Tex. Finance Code § 123.201
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 123.201, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 123.201. POWER TO BORROW OR LEND.
Official statutory text
(a) A credit union may:
(1) lend its funds, or engage in any other type of financing transaction authorized by applicable law or rules adopted by the commission; and
(2) borrow money from any source, subject to Subsection (b).
(b) A credit union may not incur a debt without the commissioner's prior approval if the debt will cause the debt of the credit union, including a deposit of a nonmember financial institution, to exceed an amount equal to 500 percent of the credit union's unencumbered reserves and undivided earnings.
(c) The commissioner shall grant or deny a request for approval under Subsection (b) not later than the 10th day after the date on which the request is made.
(1) lend its funds, or engage in any other type of financing transaction authorized by applicable law or rules adopted by the commission; and
(2) borrow money from any source, subject to Subsection (b).
(b) A credit union may not incur a debt without the commissioner's prior approval if the debt will cause the debt of the credit union, including a deposit of a nonmember financial institution, to exceed an amount equal to 500 percent of the credit union's unencumbered reserves and undivided earnings.
(c) The commissioner shall grant or deny a request for approval under Subsection (b) not later than the 10th day after the date on which the request is made.
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