Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 117.023. Selection of Depository

(a) At the meeting at which banks are to be selected to serve as the depository for registry funds held by the county clerk and the district clerk, the commissioners court shall enter the applications in the minutes of the court and select a depository.

(b) After a depository is selected, the commissioners court shall return the certified checks of the applicants that were not selected. The commissioners court shall return the check of the selected applicant only after the applicant files a bond that is approved by the commissioners court.

(c) The conflict of interests provisions of Section 131.903 apply to the selection of the depository.