A registered Texas representative office of a foreign bank may do certain representational, administrative, and related non-banking work, but it may not conduct deposit-taking, lending, or other banking activity for the foreign bank.
Sec. 204.203. PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES OF REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE. (a) A registered Texas representative office of a foreign bank may engage in: (1) representational and administrative functions in connection with the banking activities of the foreign bank that: (A) may include soliciting new business for the foreign bank, conducting research, acting as liaison between the foreign bank's head office and customers in the United States, performing preliminary and servicing steps in connection with lending, or performing back-office functions; and (B) do not include contracting for any deposit or deposit-like liability, lending money, or engaging in any other banking activity for the foreign bank; (2) making credit decisions if: (A) the foreign bank also operates one or more branches or agencies in the United States; (B) the loans approved at the representative office are made by a United States office of the bank; and (C) the loan proceeds are not disbursed in the representative office; and (3) other functions for or on behalf of the foreign bank or its affiliates, including operating as a regional administrative office of the foreign bank, but only to the extent that the functions are not banking activities and are not prohibited by applicable federal or state law. (b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (S.B. 1400), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017. (c) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (S.B. 1400), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017. (d) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (S.B. 1400), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 344, Sec. 1.001, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (S.B. 1400), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (S.B. 1400), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.