{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-157.0023","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 157.0023","heading":"RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.","body":"(a) The Finance Commission of Texas may adopt rules necessary to implement or fulfill the purpose of this chapter.\n(b) The Finance Commission of Texas may by rule adopt standard forms for, and require the use of the forms by, a mortgage banker who represents that an applicant for a loan is preapproved or has prequalified for the loan.\n(c) The finance commission may adopt rules under this chapter as required to carry out the intentions of the federal Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (Pub. L. No. 110-289).\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1301, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1147 (H.B. 2779), Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2010.\nTransferred and redesignated from Finance Code, Section 157.011 by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 160 (S.B. 1004), Sec. 56, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES","SUBTITLE E. OTHER FINANCIAL BUSINESSES","CHAPTER 157. MORTGAGE BANKERS AND RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATORS","SUBCHAPTER B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.157.htm#157.0023","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"4932491537e497c26497fcf4bacc9b76f432f17009eaa730dfba4f17166b3072","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-157.0022","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-157.0024"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}