Tex. Finance Code § 31.201
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 31.201, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 31.201. BANKING COMMISSIONER HEARING; INFORMAL DISPOSITION.
Official statutory text
(a) The banking commissioner may convene a hearing to receive evidence and argument regarding any matter within the jurisdiction of and before the banking commissioner for decision or review. The hearing must be conducted under Chapter 2001, Government Code. A matter made confidential by law must be considered by the banking commissioner in a closed hearing.
(b) A hearing before the banking commissioner that is required or authorized by law may be conducted by a hearing officer on behalf of the banking commissioner.
(c) This section does not grant a right to hearing to a person that is not otherwise granted by governing law.
(d) The banking commissioner may informally dispose of a matter within the jurisdiction of and before the banking commissioner by consent order, agreed settlement, or default.
(b) A hearing before the banking commissioner that is required or authorized by law may be conducted by a hearing officer on behalf of the banking commissioner.
(c) This section does not grant a right to hearing to a person that is not otherwise granted by governing law.
(d) The banking commissioner may informally dispose of a matter within the jurisdiction of and before the banking commissioner by consent order, agreed settlement, or default.
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