Bill Text: TX HB1552 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Relating to the limitation of liability of a financial institution acquiring a trustee financial institution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-04 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1552 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1552-Engrossed.html
  88R20901 ATP-F
 
  By: Guillen, Lopez of Cameron H.B. No. 1552
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the limitation of liability of a financial institution
  acquiring a trustee financial institution.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 114, Property Code, is
  amended by adding Section 114.009 to read as follows:
         Sec. 114.009.  LIABILITY OF ACQUIRING FINANCIAL
  INSTITUTION. (a) In this section, "financial institution" has the
  meaning assigned by Section 201.101, Finance Code.
         (b)  The aggregate liability of an acquiring financial
  institution that accepts the trusts for which a financial
  institution merged with or acquired by the financial institution
  serves as trustee is limited to the lesser of:
               (1)  $10 million; or
               (2)  the aggregate value of all distributions of trust
  property made by any predecessor trustee, including the financial
  institution merged into or acquired by the acquiring financial
  institution, in all trusts before the acquiring financial
  institution's acceptance of the trusts.
         (c)  Subsection (b) applies only to liability for conduct of
  a predecessor trustee.
         SECTION 2.  Section 114.009, Property Code, as added by this
  Act, applies only to an action filed against a financial
  institution on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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