Tex. Finance Code § 351.051
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 351.051, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 351.051. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Official statutory text
(a) A person must hold a license issued under this chapter to:
(1) engage in the business of making, transacting, or negotiating property tax loans; or
(2) contract for, charge, or receive, directly or indirectly, in connection with a property tax loan subject to this chapter, a charge, including interest, compensation, consideration, or another expense, authorized under this chapter or Chapter 32, Tax Code.
(b) A person may not use any device, subterfuge, or pretense to evade the application of this section.
(c) Except as provided by Section 351.003, this chapter does not apply to:
(1) any of the following entities or an employee of any of the following entities, if the employee is acting for the benefit of the employer:
(A) a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association, or a subsidiary or an affiliate of a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association; or
(B) a state or federal credit union, or a subsidiary, affiliate, or credit union service organization of a state or federal credit union; or
(2) an individual who:
(A) is related to the property owner within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code; or
(B) makes five or fewer property tax loans in any consecutive 12-month period from the individual's own funds.
(d) A property tax lender licensed under this chapter is not required to be licensed under Chapter 156 or any other provision of this code.
(1) engage in the business of making, transacting, or negotiating property tax loans; or
(2) contract for, charge, or receive, directly or indirectly, in connection with a property tax loan subject to this chapter, a charge, including interest, compensation, consideration, or another expense, authorized under this chapter or Chapter 32, Tax Code.
(b) A person may not use any device, subterfuge, or pretense to evade the application of this section.
(c) Except as provided by Section 351.003, this chapter does not apply to:
(1) any of the following entities or an employee of any of the following entities, if the employee is acting for the benefit of the employer:
(A) a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association, or a subsidiary or an affiliate of a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association; or
(B) a state or federal credit union, or a subsidiary, affiliate, or credit union service organization of a state or federal credit union; or
(2) an individual who:
(A) is related to the property owner within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code; or
(B) makes five or fewer property tax loans in any consecutive 12-month period from the individual's own funds.
(d) A property tax lender licensed under this chapter is not required to be licensed under Chapter 156 or any other provision of this code.
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