Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided June 6, 1986Published
1Opinion of the Court
Honorable Chet Brooks Chairman Committee on Health and Human Resources Texas State Senate P.O. Box 12068, Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711
Re: Whether article 342-903, V.T.C.S., which broadens the definition of "drive-in/walk-up facility" contravenes the constitutional prohibition against branch banking
Dear Senator Brooks:
Article XVI, section 16, of the Texas Constitution prohibits a bank from engaging in business at more than one location. You ask whether a bill enacted by the Sixty-ninth Legislature amending article 342-903, V.T.C.S., the statute prohibiting so-called "branch banking," is…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- United States v. Philadelphia National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Dimension Financial Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Whitney National Bank in Jefferson Parish v. Bank of New Orleans & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Smith v. DavisTexas Supreme Court · 1968
- Director of the Department of Agriculture & Environment v. Printing Industries Ass'n of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1980
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