Tex. Finance Code § 274.201
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 274.201, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 274.201. DESIGNATION OF AFFILIATED BANK AS FIDUCIARY IN WILL.
Official statutory text
The prospective designation in a will or other instrument of an affiliated bank of a subsidiary trust company as fiduciary is also considered a designation of the company as fiduciary and confers on the company any discretionary power granted in the instrument unless:
(1) the bank and company agree in writing to have the designation of the bank as fiduciary be binding; or
(2) the creator of the fiduciary account, by appropriate language in the document creating the account, provides that the account is not eligible for substitution under this chapter.
(1) the bank and company agree in writing to have the designation of the bank as fiduciary be binding; or
(2) the creator of the fiduciary account, by appropriate language in the document creating the account, provides that the account is not eligible for substitution under this chapter.
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