California Financial Code

§ 1809

FIN § 1809 Effective Jan 1, 2012Div. 1.1 · Ch. 20 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)In case a foreign (other nation) bank is licensed to maintain a depositary agency or branch office and such office is not subject to the regulations of the Depository Institutions Deregulation Committee, Regulation Q of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or Part 329 of the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, such bank shall, with respect to deposits accepted at the office, comply with such regulations regarding maximum interest rates on deposits, prepayment of time deposits, and related matters as the commissioner may prescribe as being necessary and appropriate to maintain competitive equality between foreign (other nation) banks and banks organized under the laws of this state which are subject to the regulations of the Depository Institutions Deregulation Committee, Regulation Q of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or Part 329 of the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

(b)For purposes of, and notwithstanding any contrary provisions of, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340), Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, whenever the commissioner adopts a regulation or order of repeal of a regulation under subdivision (a), the commissioner may, without describing specific facts showing the need for immediate action, find that adoption of such regulation or order of repeal is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare, and such regulation or order of repeal shall be deemed to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.