Tex. Finance Code § 96.316

This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 96.316, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.

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§ 96.316. CLOSING OF LIQUIDATION; ORDER AND LIABILITY.

Official statutory text

(a) The liquidating agent shall certify the completion of the liquidation to the commissioner, who shall then issue an order closing the liquidation.

(b) After the closing order, the commissioner and the liquidating agent are discharged from any further duty or liability in connection with the administration of the savings bank's affairs.

(c) After the closing order, a person does not have a claim, suit, or action against the commissioner or the liquidating agent, individually or in an official capacity, except a suit to recover an unclaimed deposit as provided by this subchapter.

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