(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any officer, director, or employee of any bank may serve in any capacity in state or local government, except in any capacity with the department, or on any board, commission, or other agency of the governmental unit; provided, that the officer, director or employee has:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-2-405

  • Bank: means any person, as hereinafter defined, doing a banking business subject to the laws of this or any other jurisdiction and, for the purposes of supervision, examination and liquidation, includes industrial investment companies and industrial banks authorized by chapter 5 of this title. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the department of financial institutions. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • Savings and loan association: includes a building and loan association, a federal or state savings and loan association, a federal savings bank, and any other financial institution, the accounts of which are insured by the [former] federal savings and loan insurance corporation (FSLIC) or any successor [repealed] of such corporation. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Disclosed to the chief executive officer of the bank and the board of directors of the bank the capacity in which the officer, director or employee is serving with the governmental unit; and
(2) Disclosed to the chief executive officer of the governmental unit and to the appropriate board, commission or other agency the relationship to the bank.
(b) Where there has been compliance with this section, the existence of the dual relationship shall not invalidate, or adversely affect, any sale, contract or other business transaction between the bank and the governmental unit.
(c) As used in this section, “bank” means any state or national bank, or state or federal savings and loan association, or credit union established pursuant to chapter 4 of this title.