain does not exceed the accrued market discount of such bonds; although for this purpose, a de minimis
amount of market discount is ignored. A "market discount bond" is one which is acquired by the holder at a purchase price
which is less than the stated redemption price at maturity or, in the case of a bond issued at an original issue discount, the
"revised issue price" (i.e., the issue price plus accrued original issue discount). The "accrued market discount" is the amount
which bears the same ratio to the market discount as the number of days during which the holder holds the obligation bears to
the number of days between the acquisition date and the final maturity date.
Statc. Local and Foreil!n Taxes
Investors should consult their own tax advisors concerning the tax implications of the purchase, ownership or disposition of the
Refunding Bonds under applicable state or local laws. Foreign investors should also consult their own tax advisors regarding
the tax consequences unique to investors who are not United States persons.
Oualified Tax Exempt Oblil!ations
Section 265 of the Code provides, in general, that interest expense incurred to acquire or carry tax-exempt bonds is not
deductible for federal income tax purposes. For "Financial Institutions" (as used in such section), complete disallowance of
such expense would apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1986, with respect to tax-exempt bonds acquired after
August 7, 1986. Section 265(b) of the Code provides an exception to this rule for interest expense incurred by financial
institutions to carry tax-exempt obligations (other than private activity bonds) which are designated by an issuer as qualified
tax-exempt obligations. An issuer may only designate an issue as an issue of "qualified tax-exempt obligations" where the
issuer expects to issue less than $10,000,000 of tax-exempt obligations during the calendar year in which the issue so
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UTILITY DEPARTMENT
(As ofl/31194)
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$3,375,000
2.490.000
$5,865,000
$1,303,553
1.923.097
$3,226,650
(excluding the
Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds Currently Outstanding,
Refunded Bonds) ......................
Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1994
Total ....
SDecial Fund Balances.
Debt Service Fund and Reserve Fund
Operating Fund
Total.
WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS AUTHORIZED BUT UNISSUED
Authorized But
Unissued
Previously
Issued
Arnount
Authorized
Date of
Aulhorization
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$ 225,000
1.025.000
$1,250,000
$ 575,000
7.525.000
$8,100,000
$ 800,000
8.550.000
$9,350,000
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Sewer System
WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM OPERATING STATEMENTS
Fiscal Year Ended September 30
Audited, from City's Annual Financial Report
1992 1991 1990
1989
$5,127,075
2.296.129
$2,830,946
3.32X
4.42X
8,314
8,105
6/15/85
6/15/85
$5,824,028
3.178.884
$2,645,144
$5,591,204
3.353.873
$2,237,331
$5,553,988
3.764.735
$1,789,253
1993
$5,781,497
3.825.979
$1,955,518
1989
3.10X
4.13X
CUSTOMER COUNT
Fiscal Year Ended September 30
Audited, from City's annual Financial Report
1992 1991 1990
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Debt Service
Revenues
Expenses
Available for
8,396
8,215
2.62X
3.49X
8,304
8,480
8,493
2.10X
2.79X
8,732
2.29X
3.05X
8,839
8,602
1993
Coverage of Estimated
Annual Debt Service
Requirement (1996) including the
Bonds, Series 1994
Maximum
Coverage of Estimated average
Annual Debt Service
Requirement (1994-2006)
including the Bonds, Series 1994
Water
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TAX MATTERS
ODin ion
On the date of initial delivery of the refunding Bonds, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., San Antonio, Texas, Bond
Counsel, will render their opinion that, in accordance with statutes, regulations, published rulings and court decisions existing
on the date thereof, (1) interest on the refunding Bonds for federal income tax purposes will excludable from the "gross
income" of the holders thereof and (2) the Refunding Bonds will not be treated as "private activity bonds" the interest on which
would be included as an alternative minimum tax preference item under section 57(aX5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the "Code"). Except as stated above, Bond Counsel will express no opinion as to any other federal, state or local
tax consequences of the purchase, ownership or disposition of the refunding Bonds.
In rendering their opinion, Bond Counsel will rely upon (a) the City's no-arbitrage certificate and the verification report
prepared by Deloitte & Touche, and (b) covenants of the City with respect to arbitrage, the application of the proceeds to be
received from the issuance and sale of the Refunding Bonds and certain other matters. Failure of the City to comply with these
representations or covenants could cause the interest on the Refunding Bonds to become includable in gross income
retroactively to the date of issuance of the Refunding Bonds.
The law upon which Bond Counsel has based their opinion is subject to change by the Congress and to subsequent judicial and
administrative interpretation by the courts and the Department of the Treasury. There can be no assurance that such law or the
interpretation thereof will not be changed in a manner which would adversely affect the tax treatment of this purchase,
ownership or disposition of the Bonds.
