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TITLE 7 - BANKING AND SECURITIES
PART 4 - DEPARTMENT OF SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE LENDING
CHAPTER 75 - SAVINGS BANKS
SUBCHAPTER B - APPLICATIONS
SECTION/RULE §75.191 - Subsidiary Application
Chapter Review Date 08/22/2022

(a) In order to obtain approval for a subsidiary, the savings bank must file with the Commissioner an application accompanied by the following information:(1) an audited financial statement in the event of acquisition of an existing company;(2) a certified board resolution of the board of the applying savings bank approving the investment in the proposed subsidiary;(3) a certified copy of the certificate of formation and bylaws of the proposed subsidiary;(4) the acquisition terms, cost, or investment requirements of the savings bank;(5) projected operating statements of the proposed subsidiary for the first 3 years of operation;(6) an attorney's opinion letter as to direct, indirect, and/or contingent liability of the savings bank and the proposed subsidiary;(7) an outline of plans for operation of the proposed subsidiary;(8) evidence that the proposed subsidiary will have adequate management and operating personnel with proper supervision by savings bank management;(9) plans for the safeguarding of assets of the proposed subsidiary;(10) affidavits from all directors of a savings bank and the proposed subsidiary fully disclosing any interest they may directly or indirectly have in the proposed subsidiary; and(11) such other information or data as the Commissioner may require.(b) The Commissioner may approve an investment in a subsidiary if the Commissioner finds that:(1) the operation and condition of the savings bank affords no basis for supervisory objection;(2) there are adequate income and reserves to support the proposed investment;(3) the operations of the subsidiary will be clearly distinguishable from those of the parent savings bank; and(4) the subsidiary is or will be profitably operating within a reasonable period of time or the investment is reasonably projected to result in economic benefit to the savings bank.(c) If the Commissioner finds that a savings bank has abused or is abusing the authority to invest in a subsidiary, the Commissioner may exercise discretion in denying such savings bank the right to future exercise thereof until such abuse or abuses have been corrected.

Source Note: The provisions of this §75.191 adopted to be effective November 20, 2022, 47 TexReg 7535.

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