Tex. Finance Code § 154.303

This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 154.303, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.

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§ 154.303. AUTHORIZATION TO WITHDRAW MONEY.

Official statutory text

(a) Not later than the 15th day after the date the notice required by Section 154.302 is received, the commissioner shall give the seller written authorization to:

(1) withdraw the money presumed abandoned as specified in the notice; and

(2) subject to Subsection (b), withdraw and retain the money specified in the notice that represents the earnings attributable to the abandoned money.

(b) The commissioner may refuse to authorize the seller to withdraw the earnings described by Subsection (a)(2) only if:

(1) the department has canceled or refused to renew the seller's permit to sell prepaid funeral benefits;

(2) the seller is the subject of a pending proceeding to cancel the seller's permit to sell prepaid funeral benefits; or

(3) the department has:

(A) determined from an examination of the seller's records that the seller has made withdrawals from accounts maintained by the seller that were not authorized under this chapter; and

(B) previously given written notice to the seller of that determination.

(c) Not later than the 15th day after the date the notice under Section 154.302 is received, the commissioner shall give written notice to the seller stating the reason the commissioner will not authorize the seller to withdraw the earnings described by Subsection (a)(2).

(d) A seller that did not receive the commissioner's authorization to withdraw earnings because of Subsection (b)(2) is entitled to withdraw and retain the earnings if the department or a court subsequently determines that the seller's permit should not be canceled.

(e) A seller that did not receive the commissioner's authorization to withdraw earnings because of Subsection (b)(3) is entitled to withdraw and retain the earnings on redepositing in the accounts the amount of the unauthorized withdrawals.

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