Federal Income Tax Accountine Treatment of Orieinal Issue Discount
The Underwriters have represented that the initial public offering price to be paid for the Refunding Bonds, as stated on the
cover of the Official Statement, (the "Original Issue Discount Bonds") is less than the principal amount thereof. The difference
between (i) the amount payable at the maturity of each Original Issue Discount Bonds, and (ii) the initial offering price to the
public of such Original Issue Discount Bond constitutes original issue discount with respect to such Original Issue Discount
Bond in the hands of any owner who has purchased such Original Issue Discount Bonds in the initial public offering of the
Refunding Bonds. Under existing law, such initial owner is entitled to exclude from gross income (as dermed in section 61 of
the Code) an amount of income with respect to such Original Issue Discount Bond equal to that portion of the amount of such
original issue discount allocable to the period that such Original Issue Discount Bond continues to be owned by such owner.
For a discussion of certain collateral federal tax consequences, see discussion set forth below.
In the event of redemption, sale or other taxable disposition of such Original Issue Discount Bond prior to stated maturity,
however, the amount realized by such owner in excess of the basis of such Original Issue Discount Bond in the hands of such
owner (adjusted upward by the portion of the original issue discount allocable to the period for which such Original Issue
Discount Bond was held by such initial owner) is includable in gross income.
Under existing law, the original issue discount on each Original Issue Discount Bond is accrued daily to the stated maturity
thereof (in amounts calculated as described below for each six-month period ending on the date before the semiannual
anniversary dates of the date of the Refunding Bonds and ratably within each such six-month period) and the accrued amount is
added to an initial owner's basis for such Original Issue Discount Bond for purposes of determining the amount of gain or loss
recognized by such owner upon the redemption, sale or other disposition thereof. The amount to be added to basis for each
accrual period is equal to (a) the sum of the issue price and the amount of original issue discount accrued in prior periods
multiplied by the yield to stated maturity (determined on the basis of compounding at the close of each accrual period and
property adjusted for the length of the accrual period) less (b) the amounts payable as current interest during such accrual
period on such Original Issue Discount Bond.
The federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership, redemption, sale or other disposition of Original Issue
Discount Bonds which are not purchased in the initial offering at the initial offering price may be determined according to rules
which differ from those described above. All owners of Original Issue Discount Bonds should consult their own tax advisors
with respect to the determination for federal, state and local income tax purposes of the treatment of interest accrued upon
redemption, sale or other disposition of such Original Issue Discount Bonds and with respect to the federal, state, local and
foreign tax consequences of the purchase, ownership, redemption, sale or other disposition of such Original Issue Discount
Bonds.
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The City currently owns and operates one waste disposal treatment plant. The plant can treat 4.2 mgd and is sufficient to serve
a population of approximately 42,000.
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There are five universities located in nearby Houston: the University of Houston, Rice University, Texas Southern University,
St. Thomas University, and Houston Baptist University, all of which offer full four-year as well as postgraduate programs.
The City currently receives 90% (up to 4.2 million gallons per day (mgd) of their water from the La Porte Area Water
Authority. (See "LA PORTE AREA WATER AUmORITY".) The remaining 10% of water is derived from seven water
wells the City owns and operates that have a total capacity of8.7 mgd. The City's water storage facilities include seven ground
storage tanks and three elevated storage tanks having a total combined capacity of 3.2 million gallons. The City water supply
facilities are adequate to serve a population of 60,000.
The San Jacinto Junior College District encompasses approximately 289 square miles in southeast Harris County, including the
City of La Porte, providing the residents of the City with higher educational facilities. The College District has three
campuses~ the Main Campus adjacent to the City of La Porte on its west side; the North Campus north of the Houston Ship
Channel, and the South Campus just southwest of Pasadena within the city limits of the City of Houston. San Jacinto college
offers two-year educational pro~ams leading to Associate of Arts and Associate of Science Degrees.
Hi
her Educational Facilities
WATERWORKS AND
SEWAGE TREATMENT FACaITffiS
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As of January 1994 the school district had a student enrollment of 7,430 and a 1993 assessed valuation of $3.0 billion.
district's bonds are rated "A-I" by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and "M" by Standard & Poor's Corporation
Multifamily, Mobile Home Park and Commercial
Industrial
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The La Porte Independent School District provides the residents of the City with excellent school facilities. The school district
operates six elementary schools, three junior high schools, one senior high school and one alternative school. The district is
fully accredited by the Texas Education Agency and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. All of the school
facilities are fully air-conditioned and centrally heated and are furnished with modern educational equipment.
and
Volume of sewage treated is based on percentage of water purchased as follows:
Single Family residential 85% of water volume each month with
monthly cap 0[$37.50
85% of water volume billed each month
Educational Facilities
Residential subdivisions within the City are well planned, providing complete utility services and hard surface streets
~urbs and gutters. Homes are currently priced from $60,000 to $200,000 with construction progressing at a moderate rate.
