1. (a) A credit union shall begin business before six months after the date of the order approving the credit union's application.
2. (b) On request and for good cause shown, the commissioner may grant a credit union that has not begun business within the time prescribed by Subsection (a) a reasonable extension to provide an opportunity to overcome the cause of the delay.
3. (c) The incorporators may appeal to the commission, in accordance with commission rules, a commissioner's decision refusing a request for an extension.
4. (d) The commissioner may cancel the certificate of incorporation in accordance with commission rules if a credit union does not begin business within the prescribed time.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.