8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)                                     June 14, 2005

TEXAS REGIONAL BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Texas	000-14517	74-2294235
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
P. O. Box 5910
3900 North 10th Street, 11th Floor, McAllen, TX		78502-5910
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code           (956) 631-5400
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01	Other Events.
	On June 14, 2005, Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc. issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share payable on July 15, 2005 to common shareholders of record on July 1, 2005.  The press release is attached as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c)	Exhibits.
99.1	Press release of Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc. dated June 14, 2005.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	TEXAS REGIONAL BANCSHARES, INC.
	(Registrant)
June 14, 2005	/s/ John A. Martin
	John A. Martin
	Executive Vice President
	& Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release of Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc. dated June 14, 2005.

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 14, 2005

Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc. Declares $0.12 Per Share Dividend

McAllen, Texas—Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc. (“Texas Regional”) (NASDAQ: TRBS), bank holding company for Texas State Bank, today announced that on June 14, 2005 its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share payable on July 15, 2005 to common shareholders of record on July 1, 2005. This dividend represents approximately a $0.04 per share, or 44.1 percent increase over the dividend paid for the same period in 2004.

Other Information

Texas Regional is a McAllen-based bank holding company whose stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock MarketP^® under the symbol TRBS. Texas State Bank, its wholly-owned subsidiary, conducts a commercial banking business through 71 banking locations across Texas primarily located in the metropolitan areas of Beaumont-Port Arthur, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Houston, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission and Tyler.

Texas Regional files annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy and information statements, and other information with the SEC. Investors may read and copy any of these reports, statements and other information at the SEC’s public reference room located at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Investors should call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. The reports, statements and other information filed by Texas Regional with the SEC are also available free at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. You can also obtain a free copy of these reports, statements and other information from Texas Regional.

Additional financial, statistical and business-related information, as well as business trends, is included in a Financial Supplement. This release, the Financial Supplement and other information are available on Texas Regional’s website at www.trbsinc.com. The Financial Supplement and other information available on Texas Regional’s website can also be obtained by calling Janie Moran, Controller, at (956) 632-7735.

Forward-Looking Information

This document, information filed by Texas Regional with the SEC and information on Texas Regional’s website may contain forward-looking information (including information related to plans, projections or future performance of Texas Regional and its subsidiaries and planned market

opportunities, employment opportunities and synergies from mergers), the occurrence of which involve certain risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors which could materially affect future results. If any of these risks or uncertainties materializes or any of these assumptions prove incorrect, Texas Regional’s results could differ materially from Texas Regional’s expectations in these statements. Texas Regional assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements. For further information, please see Texas Regional’s reports filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which are available at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov

For further information, contact Glen E. Roney, Chief Executive Officer, at (956) 632-7720 or John A. Martin, Chief Financial Officer, at (956) 632-7613.