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2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 5 - Corporate Requirements › ARTICLE 4 - Shareholders Equity › Section 1151.

1151. For purposes of any statute, regulation, or requirement of any governmental official or agency which refers to the capital (including, without limitation, stated capital, paid-in capital, and paid-up capital, but excluding contributed capital), surplus, or undivided profits of a bank, a bank, with the approval of its board, may establish and maintain capital, surplus, and undivided profits accounts and may from time to time allocate and reallocate its shareholders’ equity among such accounts; provided, however:
(a) That no part of the contributed capital of the bank shall be allocated to the undivided profits account of the bank;
(b) That the undivided profits account of the bank shall at no time exceed the retained earnings of the bank; and
(c) That, in case the articles of the bank provide that any of the bank’s shares shall have par value and specify the par value of such shares or in case the bank has determined the par value of any of its shares pursuant to Section 1120, the capital account of the bank shall be not less than the aggregate par value of such shares which are outstanding.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 5 - Corporate Requirements › ARTICLE 4 - Shareholders Equity › Section 1152.

1152. A bank which has deficit retained earnings may, with the prior approval of its outstanding shares and of the commissioner, readjust its accounts in a quasi-reorganization. Such readjustment may include, without limitation, eliminating such deficit retained earnings.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 5 - Corporate Requirements › ARTICLE 5 - Directors › Section 1170.

1170. Any reference in this article to the time a notice is given or sent shall be construed in accordance with Section 118 of the Corporations Code.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 5 - Corporate Requirements › ARTICLE 5 - Directors › Section 1171.

1171. The board of a bank or trust company hereafter organized shall consist of not less than 5 nor more than 25 directors, and no bank or trust company shall amend its articles or bylaws so as to reduce the number of directors below five.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 5 - Corporate Requirements › ARTICLE 5 - Directors › Section 1172.

1172. The board of each bank and of each trust company shall hold a meeting not less than once each calendar quarter. Regular meetings of the board shall be held within this state. Any regular or special meeting is valid wherever held if held upon written consent of all members of the board given either before or after the meeting and filed with the secretary of the corporation. Special meetings of the board may be held upon four days’ notice by mail, unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, or 24 hours’ notice delivered personally or by telephone or by telegraph, unless the articles or bylaws provide for a shorter period.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 5 - Corporate Requirements › ARTICLE 5 - Directors › Section 1173.

1173. The commissioner may, in the name of the people of this state, bring or intervene in an action under Section 709 of the Corporations Code to determine the validity of any election or appointment of any director of a bank to the same extent as a shareholder of such bank might bring such an action.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 5 - Corporate Requirements › ARTICLE 5 - Directors › Section 1174.

1174. (a) The commissioner shall be deemed to be a party in interest within the meaning of Section 306 of the Corporations Code with respect to a bank and may, in the name of the people of this state, bring or intervene in an action under Section 306 of the Corporations Code for the appointment of directors of a bank.
(b) The commissioner may, in the name of the people of this state, bring or intervene in an action under Section 308 of the Corporations Code for the appointment of a provisional director or directors of a bank to the same extent as a shareholder who held 50 percent of the voting power of such bank might bring such an action.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 5 - Corporate Requirements › ARTICLE 5 - Directors › Section 1175.

1175. (a) For purposes of Section 316 of the Corporations Code, to the extent that the making by a bank or by any majority-owned subsidiary of a bank of a distribution to any shareholder of the bank is contrary to any provision of Article 3 (commencing with Section 1130), the making of the distribution shall, to that extent, be deemed to be contrary to the provisions of Section 500 of the Corporations Code.
(b) The commissioner may, in the name of the people of this state, bring or intervene in an action under Section 316 of the Corporations Code for the benefit of a bank against any or all of the directors of the bank or of any majority-owned subsidiary of the bank on account of the making of a distribution to any shareholder of the bank contrary to any provision of Article 3 (commencing with Section 1130) or any provision of Sections 501, 502, and 503 of the Corporations Code, to the same extent as a creditor of the bank who did not consent to the illegal distribution and who had a valid claim against the bank that arose prior to the time of the illegal distribution and exceeded the amount of the illegal distribution, may bring the action in the name of the bank.
(c) As an alternative to the action provided for in subdivision (b), the commissioner may levy a civil penalty against the bank pursuant to Section 329.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 5 - Corporate Requirements › ARTICLE 5 - Directors › Section 1176.

