Tex. Finance Code § 66.254
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 66.254, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 66.254. EFFECT OF CLOSING.
Official statutory text
(a) On closing an association under this subchapter, the commissioner may:
(1) liquidate the association as provided by Subchapter E; or
(2) tender the association's assets and all the association's affairs to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and appoint the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver or liquidating agent to act in accordance with this chapter or federal law.
(b) The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on accepting the tender and appointment prescribed by Subsection (a)(2) may:
(1) act without bond or other security as to the appointment; and
(2) without court supervision, exercise any right, power, or privilege provided by the laws of this state to a receiver or liquidating agent, as applicable, and any applicable right, power, or privilege available under federal law.
(c) On acceptance of the appointment prescribed by Subsection (a)(2), possession of and title to all the assets, business, and property of the association pass to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation without the execution of any instrument transferring title or right of use.
(1) liquidate the association as provided by Subchapter E; or
(2) tender the association's assets and all the association's affairs to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and appoint the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver or liquidating agent to act in accordance with this chapter or federal law.
(b) The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on accepting the tender and appointment prescribed by Subsection (a)(2) may:
(1) act without bond or other security as to the appointment; and
(2) without court supervision, exercise any right, power, or privilege provided by the laws of this state to a receiver or liquidating agent, as applicable, and any applicable right, power, or privilege available under federal law.
(c) On acceptance of the appointment prescribed by Subsection (a)(2), possession of and title to all the assets, business, and property of the association pass to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation without the execution of any instrument transferring title or right of use.
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