(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in sections 36a-428 to 36a-428l, inclusive, or in regulations or orders adopted by the commissioner under said sections, operations of a foreign bank at a state branch or state agency in this state shall be conducted with the same rights and privileges as a Connecticut bank at the same location and shall be subject to all the same duties, restrictions, penalties, liabilities, conditions and limitations that would apply under the laws of this state to the operations of a Connecticut bank doing business at the same location.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 36a-428b

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Bank: means a Connecticut bank or a federal bank. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • banks: shall include all incorporated banks. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • 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
  • 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
  • Connecticut credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit financial institution that (A) is organized under chapter 667 and the membership of which is limited as provided in §. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deposit: means funds deposited with a depository. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Director: means a member of the governing board of a financial institution. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. Source: OCC
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foreign bank: has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 3101, as amended from time to time. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Out-of-state: includes any state other than Connecticut and any foreign country. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • State agency: has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 3101, as amended from time to time. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • State branch: has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 3101, as amended from time to time. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2

(b) Nothing in this section shall subject either of the following to the duties, restrictions, penalties, liabilities or limitations that apply to a Connecticut bank: (1) A foreign bank’s director or officer interlocks with affiliates or with out-of-state financial institutions or (2) a foreign bank’s operations and activities that are conducted outside this state and that do not involve the assets or the employees of a state branch or state agency in this state or of a Connecticut bank. For purposes of this section, “operations and activities that are conducted outside this state” includes decisions and activities of the foreign bank relating to matters of general corporate governance, including: (1) Issuance of stock; (2) shareholder rights; (3) declaration of dividends; (4) appointment or removal of directors and officers; (5) extensions of credit to directors, officers, principal shareholders or their related interests as provided in 12 C.F.R. part 215 as from time to time amended; (6) investment decisions on behalf of the foreign bank; and (7) mergers, consolidations, acquisitions, tender offers and sales of assets.

(c) No state branch or state agency in this state shall be required to obtain deposit insurance from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

(d) A state branch or state agency that does not hold insured deposits or does not otherwise engage in domestic retail deposit activities requiring deposit insurance protection, as determined by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in accordance with 12 USC 3104 as amended from time to time, or the business of consumer lending in this state shall not be subject to the provisions of sections 36a-30 to 36a-34, inclusive, 36a-304 and 36a-316 to 36a-323, inclusive.

(e) For purposes of § 36a-65 the commissioner shall annually, on or after July first for the fiscal year commencing on said July first, assess each foreign bank that has established a state branch or state agency in this state, taking into consideration (1) the assets of such foreign bank relative to the assets of other foreign banks with a state branch or state agency in this state provided only the assets of the state branches or state agencies located in this state shall be considered, (2) the cost of any examination under § 36a-428l, (3) the amount allocated to each Connecticut bank and each Connecticut credit union under § 36a-65, and (4) any other factor the commissioner deems appropriate to the administration of sections 36a-428 to 36a-428n, inclusive, as amended.

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