1176. (a) For purposes of Section 316 of the Corporations Code, the making of a loan or guarantee by a bank or any other extending of credit by a bank contrary to any provision of this division shall be deemed to be contrary to Section 315 of the Corporations Code.
(b) The commissioner may, in the name of the people of this state, bring or intervene in an action under Section 316 of the Corporations Code for the benefit of a bank against any or all of the directors of the bank on account of the making of a loan or guarantee or any other extending of credit contrary to any provision of this division, to the same extent as a creditor of the bank who did not consent to the illegal making of the loan or guarantee or the other illegal extending of credit and who had a valid claim against the bank which arose prior to the time of the illegal making of the loan or guarantee or the other illegal extending of credit and which exceeded the amount of loss suffered by the bank as a result of the illegal making of the loan or guarantee or the other illegal extending of credit, might bring the action in the name of the bank.
(c) As an alternative to the action provided for in subdivision (b), the commissioner may levy a civil penalty against the bank pursuant to Section 329.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 5 - Corporate Requirements › ARTICLE 6 - Shareholders › Section 1190.

1190. (a) Paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1501 of the Corporations Code does not apply to the annual report of any bank with respect to any transaction consisting of an extension of credit by such bank or by any of its majority-owned subsidiaries.
(b) The annual report of a bank which would, but for the provisions of subdivision (a), be subject to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1501 of the Corporations Code, shall disclose such information regarding debts owing to such bank or to any of its majority-owned subsidiaries and transactions consisting of extensions of credit by the bank or by any of its majority-owned subsidiaries, as the commissioner may by regulation require. In issuing any such regulation, the commissioner shall give due consideration to regulations regarding such matters issued by federal bank regulatory agencies under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 6 - Securities › Section 1200.

1200. Unless the context otherwise requires, in this chapter:
(a) “Offer” or “offer to sell” includes every attempt or offer to dispose of, or solicitation of an offer to buy, a security for value.
(b) “Sale” or “sell” includes every contract of sale of, contract to sell, or disposition of, a security for value. “Sale” or “sell” includes any exchange of securities and any change in the rights, preferences, privileges, or restrictions of or on outstanding securities.
(c) “Security” means any stock, capital note, or debenture, or any warrant, right, or option to subscribe to or purchase any of the foregoing.
(d) The terms defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) do not include any stock dividend payable with respect to common stock of a bank solely (except for any cash or scrip paid for fractional shares) in shares of such common stock, if such bank has no other class of voting stock outstanding, provided that shares issued in any such dividend shall be subject to any conditions previously imposed by the commissioner applicable to the shares with respect to which they are issued.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 6 - Securities › Section 1201.

1201. No bank organized under the laws of this state shall offer or sell any security issued by it unless the commissioner has issued a permit authorizing such sale.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 6 - Securities › Section 1202.

1202. The following transactions are exempt from Section 1201:
(a) (1) Any offer (but not a sale) not involving a public offering by a bank organized under the laws of this state of its securities and the execution and delivery of any agreement for the sale of the securities pursuant to the offer if no part of the consideration for the securities is paid to or received by the bank and none of the securities are issued until the sale of the securities is authorized by the commissioner or exempted from authorization.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), an offer does not involve any public offering if the offers are not made to more than 25 persons and any agreement for the sale of the securities is not entered into with more than 10 of those 25 persons, and if all of the offerees either have a preexisting personal or business relationship with the bank or its officers, directors, or controlling persons, or by reason of their business or financial experience the offerees could be reasonably assumed to have the capacity to protect their own interests in connection with the transaction.
(b) Any stock split by a bank organized under the laws of this state that is effected pursuant to an amendment to its articles, an agreement of merger, or a certificate of ownership that has been approved by the commissioner, unless this exemption is withheld by order of the commissioner.
(c) Any offer or sale of securities by a bank organized under the laws of this state that is either (1) to a person actually approved by the commissioner pursuant to Section 1253 to acquire control of the bank if all of the material terms and conditions of the offer and sale of securities are disclosed in the application for approval specified in Section 1253 and the offer and sale of securities is in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the approval to acquire control or (2) in a transaction exempted from the approval requirement of Section 1251 by a regulation or an order of the commissioner, unless this exemption is withheld by order of the commissioner.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 6 - Securities › Section 1204.

