Tex. Finance Code § 16.012
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 16.012, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 16.012. GIFTS.
Official statutory text
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a financial regulatory agency may not accept a gift, grant, or donation:
(1) from a party to an enforcement action; or
(2) to pursue a specific investigation or enforcement action.
(b) A financial regulatory agency must:
(1) report each gift, grant, or donation that the agency receives as a separate item in the agency's report required under Section 16.005(b); and
(2) include with the report a statement indicating the purpose for which each gift, grant, or donation was donated and used.
(1) from a party to an enforcement action; or
(2) to pursue a specific investigation or enforcement action.
(b) A financial regulatory agency must:
(1) report each gift, grant, or donation that the agency receives as a separate item in the agency's report required under Section 16.005(b); and
(2) include with the report a statement indicating the purpose for which each gift, grant, or donation was donated and used.
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