Tex.
Fin. Code Section 186.216
Preferences
(a)
A transfer of or lien on the property or assets of a state trust company is voidable by the receiver if the transfer or lien:(1)
was made or created after:(A)
four months before the date the state trust company is closed for liquidation; or(B)
one year before the date the state trust company is closed for liquidation if the receiving creditor was at the time an affiliate, officer, director, manager, managing participant, principal shareholder, or participant of the state trust company or an affiliate of the trust company;(2)
was made or created with the intent of giving to a creditor or depositor, or enabling a creditor or depositor to obtain, a greater percentage of the claimant’s debt than is given or obtained by another claimant of the same class; and(3)
is accepted by a creditor or depositor having reasonable cause to believe that a preference will occur.(b)
Each state trust company officer, director, manager, managing participant, employee, shareholder, participant, participant-transferee, trustee, agent, servant, employee, attorney-in-fact, or correspondent, or other person acting on behalf of the state trust company, who has participated in implementing a voidable transfer or lien, and each person receiving property or the benefit of property of the state trust company as a result of the voidable transfer or lien, is personally liable for the property or benefit received and shall account to the receiver for the benefit of the clients and creditors of the state trust company.(c)
The receiver may avoid a transfer of or lien on the property or assets of a state trust company that a client, creditor, shareholder, participant, or participant-transferee of the state trust company could have avoided and may recover the property transferred or its value from the person to whom it was transferred or from a person who has received it unless the transferee or recipient was a bona fide holder for value before the date the state trust company was closed for liquidation.
Source:
Section 186.216 — Preferences, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.186.htm#186.216 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