Over 2,000 gallons
$2.48
per
,000 gallons
with
Usage Charge:
First 2,000 gallons
Minimum
$21.15 to $408.55, depending on size of
meter utilized to measure service
charge as above
Residential
The residential and commercial areas of the City form the core of the City, with the Industrial Districts flanking the City on the
north and south. The central business district lies east of Highway 146, which crosses the City from north to south, and
contains restaurants, shopping facilities and automobile dealerships. In addition, there are several attractive shopping centers
within the City. Dun & Bradstreet rates over 310 business establishments in the City.
DevcloDment
Commercial
and Industrial
Multifamily and Mobile Home park
$7.95 per
iving unit
Commercial Develo
ment
Minimuni. Charges:
Single Family residential
$11.95
Sewer Service:
Bayshore National Bank of La Porte
La Porte State Bank
Total Combined Deposits
$143,685,000
30.256.958
$173,941,958
Over 25,000 gallons
$2.65 per
,000 gallons
Next 15,000 gallons
$2.30 per 1,000 gallons
"TIle following banking facilities are located within the City:
Deposits as of
Jan 31. 1994
Next 8,000 gallons
Usage Charge:
First 2,000 gallons
$2.08 per
Minimum charge as above
$9.35 to $512.80, depending on size of
meter utilized to measure service
1,000 gallons
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The City's residents arc provided electricity, gas and telephone service by Houston Lighting and Power Company, Entex, Inc.
and Southwestern Bell Telephone, respectively, all as part of the City of Houston system. Water and sewer facilities are
provided by the City-owned system.
Institutions
Commercial
Multifamily and Mobile Home Parks
and Indu!ltrial
$5.35
per
living unit
Utilities
'The majority of the employers in the Industrial Districts are chemical and petrochemical related industries. . These companies
collectively have in excess of 4,500 employees with an annual payroll of approximately $175 million, and contribute largely to
the Port of Houston's position as the third largest port in the United States.
Minimum Charges:
Single Family Residential
$6.95
Water Service:
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(All customers are billed monthly)
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Under the City Charter and State Statutes, the City of La Porte has the authority simply by ordinance of the City C01Ulcil to
annex additional areas. In the past the City, in order to encourage industrial development in the area, has annexed a strip
surrounding the industries identified herein and executed contracts with each separate industry- as described above. The
contracts contain a construction incentive clause that allows new construction in the industrial area to be assessed in lieu of
taxes at a 30% rate, instead of a 50% rate.
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Outstanding
Debt
ESTIMATED PRINCIPAL REPA YMENTSCHEDJJLE*
$2,490,000 Bonds,
Series 1994
$5,810,000
5,325,000
4,755,000
4,215,000
3,675,000
3,140,000
2,605,000
2,070,000
1,565,000
1,060,000
600,000
155,000
New Total
$415,000
485,000
570,000
540,000
540,000
535,000
535,000
535,000
505,000
505,000
460,000
445,000
155,000
.5.714 Years
Average Maturity on Outstanding Debt.
$ 65,000
105,000
80,000
85,000
90,000
95,000
100,000
405,000
405,000
460,000
445,000
155,000
Present Total
$415,000
420,000
465,000
460,000
455,000
445,000
440,000
435,000
100,000
100,000
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
On January 1, 1994 the City and the industries renewed the contracts for an additional seven year period through December 31,
2000. Under the terms of the new contracts the industries will continue to pay full City taxes each year on the previously
annexed value of each industry and an in lieu payment on the remaining total value which constitutes the protected Industrial
Districts. These annual in lieu payments, when added to the full City taxes on the annexed portion, are an amount equal to the
sum of a) for the tax years 1994 through 1996, 50% of the amount of ad valorem taxes which would be payable to the City if all
of the industry's' land and improvements were in the City and b) for the tax years 1997 through 2000,53% of the amount of ad
valorem taxes which would be payable to the City if all of the industry's land and improvements were in the City. Listed
below is a schedule of the payments received in 1992 and 1993.
