Tex. Fin. Code § 204.103 · Subchapter B. DIRECT BRANCH AND AGENCY OFFICES OF FOREIGN BANKS
ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioner shall issue a license to a foreign bank to establish and maintain a Texas state branch or agency if the commissioner finds after reasonable inquiry that:
(1) all members of the management of the Texas state branch or agency have sufficient banking experience, ability, standing, competence, trustworthiness, and integrity to justify a belief that the agency will operate in compliance with state law;
(2) the foreign bank has sufficient standing to justify a belief that the Texas state branch or agency will be free from improper or unlawful influence or interference with respect to the office's operation in compliance with state law; and
(3) the foreign bank is acting in good faith and the application does not contain a material misrepresentation.
(b) Each Texas state branch or agency shall post its license in a conspicuous place at its office. A license issued under this subchapter is not transferable or assignable.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 344, Sec. 1.001, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.204.htm
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