Finance Code § 204.103

Sec. 204.103. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE. (a) The commissioner shall issue a license to a foreign bank to establish and maintain a Texas state branch or agency if the commissioner finds after reasonable inquiry that: (1) all members of the management of the Texas state branch or agency have sufficient banking experience, ability, standing, competence, trustworthiness, and integrity to justify a belief that the agency will operate in compliance with state law; (2) the foreign bank has sufficient standing to justify a belief that the Texas state branch or agency will be free from improper or unlawful influence or interference with respect to the office's operation in compliance with state law; and (3) the foreign bank is acting in good faith and the application does not contain a material misrepresentation. (b) Each Texas state branch or agency shall post its license in a conspicuous place at its office. A license issued under this subchapter is not transferable or assignable. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 344, Sec. 1.001, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.