Fiscal Year
Endin2 9/30
992
In Lieu PaYments City Taxes
993
Cllts
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ESTIMATED DEBT SERVICE REOUIREMENT SCHEDULE*
$2,490,000 Bonds, Series 1994
Interest
New Total
$785,679
804,581
853,483
790,171
756,968
718,466
685,274
652,545
593,891
568,768
500,143
463,541
Fiscal Year
Endin2 9/30
Total
$ 50,349
174,548
211,788
183,543
185,468
187,075
188,374
189,325
483,391
465,268
500,143
463,541
$ 50,349
109,548
106,788
103,543
100,468
97,075
93,374
89,325
78,391
60,268
40,143
18,541
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PrinciDal
$ 65,000
105,000
80,000
85,000
90,000
95,000
100,000
405,000
405,000
460,000
445,000
Excludes the Refunded Bonds; subject to change.
Present Total
$735,330
630,033
64 1,695
606,628
571,500
531,391
496,900
463,220
110,500
103,500
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
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$359,052.89
361,244.66
262,257.60
332,384.80
211,841.85
144,274.49
12,399.23
143,500.59
104,295.95
103,203.97
82,438.81
0.00
59,657.18
11,765.55
63,932.09
1,031.99
2,623.45
22,165.06
39,440.71
11,234.97
16,052.46
14,226.42
940.18
6,527.46
144,903.19
4,041.18
3,646.35
327.8
0.00
2,461.22
2,046.93
2,624.16
991.09
758.78
1,167.10
0.00
683.09
1,480.42
692.61
0.00
668.25
1,583.44
4,191.91
190.71
$2,538,950.60
$1,499,631.89
437,334.88
258,529.03
539,360.54
260,822.63
275,322.20
11,790.72
208,625.92
241,540.64
83,102.98
100,611.62
11,182.50
79,730.35
64,777.80
59,644.83
831. 99
2,695.93
17,613.65
43,509.70
11,947.84
39,378.02
29,992.76
15,802.76
6,653.03
157,669.32
4,751.44
7,574.94
2,975.66
0.00
3,746.80
5,913.33
77 ,381.52
12,644.83
3,726.74
1,179.74
0.00
2,368.90
24,595.11
0.00
6,123.04
678.22
30,575.23
3,387.49
72.98
$4,645,599.50
City Taxes
$359,052.89
361,244.66
262,257.60
332,384.80
211,841.85
144,274.49
12,399.23
143,500.59
104,295.95
103,203.97
82,438.81
0.00
59,626.30
11,765.55
63,932.09
1,031.99
2,623.45
22,165.06
39,440.71
11,234.97
16,052.46
14,226.42
940.18
6,527.46
144,903.19
4,041.18
3,646.35
327.81
4,191.91
2,461.22
2,046.93
48,783.53
991.09
758.78
1,167.10
190.71
683.09
1,480.42
692.61
0.00
668.25
1,583.44
0.00
0.00
$2,585,079.09
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$1,533,582.23
422,850.69
239,926.04
483,745.64
280,339.59
256,405.18
15,306.29
206,502.57
231,334.77
69,405.20
00,032.05
21,356.21
84,077.57
58,709.86
45,264.15
884.26
2,744.33
18,384.78
42,783.86
10,006.92
37,222.14
31,157.17
15,954.43
7,326.41
186,819.48
4,808.12
7,117.48
2,861.06
0.00
3,738.39
6,053.89
19,522.48
11,198.41
3,904.17
1,333.74
83.63
4,070.62
23,918.27
0.00
6,444.67
678.22
30,575.23
0.00
0.00
$4,528,430.40
In Lieu Pa
Quantum Chemical Corp.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours
Occidental Electrochemical
Solvay Interox Corp.
Houston Lighting & Power
Dow Chemical USA
Alphagaz Division of Liquid Air
Fina Oil & Chemical Co.
Akzo Chemical, Inc.
Aristech Chemical Corp.
Rohm & Haas Corp.
Chusei (U.S.A.), Inc.
Lubrizol Corp.
Ethyl Corp. (USI-Emery)
Air Products & Chemicals
Texas Electric Equipment Co.
Union Carbide Corporation
Big Three Industries
Petro-lite Corporation
Hercules, Inc.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Tri-Gas, Inc. (formerly Airco)
Nippon Pigment USA, Inc.
Grief Brothers
Geon Company
Ohmstede Machine Works, Inc.
Eurecat, U.S.,lnc.
Laidlaw Enrivonmental Services
Nocs Gulf West, Inc.
Witco Corporation
Drago Supply Co., Inc.
Praxair, Inc. (Union Carbide)
Prime Equip. Co. (Grace Eq.)
Fairmont Supply
Dunn Equipment, Inc.
