Tex. Finance Code § 32.003
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 32.003, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 32.003. APPLICATION FOR STATE BANK CHARTER; STANDARDS FOR APPROVAL.
Official statutory text
(a) An application for a state bank charter must be made under oath and in the form required by the banking commissioner, who shall inquire fully into the identity and character of each proposed director, officer, and principal shareholder. The application must be accompanied by all charter fees and deposits required by law.
(b) The banking commissioner shall grant a state bank charter only if the commissioner determines that the organizers have established that public convenience and advantage will be promoted by the establishment of the state bank. In determining whether public convenience and advantage will be promoted, the banking commissioner shall consider the convenience of the public to be served and whether:
(1) the organizational and capital structure and amount of initial capitalization is adequate for the business plan;
(2) the anticipated volume and nature of business indicates a reasonable probability of success and profitability based on the market sought to be served;
(3) the officers and directors as a group have sufficient banking experience, ability, standing, competence, trustworthiness, and integrity to justify a belief that the bank will operate in compliance with law and that success of the bank is probable;
(4) each principal shareholder has sufficient experience, ability, standing, competence, trustworthiness, and integrity to justify a belief that the bank will be free from improper or unlawful influence or interference with respect to the bank's operation in compliance with law; and
(5) the organizers are acting in good faith.
(b) The banking commissioner shall grant a state bank charter only if the commissioner determines that the organizers have established that public convenience and advantage will be promoted by the establishment of the state bank. In determining whether public convenience and advantage will be promoted, the banking commissioner shall consider the convenience of the public to be served and whether:
(1) the organizational and capital structure and amount of initial capitalization is adequate for the business plan;
(2) the anticipated volume and nature of business indicates a reasonable probability of success and profitability based on the market sought to be served;
(3) the officers and directors as a group have sufficient banking experience, ability, standing, competence, trustworthiness, and integrity to justify a belief that the bank will operate in compliance with law and that success of the bank is probable;
(4) each principal shareholder has sufficient experience, ability, standing, competence, trustworthiness, and integrity to justify a belief that the bank will be free from improper or unlawful influence or interference with respect to the bank's operation in compliance with law; and
(5) the organizers are acting in good faith.
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