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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20061120155108
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-06-076542
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20061110
FILED AS OF DATE:		20061120
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20061120

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TEXAS REGIONAL BANCSHARES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000787648
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				742294235
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3700 N TENTH STE 301
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 5910
		CITY:			MCALLEN
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78501
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9566315400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 5910
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 5910
		CITY:			MCALLEN
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78501-5910

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000842180
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC [6029]
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-14517
		FILM NUMBER:		061229885

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PASEO DE LA CASTELLANA, 81
		CITY:			MADRID
		STATE:			U3
		ZIP:			28046
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011 34 91 537 8172

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PASEO DE LA CASTELLANA, 81
		CITY:			MADRID
		STATE:			U3
		ZIP:			28046

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S A
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000505

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA S A
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19991103
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-11-10</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000787648</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TEXAS REGIONAL BANCSHARES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TRBS</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000842180</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1></rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>PLAZA SAN NICOLAS 4</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BILBAO SPAIN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState></rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>48005</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Voting Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On November 10, 2006, the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 12, 2006, by and between Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., a bank organized under the laws of the Kingdom of Spain (&quot;BBVA&quot;) and Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc., a corporation organized under Texas Law (the &quot;Company&quot;) were consummated.  As a result of the merger of Newco Stargate Inc., a Texas corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of BBVA, with and into the Company, all the outstanding shares of the Company's Class A Voting Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the &quot;Common Stock&quot;) were converted into the right to receive $38.90 per share in cash without interest, and BBVA received 1,000 newly issued shares of Common Stock, representing all the shares of Common Stock of the Company issued and outstanding.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Javier Malagon Navas</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-11-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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