Tom M.R., Inc.
Revak Enterprises, Inc.
ARCO
Southwest Chemical Company
PMC Corporation
Battleground Water Co.
REXENE Products Company
EX-1M Freezers, Inc.
Ragsdale Development Corp.
Totals
Industrv
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The City and the industries listed below, many of which have come to the Industrial Zones since the original contracts, were
under contracts which extended to December 31, 1993. Under the terms of the contracts, the City annexed 25% of the value of
each industry on which the industry paid full City tax each year. The remaining 75% of the total value constitutes the protected
Industrial Districts on which the industries make "in lieu of tax" payments to the City each year. These annual in lieu
payments were in an amount which, when added to the full City taxes on the annexed portion, equaled 50% of what the City's
taxes on the industry would be if 100% of the industry were in the City.
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In 1958 the City of La Porte created an Industrial Zone adjacent to thc City which presently encompasses approximately 5,500
acres of land north of Highway 225 and bordering the Houston Ship Channel. The City annexed sufficient land to completely
encircle this Industrial Zone, protecting it from annexation by any other municipality. The City entered into contracts with all
of the Industries located in the Zone whereby the City annexed a portion of the total value of each industry with the remainder
constituting protected Industrial Districts. In addition to the Industrial Zone north of Highway 225, which is referred to as the
"Battleground Industrial District", the City contains an Industrial Zone on its south side referred to as the "Bayport Industrial
District". The Bayport District was created in 1970 and covers a 2,500 acre area. The Industrial District contracts are
authorized by Texas State Statutes.
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The Industrial
State Highway 225 provides access to the City on its north side and connects on the west with Interstate 610, a multi-lane
limited access freeway which encircles the City of Houston. State Highway 146, which extends into Northeast Texas, allows
access from the south through thc City. Air transportation is accessible through Houston Intercontinental and Hobby Airports.
The City-owned La Porte Mwlicipal Airport provides private and chartered air transportation through a fully approved F M
facility. Railway transportation is supplied by six railroads,including the Southern Pacific Lines. There are several motor
freight lines which adequately fill the need for truck transportation. The Houston Ship Channel, which runs along the northern
portion of the District, provides deep water ocean-going transportation from the Intracoastal Canal to the Port of Houston. The
Port of Houston's Barbour's Cut Terminal, located adjacent to the City, handles in excess of three million tons of cargo
annually.
Zones
TransDortation
Harris County's General
Corporation.
The contracts between the Authority and its contracting parties provide for establishment of rates and charges sufficient to meet
the authority's obligation with respect to operation and maintenance of the project, debt service and reserve fund requirements
on its Bonds, billing and payment procedures and minimum monthly charges. The City has budgeted $1,375,000 for payment
to the Authority for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994. The payments made to the authority constitute operating
expenses of the contracting parties' water and sewer systems. The term of the contracts is forty years commencing 1988.
Obligation Bonds are rated "Aa" by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and "AA+" by Standard & Poor's
The Texas Medical Center, located in Harris County, is one of the nation's largest, providing medical care and educational
opportunities. Harris County's 64 hospitals have approximately 17,000 beds, of which 4,600 are in the Texas Medical Center.
Each contracting party is responsible for its share of the authority's portion of the cost of construction and maintenance and
operation of the plant in the percentages shown above.
City of La Porte
City of Shoreacres
City of Morgan's Point
90.97%
4.74%
4.29%
This 1,723 square mile county is a leading oil, gas and petrochemical area, having over $275 million average annual production
of petroleum, natural gas and natural gas liquids. It has more than 32,000 manufacturing plants; the nation's largest
concentration of petrochcmical plants, the third largest United States seaport, and is a corporate management center. A
significant part of the County's major employers, manufacturers, education and financial institutions are located in Houston, the
County seat.
With the proceeds of its outstanding $9,800,000 Revenue Bonds, the Authority acquired an undivided interest in the Southeast
Water Purification Plant (the "Plant") constructed by the City of Houston. The Authority constructed a major water
transmission system to serve its contracting parties, which presently include the City and the Cities of Shoreacres and Morgan's
Point. The Plant has surface water treatment facilities capable of producing 80 million gallons per day (gpd) and treated water
storage facilities and pumping facilities capable of storing approximately 25 million gallons of potable water and pumping
approximately 156,000 gallon per minute (gpm) of treated potable water. The Authority is entitled to an initial demand factor
of 5.25% (4.2 mgd) and an initial pumping allocation factor of 2.33% (3,650 gpm). Each contracting party's share of such
capacities are as follows:
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Though much of the image of this area is industrial, the La Porte-Bayshore area is still characterized by an expanse of resort
homes. Because of this, and the metropolitan advantages of Houston, La Porte is one of the few communities in the Gulf Coast
area that offers this favorable combination.
