Sec. 185.009.  ENFORCEMENT BY COMMISSIONER.  (a)  If the banking commissioner reasonably believes that a state trust company or other person has violated any of the following, the banking commissioner may take any action authorized under Subsection (a-1):
(1)  this subtitle or rules enacted under this subtitle and, as a result of that violation, exposed or could have exposed the state trust company or its clients, creditors, shareholders, or participants to harm;
(2)  other applicable law of this state and, as a result of that violation, exposed or could have exposed the state trust company or its clients, creditors, shareholders, or participants to harm; or
(3)  a final order issued by the banking commissioner.
(a-1)  The banking commissioner may:
(1)  initiate administrative penalty proceedings against the state trust company or other person, as applicable, in accordance with Sections 185.010 and 185.011;
(2)  refer the matter to the attorney general for enforcement by injunction or other available remedy; or
(3)  pursue any other action the banking commissioner considers appropriate under applicable law.
(b)  If the attorney general prevails in an action brought under Subsection (a-1)(2), the attorney general is entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees from a state trust company or person committing the violation.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.16(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 183 (S.B. 1165), Sec. 13, eff. May 28, 2011.