Tex. Finance Code § 92.051
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 92.051, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 92.051. APPLICATION TO INCORPORATE.
Official statutory text
(a) Five or more adult residents of this state may apply to incorporate a savings bank by submitting to the commissioner:
(1) an application to incorporate a savings bank that is:
(A) in a form specified by the commissioner; and
(B) signed by each incorporator; and
(2) the filing fee.
(b) An application must contain:
(1) two copies of the savings bank's articles of incorporation identifying:
(A) the name of the savings bank;
(B) the location of the principal office; and
(C) the names and addresses of the initial directors;
(2) two copies of the savings bank's bylaws;
(3) data sufficiently detailed and comprehensive to enable the commissioner to make findings under Section 92.058, including statements, exhibits, and maps;
(4) other information relating to the savings bank and its operation that the finance commission by rule requires; and
(5) financial information about each applicant, incorporator, director, officer, or shareholder that the finance commission by rule requires.
(c) Financial information described by Subsection (b) is confidential and not subject to public disclosure unless the commissioner finds that disclosure is necessary and in the public interest.
(d) The articles of incorporation and statements of fact must be signed and sworn to.
(1) an application to incorporate a savings bank that is:
(A) in a form specified by the commissioner; and
(B) signed by each incorporator; and
(2) the filing fee.
(b) An application must contain:
(1) two copies of the savings bank's articles of incorporation identifying:
(A) the name of the savings bank;
(B) the location of the principal office; and
(C) the names and addresses of the initial directors;
(2) two copies of the savings bank's bylaws;
(3) data sufficiently detailed and comprehensive to enable the commissioner to make findings under Section 92.058, including statements, exhibits, and maps;
(4) other information relating to the savings bank and its operation that the finance commission by rule requires; and
(5) financial information about each applicant, incorporator, director, officer, or shareholder that the finance commission by rule requires.
(c) Financial information described by Subsection (b) is confidential and not subject to public disclosure unless the commissioner finds that disclosure is necessary and in the public interest.
(d) The articles of incorporation and statements of fact must be signed and sworn to.
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