As Passed by the House                        1            

122nd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                          Am. Sub. S. B. No. 40  5            

      1997-1998                                                    6            


SENATORS WHITE-RAY-DRAKE-WATTS-DIX-CARNES-BLESSING-FINAN-GILLMOR-  7            

   GARDNER-NEIN-SUHADOLNIK-GAETH-REPRESENTATIVES MILLER-LEWIS-     8            

  COLONNA-TIBERI-MYERS-GERBERRY-HOUSEHOLDER-STAPLETON-SCHULER-     9            

   VERICH-GARCIA-MALLORY-CORBIN-MOTTLEY-REID-GARDNER-METELSKY-     10           

  JOHNSON-SULZER-PRENTISS-BRADING-CATES-HOTTINGER-OLMAN-SALERNO    11           


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                           A   B I L L                                          

             To amend sections 1101.01, 1101.03, 1101.15,          16           

                1101.16, 1111.01, 1115.01, 1115.05, 1115.11,       17           

                1115.14, 1117.01, 1121.06, 1121.11, 1151.01,       19           

                1151.05, 1151.60, 1151.71, 1155.09, 1161.01,       20           

                1161.05, 1161.76, 1161.79,  1163.12, 1703.01,      21           

                1703.02, and 1703.08, to enact new sections        23           

                1151.052, 1155.13,  1161.07, and 1163.16 and       24           

                sections 1155.091, 1163.121, and 1703.031, and to  26           

                repeal sections 1151.052,  1155.13, 1161.07, and   27           

                1163.16 of the Revised Code relative to            29           

                interstate branching by and interstate             30           

                acquisitions of savings and loan associations and  31           

                savings banks, interstate branching  by banks,     32           

                assessments upon savings and loan associations     33           

                and savings banks, cooperative examination         34           

                arrangements and frequency of examinations for     35           

                savings and loan associations and savings banks,   36           

                the Trust Company Law enacted by  Am. Sub. H.B.    37           

                538 of the 121st General Assembly, and to declare  38           

                an  emergency.                                     39           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        41           

      Section 1.  That sections 1101.01, 1101.03, 1101.15,         43           

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1101.16, 1111.01, 1115.01, 1115.05, 1115.11, 1115.14, 1117.01,     45           

1121.06, 1121.11, 1151.01, 1151.05, 1151.60, 1151.71, 1155.09,     47           

1161.01, 1161.05, 1161.76, 1161.79, 1163.12, 1703.01, 1703.02,     48           

and 1703.08 be amended and new sections 1151.052, 1155.13,         49           

1161.07, and 1163.16 and sections 1155.091, 1163.121, and          51           

1703.031 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:        53           

      Sec. 1101.01.  As used in Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the     62           

Revised Code, unless the context requires otherwise:               63           

      (A)  "Affiliate" has the same meaning as in division (A)(1)  66           

of section 1109.53 of the Revised Code and includes a subsidiary                

of a bank.                                                         67           

      (B)  "Bank" means a corporation that solicits, receives, or  69           

accepts money or its equivalent for deposit as a business,         70           

whether the deposit is made by check or is evidenced by a          71           

certificate of deposit, passbook, note, receipt, ledger card, or   72           

otherwise.  "Bank" also includes a state bank or a corporation                  

doing business as a bank or savings bank under authority granted   73           

by the bank regulatory authority of another state of the United    74           

States or another country, but does not include a savings          75           

association, savings bank, or credit union.                        76           

      (C)  "Banking office" means an office or other place at      78           

which a bank receives money or its equivalent from the public for  79           

deposit and conducts a general banking business.  "Banking         80           

office" does not include any of the following:                     81           

      (1)  Any location at which a bank receives, but does not     83           

accept, cash or other items for subsequent deposit, such as by     84           

mail or armored car service or at a lock box or night depository;  85           

      (2)  Any structure located within five hundred yards of a    87           

banking office and operated as an extension of the services of     89           

the banking office;                                                             

      (3)  ANY AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE OR OTHER MONEY             91           

TRANSMISSION DEVICE OWNED, LEASED, OR OPERATED BY A BANK;          92           

      (4)  Any facility located within the geographical limits of  94           

a military installation at which a bank only accepts deposits and  96           

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cashes checks;                                                                  