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Located some 20 miles southeast of Houston on Galveston Bay in Harris County are the three communities that make up the La
Porte Bayshore Area: La Porte, Morgan's Point and Shoreacres. The area has a combined population of approximately 41,000,
of which 29,200 are located in the City of La Porte.
The City has entered into a contract with the La Porte Area Water Authority (the "Authority") for the purchase of treated
surface water. The Authority was created in 1981 by the 67th Legislature, Regular Session of the State of Texas as a
conservation and reclamation district for the purpose of acquiring, treating and delivering water municipalities, water districts
and industries within a 30-mile radius in southeast Harris County, including the City of La Porte and its extraterritorial
jurisdiction. The creation of the authority was confirmed at an election held within the City on January 16, 1982 by a majority
of the votes cast.
La Porte Ba
The City of La Porte covers an area of nineteen square miles located in the southeast quadrant of Harris County approximately
25 miles from downtown Houston. La Porte is bounded on the North by the Houston Ship Channel, and on the east by
Galveston Bay. The nation's largest concentration of petrochemical plants border the City on its north and south sides.
shore Area Profile
LA PORTE_AREA WATER AUTBj)RlTY
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SELECTED PROVISIONS OF THE REVENUE BOND ORDINANCE
The Revenue Bond Ordinance (the "Ordinance") authorizes the issuance and sale of the Bonds and prescribes terms, conditions
and provisions for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds by the City. Set forth below is a summary of
certain provisions of the Ordinance. Paragraph headings are supplied for ease of reference and are not contained in the
Ordinance. Such summary is not a complete description of the entire Bond Ordinance and is qualified by reference to the
Ordinance, copies of which are available from Moroney, Beissner & Co., Inc., the City's Financial Advisor, upon request.
Plede:e
The Waterworks and Sewer and System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1994, (the "Series 1994 Bonds") are being issued on
a parity with the City's outstanding Waterworks and sewer System Revenue Bonds (hereinafter called the "Outstanding Bonds")
and are secured by an irrevocable fIrst lien on and pledge of the net revenues of the system after deduction of the reasonable
expenses of maintenance and operation of the system and said net revenues are further pledged irrevocably to the establishment
and maintenance of the funds hereinafter created.
Definitions
The term "System" shall mean the City's entire Waterworks and Sewer System, together with all future improvements,
extensions, enlargements, and additions thereto and replacements thereof.
The term "Net Revenues" shall mean all gross revenues of the system, after deducting the expenses of operation and
maintenance of the System, including all salaries, labor, materials, repairs and extensions necessary to render efficient service.
Depreciation and payments into and out of the Interest and Sinking Fund and the Reserve Fund, hereinafter described, shall
never be considered as expenses of operation and maintenance.
The term "Outstanding Bonds" shall mean the City's Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 1985 and Series
1990, and Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1991.
Rate Covenant
The City covenants and agrees that it will:
(a) Fix and maintain rates and collect charges for the facilities and services afforded by the System which will
provide revenues sufficient at all times:
( 1 ) To pay all operation, maintenance, depreciation, replacement and betterment charges of the
System;
(2) To establish and maintain the Interest and Sinking Fund and Reserve Fund;
(3) To generate in each year Net Revenues equal to one and twenty-five hundredths (1-251100)
times the maximum annual requirement for the payment of thc principal of and interest on the Outstanding
Bonds, the Series 1994 Bonds and any additional bonds hereafter issued on a parity with the Outstanding
Bonds and the Series 1994 Bonds (hereinafter called the "Additional Bonds") at the time outstanding and
payable from the revenues of the System (although amounts shall be paid into the Interest And Sinking
Fund only in accordance with this Ordinance); and
(4) To pay all indebtedness outstanding against the System other than such Bonds, as and when
the same become due; and
(b) Deposit as collected all revenues derived from the operation of the System into the System Fund which shall be
kept separate and apart from all other funds of the City.
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(a) "That it has the lawful power to pledge the revenues supporting the Bonds and has lawfully exercised said power
under the Constitution and laws of the State of Taxes, including said power existing under Articles 1111 to 1118, both
inclusive, Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, as amended; that the Bonds issued hereunder shall be ratably secured by
said pledge of income, in such manner that one Bond shall have no preference over any other Bonds.
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The City hereby covenants as follows:
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(b) that, other than for the payment of the Bonds herein authorized, the rents, revenues and income of the System
have not in any manner been pledged to the payment of any debt or obligations of the City or of the System.