1204. The commissioner shall charge and collect fees for applications filed under this chapter as fixed in this section.
(a) The fee for a negotiating permit shall be fifty dollars ($50).
(b) The fee for a permit to exchange a security or to make any change in the rights, preferences, privileges, or restrictions of or on outstanding securities shall be fifty dollars ($50).
(c) The fee for any permit to sell securities other than as specified in subdivision (b) shall be one hundred dollars ($100) plus one-tenth of one percent (0.1%) of the aggregate value of the securities sought to be sold, up to a maximum aggregate fee of one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750).
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 6 - Securities › Section 1205.

1205. If the commissioner finds that the proposed sale of securities is fair, just, and equitable, he or she shall issue to the applicant a permit authorizing it to offer and sell the securities in such amount and upon such terms and conditions as he or she may provide in the permit. If the commissioner finds otherwise, he or she shall deny the application.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 6 - Securities › Section 1206.

1206. The commissioner may impose conditions in any permit issued under Section 1205, requiring the deposit in escrow of securities, imposing a legend condition restricting the transferability thereof, impounding the proceeds from the sale thereof, limiting the expense in connection with the sale thereof, or such other conditions as he or she deems reasonable and necessary or advisable in the public interest.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 6 - Securities › Section 1207.

1207. Every permit issued pursuant to Section 1205 shall recite that it is permissive only and does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement of the securities permitted to be sold.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 6 - Securities › Section 1209.

1209. Whenever a bank applies for a permit to issue any security or to deliver any other consideration (whether or not such security or such transaction is exempt from, or not subject to, the provisions of Section 1202) in exchange for one or more bona fide outstanding securities (as defined in Section 25019 of the Corporations Code), claims, or property interests, or partly in such exchange and partly for cash, the commissioner is authorized to approve the terms and conditions of such issuance and exchange or such delivery and exchange and the fairness of such terms and conditions and is authorized to hold a hearing on the fairness of such terms and conditions, at which all persons to whom it is proposed to issue any security or to deliver any other consideration in such exchange shall have the right to appear.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 6 - Securities › Section 1210.

1210. There shall be exempted from the provisions of Section 1201 any transaction or security, including, without limitation, any type or class of transactions or securities, which the commissioner by regulation or order exempts as not being comprehended within the purposes of this chapter and the regulation of which he or she finds is not necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 6 - Securities › Section 1211.

1211. A bank at any time may, with the approval of its board, issue, sell or hypothecate its capital notes or debentures which may be payable upon such terms and may bear such rate of interest, if any, as may be provided therein or which may be convertible into shares. Such capital notes and debentures shall be subordinate to the claims of creditors and depositors and it shall be provided in any such capital notes or debentures that in the event of liquidation all depositors and other creditors of the bank shall be entitled to be paid in full with such interest as may be provided by law before any payment shall be made on account of principal of or interest on such capital notes or debentures and it may be provided in any such capital notes or debentures that after payment in full of all sums owing to such depositors and creditors the holders of such capital notes or debentures shall be entitled to be paid from the remaining assets of the bank the unpaid principal amount of the capital notes or debentures plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon before any payment or other distribution, whether in cash, property or otherwise, shall be made on account of any shares of the bank. It shall be provided in such capital notes or debentures that no payment shall at any time be made on account of the principal thereof, unless following such payment the aggregate of the shareholders’ equity and capital notes or debentures thereafter outstanding shall be the equal of such aggregate at the date of the original issue of such capital notes or debentures, or as may be otherwise authorized by the commissioner.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 6 - Securities › Section 1212.

1212. Nothing contained in this chapter shall affect the Corporate Securities Law of 1968, Division 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of Title 4 of the Corporations Code.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 7 - Acquisition of Control › Section 1250.

1250. Unless the context otherwise requires, in this chapter:
(a) “Bank” means a bank organized under the laws of this state.
(b) “Control” means possession, direct or indirect, of the power:
(1) To vote 25 percent or more of any class of the voting securities issued by a person; or
(2) To direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract (other than a commercial contract for goods or nonmanagement services), or otherwise; provided, however, that no individual shall be deemed to control a person solely on account of being a director, officer, or employee of such person.
For purposes of paragraph (2) of this subdivision, a person who, directly or indirectly, owns, controls, holds with the power to vote, or holds proxies representing, 10 percent or more of the then outstanding voting securities issued by another person is presumed to control such other person.
For purposes of this chapter, the commissioner may determine whether a person in fact controls another person.
(c) “Controlling person” means a person who, directly or indirectly, controls a bank.
(d) “Person” means an individual, a corporation, an association, a syndicate, a partnership, a limited liability company, a business trust, an estate, a trust, or an organization of any kind, or any combination of any of the foregoing acting in concert.
(e) “Shareholder” means:
(1) In the case of a corporation, a holder of a share of any class or series.
(2) In the case of a nonprofit or charitable corporation, an unincorporated association, or a syndicate, a member.
(3) In the case of a partnership, a partner.
(4) In the case of a business trust, an estate, or a trust, a holder of a beneficial interest.
(5) In the case of an organization of any other kind, a holder of an ownership interest.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 7 - Acquisition of Control › Section 1251.

