Section 75.307 - Letters of CreditA savings bank may issue letters of credit in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Texas and the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, subject to the following requirements.
(1) The savings bank must maintain a letter of credit register containing name of customer, address, amount of credit extended, and identifying number.(2) Each letter of credit must conspicuously state that it is a letter of credit or must be conspicuously entitled as such.(3) The savings bank's undertaking must contain a specified expiration date or be for a definite term and must be limited in amount.(4) The savings bank's obligation to pay arises only upon presentation of a draft and other documents as specified in the letter of credit and there is no obligation on the part of the savings bank to determine questions of fact or law at issue between the account party and the beneficiary.(5) The savings bank must obtain an unqualified obligation from its customer to reimburse it for payments made under the letter of credit.(6) The amount of each letter of credit must be included in the aggregation of loans subject to the limitations of this chapter relating to the loans to one borrower for purposes of Finance Code § 94.001.(7) Each letter of credit's terms is subject to the limitations and documentation requirements to the same extent as if it were a loan made under this chapter.(8) An appropriate fee may be collected for each letter of credit issued.7 Tex. Admin. Code § 75.307
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 45, November 11, 2022, TexReg 7550, eff. 11/20/2022