Texas Finance Code - FIN § 182.301. Merger Authority

(a) Two or more trust institutions, corporations, or other entities with the authority to participate in a merger, at least one of which is a state trust company, may adopt and implement a plan of merger in accordance with this section. The merger may not be made without the prior written approval of the banking commissioner if any surviving, new, or acquiring entity that is a party to the merger or created by the terms of the merger is a state trust company or is not a trust institution.

(b) Implementation of the plan of merger by the parties and approval of the board, shareholders, participants, or owners of the parties must be made or obtained as provided by the Business Organizations Code as if the state trust company were a filing entity and all other parties to the merger were foreign entities, except as otherwise provided by rules adopted under this chapter.