Sec. 161.022.  SEPARATE ASSETS.  (a)  A bank holding a security under this subchapter, whether in registered or bearer form, at all times shall keep the security separate from the bank's assets.  The bank may:
(1)  hold separately the certificates representing securities that periodically comprise the assets of a particular fiduciary account from those of all other accounts;  or
(2)  without certification as to ownership attached, hold in bulk certificates representing the same class of securities of the same issuer that periodically comprise the assets of different fiduciary accounts and, to the extent feasible, merge certificates of small denomination into one or more certificates of large denomination.
(b)  A bank that holds security certificates in bulk is subject to the regulations issued by the Finance Commission of Texas if the bank is chartered by this state or by the comptroller of the currency if the bank is a national banking association.
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3716, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.