The sale of Hartland Bank to a national chain leaves Austin with only five surviving community banks:

Chairman / CEO

Assets

Liberty Bank

Eddie Safady

$65,965,000

Bank of Texas

J. Gordon Muir, Jr.

$37,637,000

Franklin Bank

John B. Selman

$20,865,000

Community State Bank

Hank Mitchell

$14,960,000

City National Bank

Jack A. Collins

$14,611,000

Assets as of July 8, 1999. Sources: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council; Independent Bankers Association of Texas

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