1251. No person shall, directly or indirectly, unless the commissioner has approved such acquisition of control, do any of the following:
(a) Make a tender offer for, a request or invitation for tenders of, or an offer to exchange securities for, any voting security or any security convertible into a voting security of a bank or a controlling person if the person making such tender offer, request or invitation for tenders, or offer to exchange securities would, by consummation thereof, directly or indirectly, acquire control of such bank or such controlling person.
(b) Solicit approval of any shareholder of a controlling person for a merger, consolidation, sale of assets, or other transaction by which any person other than such controlling person would acquire control of the bank controlled by such controlling person.
(c) Acquire control of a bank or a controlling person; provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to prohibit any person from negotiating to acquire (but not acquiring) control of a bank or a controlling person.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 7 - Acquisition of Control › Section 1252.

1252. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, except for those persons approved by the commissioner prior to September 1, 2002, and for those persons who control industrial banks as of September 1, 2002, no person may directly or indirectly, including through any merger, consolidation, or any other type of business combination, acquire control of an industrial bank, as defined in Section 111, unless the person is engaged only in the activities permitted for financial holding companies, as provided in Section 103 of the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1843(k)(1)), or is a credit union, as defined in Section 165, when the industrial bank is a credit union service organization, as defined in Section 14651. Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt a person seeking to acquire control of a bank that otherwise qualifies to do so pursuant to this section, from the requirements of Sections 1250 to 1263, inclusive. For the purposes of this section, the term “control” has the same meaning as in subdivision (b) of Section 1250.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 7 - Acquisition of Control › Section 1253.

1253. An application for approval to acquire control of a bank or a controlling person shall be in such form and contain such information as the commissioner may require by regulation or order and shall be accompanied by the following fee:
(a) In case the applicant has been a director or officer of the bank for not less than two years (or, if the bank has been in business for less than two years, for such lesser period), a fee of five hundred dollars ($500); and
(b) In any other case, a fee of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 7 - Acquisition of Control › Section 1254.

1254. If the commissioner finds, with respect to the proposed acquisition of control of a bank or a controlling person, that any of the factors set forth in subdivisions (a) to (g), inclusive, is true, he or she shall deny the application. If the commissioner finds that none of such factors is true, he or she shall approve the application.
(a) That the proposed acquisition of control would result in a monopoly or would be in furtherance of any combination or conspiracy to monopolize or to attempt to monopolize the business of banking in any part of this state;
(b) That the effect of the proposed acquisition of control in any section of the state may be substantially to lessen competition or to tend to create a monopoly or that the proposed acquisition of control would in any other manner be in restraint of trade, and that the anticompetitive effects of the proposed acquisition of control are not clearly outweighed in the public interest by the probable effect of the transaction in meeting the convenience and needs of the community to be served;
(c) That the financial condition of any acquiring person is such as might jeopardize the financial stability of the bank or the controlling person, or prejudice the interests of the depositors, creditors, or shareholders of the bank or the controlling person;
(d) That plans or proposals to liquidate the bank or the controlling person, to sell the assets of the bank or the controlling person, to merge or consolidate the bank or the controlling person, or to make any other major change in the business, corporation structure or management of the bank or the controlling person are not fair and reasonable to the depositors, creditors, and shareholders of the bank or the controlling person;
(e) That the competence, experience, or integrity of any acquiring person indicates that it would not be in the interest of the depositors, creditors, or shareholders of the bank or the controlling person or in the interest of the public to permit such person to control the bank or the controlling person;
(f) That the proposed acquisition is unfair, unjust, or inequitable to the bank or the controlling person or to the depositors, creditors, or shareholders of the bank or the controlling person; or
(g) That the applicant neglects, fails, or refuses to furnish to the commissioner all the information required by the commissioner.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 7 - Acquisition of Control › Section 1255.

