Legal Assistant paralegal Public Finance houston Tx

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Legal Assistant (Paralegal) – Public Finance
The candidate will attend meetings of the Board of Directors of the firm’s municipal utility district clients and take notes of all board actions and decisions. Draft and prepare agendas, orders, and resolution required for Board of Directors meetings and prepare multi-lingual agendas for election matters (outside translation services are used). Ensure that the Board of Directors follows proper legal procedures at meetings (such as no entering into executive session inappropriately). Prepare minutes of the Board meetings. Interact with the Directors of the districts as well as the other consultants for the districts, including engineers, operators, bookkeepers, and tax assessor/collectors. Prepare required bond documents and assemble into a transcript of proceedings and assist in submission to the Attorney General of Texas for review prior to the district’s issuance and selling of bonds. Prepare documents for obtaining the approval for annexation of land to districts and administers the applications for such approval. Review memoranda regarding current legislation and inform the Board about new regulations. Review new rules from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and inform the Board of Directors. Assist with the renewal of various permits. Prepare documents for the districts’ annual tax exemptions and assessing the collection charges on delinquent taxes. Keep track of filing requirements, such as the Registration Form due at least every two years and the Water Loss Audit due every five years for the TCEQ. Review the Annual Financial Report (audit) and file with the appropriate parties. Provide documents for the required annual review of investment policies and investment strategies; prepare required certificate pages. Assist with the distribution of the Water Quality Reports. File the annual continuing disclosure due pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 15(c)2-12. Assist with the annual setting of the tax rate, including preparation of the Order Levying Taxes and Amendment to the Information Forms; make sure the forms are properly filed. Assist with the annual Operating Budget for the districts’ operating funds. Maintain district files and permanent documents. Review and finalize correspondence. Record all billable hours on the firm’s tracking system timely.

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