      (4)(5)  Any location at which a bank takes and processes     98           

applications for loans and may disburse loan proceeds, but does    100          

not accept deposits;                                                            

      (5)(6)  Any location at which a bank is engaged solely in    102          

providing administrative support services for its own operations   104          

or for other depository institutions.                              105          

      (D)  "Branch" means a banking office that is not also the    107          

bank's principal place of business consistent with its articles    108          

of incorporation or articles of association.                       109          

      (E)  "Capital" means the sum of a bank's:                    111          

      (1)  Paid-in capital and surplus relating to common stock;   113          

      (2)  To the extent permitted by the superintendent of        115          

financial institutions, paid-in capital and surplus relating to    116          

preferred stock;                                                                

      (3)  Undivided profits; and                                  118          

      (4)  To the extent permitted by the superintendent the       120          

proceeds of the sale of debt securities and other assets and       121          

reserves.                                                                       

      (F)  "Control" has the same meaning as in division (H) of    123          

section 1109.53 of the Revised Code.                               124          

      (G)  "Controlling shareholder" means a person who, directly  126          

or indirectly, controls a bank.                                    127          

      (H)  "Debt securities" means obligations issued by a bank    129          

the holders of which, in the event of the insolvency or            130          

liquidation of the bank, are subordinated in right of payment to   131          

the bank's depositors and general creditors.                       132          

      (I)  "Federal savings association" means a federal savings   134          

and loan association or a federal savings bank doing business      135          

under authority granted by the office of thrift supervision.       136          

      (J)  "National bank" means a bank doing business under       139          

authority granted by the comptroller of the currency.                           

      (K)  "Net income" means all income realized or earned less   142          

all expenses realized or accrued.                                               

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      (L)  "Paid-in capital" means the aggregate par value of all  144          

of a bank's outstanding shares of all classes.                     145          

      (M)  "Reorganization" means a consolidation, merger, or      148          

transfer of assets and liabilities pursuant to Chapter 1115. of    149          

the Revised Code.                                                               

      (N)  "Savings association" means a savings and loan          152          

association doing business under authority granted by the                       

superintendent of financial institutions pursuant to Chapter       154          

1151. of the Revised Code, A SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION DOING    155          

BUSINESS UNDER AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF                 

ANOTHER STATE, or a federal savings association.                   157          

      (O)  "Savings bank" means a savings bank doing business      160          

under authority granted by the superintendent of financial                      

institutions pursuant to Chapter 1161. of the Revised Code OR A    163          

SAVINGS BANK DOING BUSINESS UNDER AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE         164          

REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER STATE.                             165          

      (P)  "State bank" means a bank doing business under          168          

authority granted by the superintendent of financial                            

institutions.                                                      169          

      (Q)  "Subsidiary" has the same meaning as in section         172          

1109.53 of the Revised Code.                                                    

      (R)  "Surplus" means the total of amounts paid for shares    175          

in excess of their respective par values, amounts contributed                   

other than for shares, and amounts transferred from undivided      176          

profits, less amounts transferred to stated capital.               177          

      (S)  "Trust company" means a corporation qualified and       179          

licensed under section 1111.06 of the Revised Code to solicit or   181          

engage in trust business in this state, or a person that is        182          

required by Chapter 1111. of the Revised Code to be a corporation  183          

qualified and licensed under section 1111.06 of the Revised Code   185          

to solicit or engage in trust business in this state.                           

      (T)  "Undivided profits" means the cumulative undistributed  188          

amount of a bank's net income not otherwise allocated.             189          

      Sec. 1101.03.  (A)  Except as otherwise provided in this     198          

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section, every bank existing on or incorporated after the          199          

effective date of this section JANUARY 1, 1997, is subject to      201          

Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code.                                    

