Tex. Finance Code § 13.002
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 13.002, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 13.002. SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE LENDING COMMISSIONER.
Official statutory text
(a) The savings and mortgage lending commissioner is the chief executive officer of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending. The finance commission shall appoint the savings and mortgage lending commissioner. The savings and mortgage lending commissioner serves at the will of the finance commission and is subject to the finance commission's orders and direction.
(b) The savings and mortgage lending commissioner must have not less than five years' experience in the executive management of a savings association or savings bank or in savings association or savings bank supervision during the 10 years preceding the commissioner's appointment.
(c) The finance commission shall set the compensation of the savings and mortgage lending commissioner. The compensation shall be paid from money of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending.
(b) The savings and mortgage lending commissioner must have not less than five years' experience in the executive management of a savings association or savings bank or in savings association or savings bank supervision during the 10 years preceding the commissioner's appointment.
(c) The finance commission shall set the compensation of the savings and mortgage lending commissioner. The compensation shall be paid from money of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending.
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