Tex. Finance Code § 204.103
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 204.103, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 204.103. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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