The Texas Bond Review Board approves state bond issues and lease purchases with an initial principal amount of greater than $250,000 or a term of longer than five years; is responsible for the collection, analysis and reporting of information on the debt of the state and local political subdivisions in Texas; and administers the state’s Private Activity Bond Allocation Program. These records document those functions, and include copies of minutes, agenda, transcripts, and occasional exhibits, dating 1987-2006. They comprise the minutes and agenda of meetings of the Texas Bond Review Board, and the minutes for staff planning sessions of the Bond Review Board. Agenda are present beginning in late 1989, but not every meeting afterward contains an agenda. Transcripts are included with minutes for three meetings in the early 1990s, and are substituted for minutes for almost all meetings between October 2001 and June 2002. Exhibits (such as presentations or application summaries) are rare. Staff planning sessions are documented for the years 1989-1994.

The bulk of the meeting minutes pertain to consideration of proposed issues of bonds, installment sales, and lease-purchases, and give the following information: (1) the name of the issuing state agency or university; (2) the nature of the proposed transaction (e.g. Multifamily Housing Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Series 2002--Wheatland Villas Apartments; Consolidated Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2002B; Tax Exempt Commercial Paper Revenue Notes, Series 2003; lease purchase of Oracle software; etc.); (3) a discussion of the issues, including (but not limited to) names of representatives present, the amounts, the purpose(s), the methods for placing and issuing, how they would be secured, how they would be repaid, the names of consultants, the dates of sales and closings, etc.; and (4) the decision of the board and terms of approval (in all caps).

Other business of the board is also briefly documented, including such things as changes to the board's rules; the legislative appropriations request; debt issuers guidelines; possible legislative changes; the internal audit plan, report, and charter; reports from the Executive Director; etc.

Minutes are created to document in a thorough yet summary fashion the official actions of the board in its meetings. Agenda inform the public as to what will be discussed and/or decided at each board meeting. Transcripts are verbatim records of the proceedings of a meeting.