      (B)  Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code do not      204          

affect the legality of banks organized, loans or investments made               

or committed to be made, or transactions completed or committed    205          

before the effective date of this section JANUARY 1, 1997.         207          

      (C)  Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code do not      210          

affect the status of any bank organized, or any banking office                  

established or authorized, before the effective date of this       211          

section JANUARY 1, 1997.                                           212          

      (D)  CHAPTERS 1101. TO 1127. OF THE REVISED CODE DO NOT      214          

APPLY TO PERSONS IN THEIR FIDUCIARY CAPACITIES, AS FOLLOWS:        215          

      (1)  ANY PERSON WHO, ON JANUARY 1, 1997, IS SERVING AS A     217          

FIDUCIARY UNDER A TRUST INSTRUMENT, WILL, OR OTHER DOCUMENT        218          

EXECUTED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1997;                                   219          

      (2)  ANY PERSON WHO IS NAMED OR NOMINATED AS A POTENTIAL,    221          

PROSPECTIVE, OR SUCCESSOR FIDUCIARY IN A TRUST INSTRUMENT, WILL,   223          

OR OTHER DOCUMENT EXECUTED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1997.                 224          

      Sec. 1101.15.  (A)(1)  Except as provided in division        233          

(A)(2) of this section, no person other than a bank doing          234          

business under authority granted by the superintendent of          235          

financial institutions, the bank chartering authority of another   236          

state, the office of the comptroller of the currency, or the bank  238          

chartering authority of a foreign country shall do either of the   239          

following:                                                                      

      (a)  Use "bank," "banker," or "banking," or a word or words  241          

of similar meaning in any other language, as a designation or      242          

name, or as part of a designation or name, under which business    243          

is or may be conducted in this state;                              244          

      (b)  Represent itself as a bank.                             246          

      (2)(a)  A corporation doing business under Chapter 1151. of  249          

the Revised Code may use the phrase "savings bank" as part of a    250          

designation or name under which business is or may be conducted    252          

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in this state, as provided in section 1151.07 of the Revised                    

Code.                                                                           

      (b)  A corporation doing business under Chapter 1161. of     255          

the Revised Code may use the phrase "savings bank" as part of a    256          

designation or name under which business is or may be conducted    258          

in this state, as provided in section 1161.09 of the Revised       259          

Code.                                                                           

      (c)  A corporation doing business under authority granted    261          

by the office of thrift supervision may use the phrase "savings    262          

bank" as part of a designation or name under which business is or  263          

may be conducted in this state.                                                 

      (d)  A nonprofit organization, whether or not incorporated   265          

under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code, may use "bank,"           266          

"banker," or "banking," or a word or words of similar meaning in   268          

any other language, as part of a designation or name under which   269          

business is or may be conducted if the superintendent determines   270          

the organization's use is not likely to mislead the public and                  

authorizes the organization to use the word or words.              271          

      (B)(1)  Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this        274          

section, no person, other than a corporation licensed in                        

accordance with authority granted in Chapter 1111. as a trust      275          

company, a savings and loan association licensed under section     276          

1151.348 of the Revised Code to serve as a fiduciary, a national   277          

bank with trust powers, or a federal savings association with      278          

trust powers, shall do either of the following:                                 

      (a)  Use the word "trust," or a word or words of similar     280          

meaning in any other language, as a designation or name, or part   281          

of a designation or name, under which business is or may be        282          

conducted in this state;                                                        

      (b)  Otherwise represent itself as a fiduciary or trust      284          

company.                                                                        

      (2)(a)  A natural person exempt from licensure THAT IS NOT   286          

REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED under Chapter 1111. of the Revised Code    288          

may serve as a fiduciary AND, WHEN ACTING IN THAT FIDUCIARY        289          

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CAPACITY, OTHERWISE REPRESENT HIMSELF, HERSELF, OR ITSELF AS A     290          

FIDUCIARY.                                                                      

      (b)  A person licensed by another state to serve as a        292          

fiduciary and exempt from licensure under Chapter 1111. of the     293          

Revised Code may serve as a fiduciary to the extent permitted by   294          

the exemption.                                                                  

      (c)  A savings and loan association may serve as a trustee   296          

to the extent authorized by section 1151.191 of the Revised Code.  297          

      (d)  A savings bank may serve as a trustee to the extent     299          

authorized by section 1161.24 of the Revised Code.                 300          

      (e)  A charitable trust may serve as a fiduciary of a trust  302          

of which the charitable trust is the sole or lone remaining        304          

beneficiary.                                                                    

      (f)  A charitable trust, business trust, real estate         306          

investment trust, PERSONAL TRUST, or other bona fide trust may     308          

use the word "trust" or a word or words of similar meaning in any  309          

other language, as A DESIGNATION OR NAME, OR part of a                          

designation or name, under which business is or may be conducted.  311          

      (g)(f)  A nonprofit organization, whether or not             313          

incorporated under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code, may use      315          

