Section 62.404 - Denial By Commissioner of Application If the surviving association is a foreign association, the commissioner shall deny the application if:
(1) the laws of the state in which the foreign association has its principal place of business do not permit a savings and loan association of that state to merge or consolidate with a domestic association if the surviving association is a domestic association; or(2) the foreign association is controlled by a savings and loan holding company that has its principal place of business in a state whose laws do not permit a savings and loan association of that state to merge or consolidate with a domestic association if the surviving association is a domestic association. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1997.