Tex. Fin. Code § 185.009 · Subchapter A. ENFORCEMENT ORDERS
ENFORCEMENT BY COMMISSIONER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the banking commissioner reasonably believes that a state trust company or other person has violated any of the following, the banking commissioner may take any action authorized under Subsection (a-1):
(1) this subtitle or rules enacted under this subtitle and, as a result of that violation, exposed or could have exposed the state trust company or its clients, creditors, shareholders, or participants to harm;
(2) other applicable law of this state and, as a result of that violation, exposed or could have exposed the state trust company or its clients, creditors, shareholders, or participants to harm; or
(3) a final order issued by the banking commissioner.
(a-1) The banking commissioner may:
(1) initiate administrative penalty proceedings against the state trust company or other person, as applicable, in accordance with Sections 185.010 and 185.011;
(2) refer the matter to the attorney general for enforcement by injunction or other available remedy; or
(3) pursue any other action the banking commissioner considers appropriate under applicable law.
(b) If the attorney general prevails in an action brought under Subsection (a-1)(2), the attorney general is entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees from a state trust company or person committing the violation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.16(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 183 (S.B. 1165), Sec. 13, eff. May 28, 2011.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.185.htm
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