(a) A person is not required to obtain a license to act as a vehicle lessor or a vehicle lease facilitator if the person is:
(1) a state or federally chartered financial institution or a regulated subsidiary of the financial institution; or
(2) a trust or other entity that owns an interest in a vehicle lease and the vehicle that is the subject of the lease, if the lease covering the vehicle is initiated, managed, serviced, and administered by a licensed vehicle lessor.
(b) A franchised dealer is not required to have a vehicle lessor or vehicle lease facilitator license to engage in any capacity in the business of leasing a motor vehicle that the dealer owns and is licensed under this chapter to sell.
Official text of the Texas Occupations Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.