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Tex. Fin. Code § 36.201

ACTION TO CLOSE STATE BANK

Known as the Texas Banking Act

The act spans §§ 31–59 (247 sections).

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff

(a) The banking commissioner may close and liquidate a state bank on finding that:

(1) the interests of the bank's depositors and creditors are jeopardized by the bank's insolvency or imminent insolvency; and

(2) the best interests of depositors and creditors would be served by requiring that the bank be closed and its assets liquidated.

(b) A majority of the bank's directors may voluntarily close the bank and place it with the banking commissioner for liquidation.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.