1255. (a) For purposes of Section 1254, the commissioner may find:
(1) That the integrity of an acquiring person indicates that it would not be in the interest of the depositors, creditors, or shareholders of a bank or controlling person or in the interest of the public to permit the acquiring person to control the bank or controlling person if the acquiring person or any director or officer of the acquiring person has been convicted of, or has pleaded nolo contendere to, any crime involving fraud or dishonesty.
(2) That a plan to make a major change in the management of a bank or controlling person is not fair and reasonable to the depositors, creditors, or shareholders of the bank or controlling person if the plan provides for a person who has been convicted of, or has pleaded nolo contendere to, any crime involving fraud or dishonesty to become a director or officer of the bank or controlling person.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall not be deemed to be the only grounds upon which the commissioner may find, for purposes of Section 1254, that the integrity of an acquiring person indicates that it would not be in the interest of the depositors, creditors, or shareholders of a bank or controlling person or in the interest of the public to permit the acquiring person to control the bank or controlling person or that a plan to make a major change in the management of a bank or controlling person is not fair and reasonable to the depositors, creditors, or shareholders of the bank or controlling person.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 334, Sec. 35. (SB 537) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 7 - Acquisition of Control › Section 1256.

1256. The commissioner may, in approving a proposal to acquire control of a bank or a controlling person pursuant to Section 1254, impose such conditions as the commissioner deems reasonable or necessary or advisable in the public interest.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 7 - Acquisition of Control › Section 1257.

1257. The commissioner may, for good cause, amend, alter, suspend, or revoke any approval of a proposal to acquire control of a bank or a controlling person issued pursuant to Section 1254.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 7 - Acquisition of Control › Section 1258.

1258. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any application for approval to acquire control of a bank or a controlling person which is not denied or approved by the commissioner within a period of 60 days after such application is filed with the commissioner or, if the applicant consents to an extension of the period within which the commissioner may act, within such extended period, shall be deemed to be approved by the commissioner as of the first day after such period of 60 days or such extended period, as the case may be.
For purposes of this section, an application for approval to acquire control of a bank or a controlling person is deemed to be filed with the commissioner at the time when the complete application, including any amendments or supplements, containing all the information in the form required by the commissioner, is received by him or her.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 7 - Acquisition of Control › Section 1259.

1259. (a) The commissioner, before determining whether, for purposes of this chapter, a person controls another person or before denying or approving an application for approval to acquire control of a bank or controlling person, may hold a hearing.
(b) After determining whether, for purposes of this chapter, a person controls another person or after denying or approving an application for approval to acquire control of a bank or controlling person, the commissioner, upon the filing of a written request for a hearing by any person prejudiced by the commissioner’s decision, shall hold a hearing and upon such hearing shall affirm, modify, or reverse his or her decision. Any such hearing shall commence within a period of 30 days after the written request for the hearing is filed with the commissioner or, if the person filing the written request for the hearing consents to an extension of the period within which the hearing is to commence, within such extended period.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 7 - Acquisition of Control › Section 1260.

1260. There shall be exempted from the provisions of Section 1251 any transaction, including, without limitation, any type or class of transactions, which the commissioner by regulation or order exempts as not being comprehended within the purposes of this chapter and the regulation of which the commissioner finds is not necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of a bank, a controlling person, or the depositors, creditors, or shareholders of a bank or a controlling person.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 7 - Acquisition of Control › Section 1261.

1261. Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any person has committed or is about to commit a violation of any provision of this chapter or of any regulation or order of the commissioner issued pursuant to this chapter, the commissioner may apply to the superior court for an order enjoining such person from violating or continuing to violate this chapter or any such regulation or order and for other equitable relief as the nature of the case or the interests of the bank, the controlling person, the depositors, creditors, or shareholders of such bank or such controlling person, or the public may require.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 7 - Acquisition of Control › Section 1262.

1262. No person shall be entitled to vote or to give a written consent with respect to any security acquired in contravention of any provision of this chapter or of any regulation or order of the commissioner issued pursuant to this chapter for a period of three years after such acquisition. If a security of a bank or a controlling person is acquired in contravention of this chapter or any such regulation or order, such bank, such controlling person, any shareholder of such bank or such controlling person, or the commissioner may apply to the superior court for equitable relief, including costs and (except with respect to the commissioner) attorney fees, to enjoin prospectively any person from voting or giving any written consent with respect to such security for a period of three years after such acquisition, and the commissioner may apply to the superior court for equitable relief, including costs, to void any voting or any giving of a written consent with respect to such security which has occurred since such acquisition.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 7 - Acquisition of Control › Section 1263.

