Connecticut General Statutes 36a-112 – Voting restrictions
(a) No person shall vote on stock at a meeting of the shareholders of any capital stock Connecticut bank if the stock has been transferred to such bank or to any person in trust for it, but such bank may vote thereon if it holds the stock as guardian, conservator, administrator, executor or trustee under a will or of an express trust.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 36a-112
- Bank: means a Connecticut bank or a federal bank. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Capital stock: when used in conjunction with any bank or out-of-state bank means a bank or out-of-state bank that is authorized to accumulate funds through the issuance of its capital stock. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Commissioner: means the Banking Commissioner and, with respect to any function of the commissioner, includes any person authorized or designated by the commissioner to carry out that function. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Connecticut bank: means a bank and trust company, savings bank or savings and loan association chartered or organized under the laws of this state. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Person: means an individual, company, including a company described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subdivision (11) of this section, or any other legal entity, including a federal, state or municipal government or agency or any political subdivision thereof. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 33-706 and 33-715 to 33-717, inclusive, an irrevocable proxy, voting trust, voting agreement or similar arrangement with respect to the shares of a capital stock Connecticut bank is valid or enforceable only if approved by the commissioner. The commissioner, upon complaint from any person or upon the commissioner’s own investigation, may issue an order pursuant to § 36a-52 directing that any person entering into or assisting in the operation of such proxy, trust, agreement or arrangement cease and desist from such activity.