Tex. Finance Code § 96.404
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 96.404, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 96.404. INTEREST IN SAVINGS BANK PROHIBITED FOR DEPARTMENT.
Official statutory text
(a) A savings bank or a director, officer, employee, or representative of a savings bank may not give a loan or gratuity, directly or indirectly, to the commissioner, an employee of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending, or a spouse of the commissioner or employee.
(b) The commissioner or an employee of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending may not:
(1) hold an office or position in a domestic savings bank or exercise a right to vote on a domestic savings bank matter because the person is a member of or shareholder in the savings bank;
(2) hold an interest, directly or indirectly, in a domestic savings bank; or
(3) undertake an indebtedness as a borrower, directly or indirectly, or endorser, surety, or guarantor or sell or otherwise dispose of a loan or investment to a domestic savings bank.
(c) If the commissioner or an employee of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending has a prohibited, direct or indirect right or interest in a domestic savings bank at the time of appointment or employment, the commissioner or employee shall dispose of the right or interest not later than the 60th day after the date of appointment or employment.
(d) If the commissioner or an employee of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending is indebted as a borrower, directly or indirectly, or is an endorser, surety, or guarantor on a note to a domestic savings bank at the time of appointment or employment, the commissioner or employee may continue in that capacity until that debt is paid.
(b) The commissioner or an employee of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending may not:
(1) hold an office or position in a domestic savings bank or exercise a right to vote on a domestic savings bank matter because the person is a member of or shareholder in the savings bank;
(2) hold an interest, directly or indirectly, in a domestic savings bank; or
(3) undertake an indebtedness as a borrower, directly or indirectly, or endorser, surety, or guarantor or sell or otherwise dispose of a loan or investment to a domestic savings bank.
(c) If the commissioner or an employee of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending has a prohibited, direct or indirect right or interest in a domestic savings bank at the time of appointment or employment, the commissioner or employee shall dispose of the right or interest not later than the 60th day after the date of appointment or employment.
(d) If the commissioner or an employee of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending is indebted as a borrower, directly or indirectly, or is an endorser, surety, or guarantor on a note to a domestic savings bank at the time of appointment or employment, the commissioner or employee may continue in that capacity until that debt is paid.
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