1263. If any provision or clause of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article which can be given effect without the invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 8 - Bank Holding Companies › Section 1280.

1280. “Bank holding company” means:
(a) Any person or company which:
(1) Directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, 10 percent or more of the outstanding stock of any domestic bank, or 10 percent or more of the outstanding stock of any domestic bank together with 10 percent or more of the shares or proxy of shares of any national bank located in California.
(2) Controls in any manner whether by the holding of proxy, or otherwise, the election of a majority of the directors of any domestic bank, or of both any domestic bank and any national bank located in California.
(3) The commissioner determines, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, directly or indirectly exercises, or has power to exercise, a controlling influence over the management and policies of any domestic bank, or of both any domestic bank and any national bank located in California.
(b) Any company which controls in any manner any company which is or becomes a bank holding company by virtue of this chapter.
(c) Bank holding company does not include a trust company controlled by or under common control with a title insurance company.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 8 - Bank Holding Companies › Section 1281.

1281. “Company” means any domestic or foreign corporation, voting trust, business trust, limited partnership, partnership fund, joint stock company, association, syndicate, organized group of persons, or similar organization or group, whether incorporated or not.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 8 - Bank Holding Companies › Section 1282.

1282. “Subsidiaries,” with respect to a specified bank holding company, means:
(a) Any company 10 percent or more of whose voting securities are directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such bank holding company;
(b) Any company a majority of whose directors are controlled in any manner by such holding company;
(c) Any company 10 percent or more of whose voting securities are held by trustees or nontrustees for the benefit of the stockholders, shareholders, or members of such holding company; or
(d) Any company 10 percent or more of the legal or beneficial ownership of which is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such holding company.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 8 - Bank Holding Companies › Section 1283.

1283. The commissioner may from time to time require, under oath or otherwise, reports from any bank holding company and its subsidiaries in such form and as to such matters as the commissioner may deem necessary and appropriate, and which are relevant to the jurisdiction and responsibilities of the commissioner under this division.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 8 - Bank Holding Companies › Section 1284.

1284. Each bank holding company and its subsidiaries shall be subject to examination by the commissioner. The commissioner may use, for this purpose, his or her own examiners or independent public accountants who are disinterested persons. In lieu of making an examination, the commissioner may accept the examination of any holding company made by any federal agency, any other agency of this state, or any agency of any other state of the United States and may examine any such holding company in conjunction with these agencies. If the commissioner examines a bank holding company or any of its subsidiaries, other than a domestic bank, using the commissioner’s own examiners, the bank holding company shall pay, within 10 days after receipt of a statement from the commissioner, a fee of two hundred dollars ($200) per day for each examiner engaged in the examination plus, in the event it is necessary for any examiner engaged in the examination to travel outside this state, the travel expenses of the examiner. If the commissioner examines a bank holding company or any of its subsidiaries, other than a domestic bank, using independent public accountants, the bank holding company shall pay, within 10 days after receipt of a statement from the commissioner, the fee of the independent public accountants.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 8 - Bank Holding Companies › Section 1285.

1285. With respect to a trust company controlled by or under common control with a title insurance company, the commissioner in cooperation with the Insurance Commissioner shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the conduct of the inspection and examination authorized by Sections 1282 and 1284. Any such examination or inspection shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of Article 4.7 (commencing with Section 1215) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 1 of the Insurance Code.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 8 - Bank Holding Companies › Section 1286.

1286. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the commissioner to require reports from a national bank or to examine a national bank contrary to federal law.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 8 - Bank Holding Companies › Section 1287.

1287. Pursuant to the authority contained in Section 1 of Article XV of the California Constitution, the restrictions upon rates of interest contained in Section 1 of Article XV of the California Constitution shall not apply to any obligations of, loans made or arranged by, or forbearances of or arranged by, a bank holding company or a subsidiary of a bank holding company which is not a bank. As used in this section, the terms “bank holding company” and “subsidiary” mean a bank holding company or subsidiary as defined in Chapter 17 (commencing with Section 1841) of Title 12 of the United States Code.
This section creates and authorizes an exempt class of persons pursuant to Section 1 of Article XV of the Constitution. This section does not exempt a bank holding company or a subsidiary of a bank holding company from complying with all other applicable provisions of law regulating the business of these companies.
This section does not exempt a bank holding company or a subsidiary thereof from complying with all other laws or regulations governing the business in which the bank holding company or subsidiary is engaged.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 9 - Authorizations for Banks › Section 1301.