(c) That, so long as any of the Bonds or Additional Bonds remain unpaid, the city will not sell or encumber the
System or any substantial part thereof, and that it will not encumber the revenues thereof unless such encumbrance is made
pursuant to this Ordinance or is junior and subordinate to all of the provisions of this Ordinance.
(d) That no free service of the System shall be allowed, and should the City or any of its agencies or instrumentalities
make use of the services and facilities of the System, payment of the reasonable value thereof shall be made by the City out of
funds from sources other than the revenues and income of the System.
(e) To the extent that it legally may, the City further covenants and agrees that, so long as any of the Bonds or any
interest thereon is outstanding, no franchise shall be granted for the installation or operation of any competing system, that the
City \vill prohibit the operation of any such system other than those owned by the City and the operation of any such system by
anyone other than the City is hcreby prohibited.
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The Bonds are special obligations of the City payable from the pledged revenues and the registered owner thereof shall
have the right to demand payment thereof out of funds raised or to be raised by taxation.
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(i) At least one and one-half (I 112) times the average annual requirements for the payment of the principal
of and interest on the then Outstanding Bonds, and the Additional Bonds then proposed, when issued, sold,
and delivered; and
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The City shall keep proper books of records and accounts, separate from all other records and accounts, in which complete and
correct entries shall be made of all transactions relating to the System. Upon written request made not more than 60 days
following the close of the fiscal year, the City shall furnish to any registered owner of any of the Bonds, complete rmancial
statement s of the System in reasonable detail covering such fiscal year, certified by the City's Auditor. Any registered owner
or owners of 25% of the Bonds at the time outstanding shall have the right at all reasonable times to inspect the System and all
records, accolmts and data of the City relating thereto.
(c) After all of the Series 1985 Bonds are no longer outstanding, the net earnings of the System for Ule fiscal year, or
for any twelve consecutive calendar month period ending not more than 90 days prior to the adoption of the ordinance
authorizing such Additional Bonds, were equal to each of the provisions in items (i) and (ii) below determined independently
and certified by an independent firm of certified public accountants, based upon an audit of the books of the System;
(b) As long as any of the Series 1985 Bonds are outstanding, Ule net eamings of tlle System for Ule fiscal year next
preceding the month in which the ordinance authorizing such Additional Bonds is adopted, were equal to each of the provisions
in items (i) and (ii) below, determined independently and certified by an independent firm of certified public accountants,
based upon an annual audit ofUle books of the System.
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The City shall maintain the System in good condition and operate the same in an efficient manner and at a reasonable cost. So
long as any of the Bonds are outstanding, the City agrees to maintain insurance on the System, for the benefit of the registered
owner or owners of the Bonds, of a kind and in an amount which usually would be carried by private companies engaged in a
similar type of business in the same area. This Ordinance shall not be construed as requiring the City to expend any funds
which are derived from sources otller tllan the operation of the System, but nothing herein shall be construed as preventing Ule
City from doing so.
(a) The Interest And Sinking Fund, the Reserve Fund and any sinular fund or fWlds created by tlle ordinance
authorizing any Additional Bonds at the time outstanding shall each contain the amount then required to be on deposit therein,
and a certificate to such effect shall be executed and delivered by the Mayor and City Secretary.
In addition to Ule inferior lien bonds authorized by Article lilla, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended, tlle city expressly
reserves the right hereafter to issue additional parity bonds and other evidences of indebtedness now or hereafter authorized by
the Legislature of Texas (collectively, the "Additional Bonds"), and the Additional Bonds, when issued, may be secured by and
payable from a first lien on and pledgc of the Net Revenues of the System in the same manner and to the same extent as are the
Outstanding Bonds and the Series 1994 Bonds and the Additional Bonds may in all respects be of equal dignity. It is provided,
however, that no Additional Bonds shall be issued unless:
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The ordinances authorizing the issuance of the Outstanding Bonds provided that the aggregate amount to be accwnulated and
maintained in the Reserve Fund shall equal the maximum annual principal and interest requirements for the Outstanding
Bonds. The ordinance authorizing the Series 1994 Bonds shall provide that the aggregate amount to be accmllulated and
maintained in the Reserve Fund shall be increased by an additional amOlmt equal to the maximum annual principal and interest
requirements for the Series 1994 Bonds, and that such additional amOlmt shall be so accumulated within sixty-one (61) months
from the date of the Series 1994 Bonds by the deposit in the Reserve Fund of equal monthly installments beginning on June 15,
1994. The aggregate amount to be accumulated in the Reserve Fund, however, shall never be required to exceed the maximum
annual principal and interest requirements for all Outstanding Bonds, the Series 1994 bonds and Additional Bonds. The
Reserve Fund shall be used to pay the principal of and interest on the Outstanding Bonds, the Series 1994 Bonds and any
Additional Bonds at any time when there is not sufficient money available in the Interest And Sinking Fund for such purpose.
