Sec. 201.001.  SCOPE OF SUBTITLE.  (a)  This subtitle:
(1)  sets forth the conditions under which a company may acquire a Texas bank or a Texas bank holding company, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 202;
(2)  permits interstate branching under the Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 203;  and
(3)  provides for state regulation of the participation by foreign banks in the financial markets of this state, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 204.
(b)  This subtitle is not intended to discriminate against out-of-state banks and bank holding companies in a manner that would violate the Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 344, Sec. 1.001, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.