Finance Code § 32.402

Sec. 32.402. AUTHORITY TO ACT AS DISBURSING AGENT. (a) The purchasing bank may hold the purchase price and any additional money delivered to it by the selling institution in trust for, or as a deposit to the credit of, the selling institution and may act as agent of the selling institution in disbursing the money in trust or on deposit by paying the depositors and creditors of the selling institution. (b) If the purchasing bank acts under written contract of agency approved by the banking commissioner that specifically names each depositor and creditor and the amount to be paid each, and if the agency is limited to the purely ministerial act of paying those depositors and creditors the amounts due them as determined by the selling institution and reflected in the contract of agency and does not involve discretionary duties or authority other than the identification of the depositors and creditors named, the purchasing bank: (1) may rely on the contract of agency and the instructions included in it; and (2) is not responsible for: (A) any error made by the selling institution in determining its liabilities, the depositors and creditors to whom the liabilities are due, or the amounts due the depositors and creditors; or (B) any preference that results from the payments made under the contract of agency and the instructions included in it. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.