Sec. 203.003.  ENTRY BY INTERSTATE MERGER TRANSACTION.  (a)  Subject to Section 203.004, one or more Texas banks may enter into an interstate merger transaction with one or more out-of-state banks under this chapter, and an out-of-state bank resulting from the transaction may maintain and operate the branches in this state of a Texas bank that participated in the transaction.  An out-of-state bank that will be the resulting bank in the interstate merger transaction shall comply with Section 201.102.
(b)  An out-of-state bank that will be the resulting bank pursuant to an interstate merger transaction involving a Texas state bank shall notify the commissioner of the proposed merger not later than the date on which it files an application for an interstate merger transaction with the responsible federal bank supervisory agency, and shall submit a copy of that application to the commissioner and pay the filing fee, if any, required by the commissioner.  A Texas state bank that is a party to the interstate merger transaction shall comply with Chapter 32 and with other applicable state and federal laws.  An out-of-state bank that will be the resulting bank in the interstate merger transaction shall provide satisfactory evidence to the commissioner of compliance with Section 201.102.
(c)  Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 940, Sec. 26, eff. June 14, 2013.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 344, Sec. 1.001, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 940 (H.B. 1664), Sec. 24, eff. June 14, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 940 (H.B. 1664), Sec. 26, eff. June 14, 2013.