Sec. 204.008.  CONVERSION OF EXISTING OFFICE.  (a)  For purposes of this section, foreign bank offices in this state are divided into classes and ranked in ascending order as:
(1)  representative office;
(2)  Texas state agency;  and
(3)  Texas state branch.
(b)  A foreign bank may change a lower class office into a higher class office by applying for the higher class office pursuant to Section 204.101.  On approval of the application to establish the higher class office and after all conditions to the approval have been fulfilled, the foreign bank may change the lower class office into the higher class office and the commissioner shall issue a license authorizing the bank to maintain the higher class office.  The foreign bank shall promptly surrender any license or registration previously issued by the commissioner in connection with the lower class office.
(c)  A foreign bank may change a higher class office into a lower class office by applying for approval to close the higher class office pursuant to Section 204.115.  On approval of the application to close the higher class office and after conditions precedent to the closing have been fulfilled, the foreign bank may change the higher class office into the lower class office, and the commissioner shall issue a license or registration authorizing the bank to maintain the lower class office.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 344, Sec. 1.001, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.