Opinion No.

Honorable Lloyd Criss Chairman Labor and Employment Relations Committee Texas House of Representatives P.O. Box 2910 Austin, Texas 78769

Re: Constitutionality of amendments to article 342-101, et seq., V.T.C.S., the Interstate Banking Bill

Dear Representative Criss:

You ask several questions about the Interstate Banking Bill enacted during the recent called session of the legislature. Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 14, at 71. Bank holding companies are regulated pursuant to the federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, 12 U.S.C. § 1841 et seq. The act provides the following in…