{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-35.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 35.009","heading":"ENFORCEMENT BY COMMISSIONER.","body":"(a) If the banking commissioner reasonably believes that a bank or other person has violated any of the following, the banking commissioner may take any action authorized under Subsection (a-1):\n(1) this subtitle or rules enacted under this subtitle and, as a result of that violation, exposed or could have exposed the bank or the bank's depositors, creditors, or shareholders to harm;\n(2) other applicable law of this state and, as a result of that violation, exposed or could have exposed the bank or the bank's depositors, creditors, or shareholders to harm; or\n(3) a final order issued by the banking commissioner.\n(a-1) The banking commissioner may:\n(1) initiate an administrative penalty proceeding against the bank or other person, in accordance with Sections 35.010 and 35.011;\n(2) refer the matter to the attorney general for enforcement by injunction or other available remedy; or\n(3) pursue any other action the banking commissioner considers appropriate under applicable law.\n(b) If the attorney general prevails in an action brought under Subsection (a-1)(2), the attorney general is entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees from the bank or person committing the violation.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 183 (S.B. 1165), Sec. 5, eff. May 28, 2011.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES","SUBTITLE A. BANKS","CHAPTER 35. ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. ENFORCEMENT ORDERS: BANKS AND MANAGEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.35.htm#35.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"c7ffe2241edc3fde4fb2fafa357ac1f76c9e631d984b07ec2437e8df1b97200e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-35.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-35.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}