1301. (a) Notwithstanding Section 726 of the Code of Civil Procedure or any other provision of law to the contrary, a state or nationally chartered bank, its subsidiaries or affiliates transacting business in this state, or any successor in interest thereto, that originates, acquires, or purchases, in whole or in part, any loan secured directly or collaterally, in whole or in part, by a mortgage or deed of trust on real property, or any interest therein, may bring an action for recovery of damages, including exemplary damages not to exceed 50 percent of the actual damages, against a borrower where the action is based on fraud under Section 1572 of the Civil Code and the fraudulent conduct by the borrower induced the original lender to make that loan.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to loans secured by single-family, owner-occupied residential real property, when the property is actually occupied by the borrower as represented to the lender in order to obtain the loan and the loan is for an amount of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) or less, as adjusted annually, commencing on January 1, 1987, to the Consumer Price Index as published by the United States Department of Labor.
(c) Any action maintained under this section for damages shall not constitute a money judgment for deficiency or a deficiency judgment within the meaning of Section 580a, 580b, or 580d of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 10 - Restrictions and Prohibited Practices › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 1320.

1320. A bank or trust company may purchase, acquire, hold, or lease real property or an interest therein only as follows:
(a) Such as may be necessary or convenient for the use, operation or housing of its head office and branch offices, or for the storage of records or other personal property, or for office space for use by its officers or employees, or which may be reasonably necessary for future expansion of its business, or which is otherwise reasonably related to the conduct of its business. Real property used by a bank as its banking premises may include in addition to the space required for the transaction of its business other space which may be let as a source of income.
(b) Such as may be conveyed to it in satisfaction in whole or in part of debts previously contracted in the course of its business.
(c) Such as it may purchase or acquire at foreclosure sales under mortgages or deeds of trust held by it, or under judgments or decrees in its favor.
(d) Such as it may purchase or otherwise acquire when necessary to minimize or prevent the loss or destruction of any lien or interest therein.
(e) Such as it may purchase or otherwise acquire pursuant to Section 1322.
A bank or trust company may sell, lease, or encumber real property or any interest therein owned by it, or, with the written approval of the commissioner, exchange the same for other real property.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 10 - Restrictions and Prohibited Practices › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 1321.

1321. Any real property not held for any purpose permitted by subdivisions (a) and (e) of Section 1320 shall be sold whenever the same can be sold for an amount sufficient to reimburse the bank or trust company for all loss arising out of the loan for which such real property was security or arising out of the original investment. A bank or trust company shall not by the retention of any real property acquired pursuant to this section engage in any business not authorized by this division except to the extent necessary in the orderly liquidation of an indebtedness owing to the bank.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 10 - Restrictions and Prohibited Practices › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 1323.

1323. Any director, officer, or employee of a bank or of a foreign banking corporation who asks for or receives, or consents or agrees to receive, any commission, emolument, or gratuity or any money, property, or thing of value for his own personal benefit or of personal advantage for procuring or endeavoring to procure for any person any loan from such bank, or the purchase or discount of any note, draft, check, bill of exchange, or other obligation by such bank, or for permitting any person to overdraw any account with such bank, is guilty of a felony.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 10 - Restrictions and Prohibited Practices › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 1324.

1324. Any director, officer, agent, or employee of any bank who knowingly receives or possesses himself or herself of any of its property otherwise than in payment of a just demand, and with intent to defraud, omits to make or cause to be made a full and true entry thereof in its books and accounts or concurs in omitting to make any material entry thereof is guilty of a felony.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Financial Code - FIN › DIVISION 1.1 - BANKING › CHAPTER 10 - Restrictions and Prohibited Practices › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 1325.

1325. Any director, officer, agent, or employee of a bank who knowingly concurs in making or publishing any written report, exhibit, or statement of its affairs or pecuniary condition containing any material statement which is false, or having the custody of its books willfully refuses or neglects to make any proper entry in such books as required by law, or to exhibit or allow the same to be inspected or extracts to be taken therefrom by the commissioner or his or her deputies or examiners, is guilty of a felony.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)