A.  As used in this Section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)  “Business organization” or “company” means any corporation, partnership, trust, joint stock company, or similar organization, but does not include any company, the majority of the stock of which is owned by the United States or this state, by an officer of the United States or this state in his official capacity, or by an instrumentality of the United States or this state.

(2)  “Person” means an individual or company.

(3)  “Savings and loan holding company” means any company which directly or indirectly controls a savings and loan association or controls any other company which is a savings and loan holding company by virtue of this Section.

(4)  “Subsidiary of a person” means any company which is controlled by that person or by a company which is a subsidiary of that person by virtue of this Section.

B.  For purposes of this Section, a person or business organization shall be deemed to have control of a savings and loan association, savings and loan holding company, or any other business organization if the person or business organization:

(1)  Directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with one or more persons or through one or more subsidiaries, owns, controls, holds with power to vote, or holds proxies representing more than twenty-five percent of the voting common stock of the savings and loan association, savings and loan holding company, or other business organization.

(2)  Controls in any manner the election of a majority of the directors of the savings and loan association, savings and loan holding company, or other business organization.

(3)  Exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of the savings and loan association, savings and loan holding company, or other business organization.

C. If a bank or bank holding company acquires a savings and loan association, the surviving financial institution or bank holding company and its subsidiaries shall not engage in any insurance activity except an insurance activity authorized by La. Rev. Stat. 6:242.

D.  No business organization or person shall acquire control of a capital stock association located in Louisiana or of a savings and loan holding company of such association without first obtaining the prior written approval of the commissioner.  Prior to such acquisition, the business organization shall file an application with the commissioner containing such information as the commissioner may require and any that will aid in determining that the acquisition will not be detrimental to the public interest.

E.  Each savings and loan holding company and each subsidiary thereof shall file such reports as the commissioner may require.  Each savings and loan holding company and each subsidiary thereof shall be subject to such examinations as the commissioner shall prescribe.  The cost of examinations shall be assessed against the holding company.

Acts 1983, No. 675, §1; Acts 1985, No. 139, §1; Acts 1986, No. 243, §1, eff. July 1, 1986; Acts 1997, No. 1475, §1, eff. July 15, 1997.

{{NOTE:  SEE ACTS 1986, NO. 243, §3 FOR RETROACTIVE EFFECT TO JUNE 1, 1986.}}