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(e) The City shall establish a reserve fund for such Additional Bonds by providing a cash reserve fund therefor, a
surety bond in lieu thereof or a combination of such cash reserve fund and surety bond, all as the city council deems reasonable
and appropriate provided that (i) the amount of any such cash reserve fund or the coverage of any surety bond in lieu thereof or
thc amount of such cash reserve fund and the coverage of such surety bond when added together shall at least equal UlC
maximmll alIDual debt service requirements of such Additional Bonds, not to exceed the maximum permitted by applicable
regulations, procedures or published rulings of the Internal Revenue Service (tlle "Reserve Minimum"); (ii) if any cash reserve
fund is funded-by making transfers of Net Revenues in the System Fund, such transfers shall be made each monUl in an amount
reasonably sufficient to reach the Reserve Minimum (or the portion thereof which is to be provided by such cash reserve fund)
within a period of not more than five years after such Additional Bonds are sold and delivers; (iii) any such cash reserve fund
may be combined with the Reserve Fund herein provided for the Bonds and with the cash reserve fund provided for any
Additional Bonds then outstanding in order ratably to secure all such Bonds then outstanding; (iv) any such surety bond
provided in lieu of a cash reserve fund shall be issued by an insurance company or association of companies whose insured
obligations are rated either by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") or by Standard & Poor's Corporation ("S&P") in its
highest rating category; and (v) any such surety bond may be written (or amended) to provide coverage not only for such
Additional Bonds but also pro rata for the Bonds and any Additional Bonds then outstanding, provided any existing cash
reserve fund or surety bond in lieu thereof which secures any such outstanding Bonds, is extended ratably to secure Ule
Additional Bonds then being issued. It is Ule City's intention hereby to provide maximum flexibility with respect to the reserve
fund to be provided for any Additional "Bonds which may be issued hereafter and the foregoing provisions shall be liberally
construed in order to achieve that objective WiUlout materially prejudicing the rights and interests of the owners of any Bonds
and Additional Bonds at the time outstanding.
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The necessary and reasonable expenses of operation and maintenance of the System shall first be paid from Ule System Fund
upon approval of the City Council and, from the Net Revenues available in the System Fund, the City shall then make
substantially equal monthly payments into a separate fund (the "Interest And Sinking Fund") during each year in which any of
the Outstanding Bonds, the Series 1994 Bonds and Additional Bonds, if any, are outstanding, commencing with the date of
delivery of the Series 1994 Bonds (or Additional Bonds, as the case may be) to the initial purchasers thereof, in an aggregate
amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the amounts required to meet the interest and principal payments falling due
on or before the next maturity date of the Outstanding Bonds, the Series 1994 and Additional Bonds, if any. the City shall, at
least five days prior to September 15, 1994, and each March and September 15 thereafter, deposit into the Interest And Sinking
Fund any additional Net Revenues available in the System Fund which may be necessary to pay in full the interest on and
principal, ifany, coming due on such March 15 or September 15. In no event shall any amount in excess of the amounts stated
above be placed in the Interest And Sinking Fund for the payment of the interest on or principal of the Outstanding Bonds, the
Series 1994 Bonds and Additional Bond, if any, and any amount so placed may be withdrawn by the City and replaced in the
System Fund.
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The tenll "net earnings" as sued in this Section shall mean all of the net revenues of the System, exclusive of income received
specifically for capital items, after deduction of the necessary and reasonable expenses of operation and maintenance of the
System excluding expenditures which under standard accounting practice should be charged to capital expenditures or
depreciation.
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provided, however, should the certificate of the accountant ccrtify that the net earnings of the System for the period covered
thereby were, in either case, less than required above, and a change in the rates and charges for services afforded by the System
became effective at least sixty (60) days prior to the scheduled date of adoption of the ordinance authorizing such Additional
Bonds, then such Additional Bonds may nevertheless be issued if an independent engineer or engineering firm having a
favorable reputation with respect to such matters certified that, had such change in rates and charges been effective for the
entire period covered by the accountant's certificate, the net earnings for the System for the period covered by the accountant's
certificate would have met Ule tests specified in (i) and (ii) above.
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payment of the principal of and interest on the then outstanding Bonds, and the Additional Bonds then
proposed, then issued, sold and delivered.
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