Sec. 204.001. TRANSACTING BUSINESS. (a) A foreign bank may not transact business in this state except to the extent permitted by this chapter.
(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit a foreign bank:
(1) from transacting business at a licensed federal branch or agency in this state in accordance with federal law;
(2) that does not maintain a branch or agency in this state or conduct business from an office or location in this state from making unsecured loans in this state or loans secured by liens on real or personal property located in this state, enforcing those loans in this state, or transacting trust business in this state, to the extent permitted by other law; or
(3) organized under the laws of a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, from establishing and operating an interstate branch in this state in its capacity as a state bank pursuant to Chapter 203.
(c) For purposes of Subsection (a), a foreign bank is not considered to be transacting business in this state merely because a subsidiary or affiliate transacts business in this state, including business that a depository institution subsidiary or affiliate may lawfully conduct in this state as an agent for the foreign bank to the extent authorized by the laws of this state.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 344, Sec. 1.001, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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