§ 6-512. Out-of-state companies or banks - Reciprocity requirement - Certificate for establishment or relocation of branch.

A.  An out-of-state industrial loan company or industrial bank shall not be permitted to establish a de novo branch in this state, nor to acquire a branch bank or savings association branch in this state, unless, on a reciprocal basis, the state where the main office of the out-of-state industrial loan company or industrial bank is located would permit a bank chartered under the laws of this state with a main office located in this state to establish a de novo industrial loan company or industrial bank branch in that other state without having engaged in an interstate merger transaction with an industrial loan company or industrial bank having its main office in that other state.

B.  No industrial loan company or industrial bank shall be permitted to establish and operate a branch, or relocate a branch, except upon a certificate issued by the State Banking Commissioner.

C.  The State Banking Board shall adopt and promulgate rules necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.  The Board may, by rule, establish a procedure whereby the Commissioner may grant approval and issue the certificate to establish or acquire and operate or relocate a branch or other banking office permitted by this section without a hearing before the Board.  The procedure shall include criteria set by the Board to be applied by the Commissioner in the consideration of the application.

Added by Laws 2006, c. 235, § 3, emerg. eff. June 6, 2006.  Amended by Laws 2007, c. 80, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.