Tex. Fin. Code § 149.002 · Chapter 149. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO CREDIT UNIONS
EXEMPTION FROM SECURITIES LAWS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as required by this subtitle, a credit union authorized to do business under this subtitle or the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq.) and an officer, employee, or agent of the credit union engaged in selling, issuing, or offering a security issued by a state or federal credit union are exempt from a law of this state to the extent the law provides for supervision, registration, or regulation in connection with selling, issuing, or offering a security.
(b) The sale, issuance, or offering of a security issued by a state or federal credit union is legal without any action or approval by any official, other than the credit union commissioner, who is authorized to license, regulate, or supervise the sale, issuance, or offering of securities.
(c) In this section, "security" has the meaning assigned by Section 4001.068, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 491 (H.B. 4171), Sec. 2.14, eff. January 1, 2022.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.149.htm
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