"trust" or a word or words of similar meaning in any other         316          

language, as a designation or name, or part of a designation or    317          

name, under which business is or may be conducted, if the                       

superintendent determines the organization's use is not likely to  318          

mislead the public and authorizes the organization to use the      319          

word or words.                                                                  

      (C)  No bank shall use "state" as part of a designation or   321          

name under which it transacts business in this state, unless the   322          

bank is doing business under authority granted by the              323          

superintendent or the bank chartering authority of another state.  324          

      Sec. 1101.16.  (A)  No person shall solicit, receive, or     333          

accept deposits in this state, except a bank, a domestic           334          

association as defined in section 1151.01 of the Revised Code, a   335          

savings bank as defined in section 1161.01 of the Revised Code,    336          

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or a credit union as defined in section 1733.01 of the Revised     337          

Code that is authorized to accept deposits IN THIS STATE, AND      338          

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 1115.05, 1117.01, 1151.052,         339          

1151.053, 1151.60, 1161.07, 1161.071, AND 1161.76 OF THE REVISED   340          

CODE.                                                                           

      (B)  No bank or bank holding company incorporated under the  342          

laws of another state or having its principal place of business    343          

in another state shall solicit, receive, or accept deposits IN     344          

THIS STATE UNLESS IT HAS ESTABLISHED OR ACQUIRED A BANKING OFFICE  346          

PURSUANT TO SECTION 1117.01 OF THE REVISED CODE OR A TRANSACTION   348          

UNDER SECTION 1115.05 OF THE REVISED CODE, or transact any                      

banking business of any kind in this state other than lending      349          

money, trust business in accordance with Chapter 1111. of the      350          

Revised Code, OR through or as an agent pursuant to section        352          

1117.05 of the Revised Code, or pursuant to section 1115.05 of     353          

the Revised Code.                                                               

      (C)  No bank having its principal place of business in a     355          

foreign country shall solicit, receive, or accept deposits or      356          

transact any banking business of any kind in this state, except    357          

in accordance with Chapter 1115. or 1119. of the Revised Code.     358          

      (D)  Nothing in this section prohibits a person from making  360          

a deposit in that person's own account with a depository           361          

institution outside this state by means of an automated teller     362          

machine or other money transmission device in this state.          363          

However, no depository institution outside this state shall        364          

establish a deposit account with or for a person in this state by               

means of an automated teller machine or other money transmission   365          

device in this state.                                              366          

      Sec. 1111.01.  As used in this chapter:                      375          

      (A)  "CHARITABLE TRUST" MEANS A CHARITABLE REMAINDER         378          

ANNUITY TRUST AS DEFINED IN SECTION 664(d) OF THE INTERNAL         381          

REVENUE CODE, A CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST AS DEFINED IN        383          

SECTION 664(d) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, A CHARITABLE LEAD OR  386          

OTHER SPLIT INTEREST TRUST SUBJECT TO THE GOVERNING INSTRUMENT     387          

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REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 508(e) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, A     391          

POOLED INCOME FUND AS DEFINED IN SECTION 642(c) OF THE INTERNAL    394          

REVENUE CODE, A TRUST THAT IS A PRIVATE FOUNDATION AS DEFINED IN   396          

SECTION 509 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, OR A TRUST OF WHICH      399          

EACH BENEFICIARY IS A CHARITY.                                     400          

      FOR PURPOSES OF THIS DIVISION AND DIVISION (B) OF THIS       402          

SECTION, "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE" MEANS THE "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE  408          

OF 1986," 100 STAT. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, AS AMENDED.               411          

      (B)  "CHARITY" MEANS A STATE UNIVERSITY AS DEFINED IN        413          

SECTION 3345.011 OF THE REVISED CODE, A COMMUNITY COLLEGE AS       415          

DEFINED IN SECTION 3354.01 OF THE REVISED CODE, A TECHNICAL                     

COLLEGE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3357.01 OF THE REVISED CODE, A       416          

STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3358.01 OF THE                    

REVISED CODE, A PRIVATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY THAT POSSESSES A     417          

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATION ISSUED BY THE OHIO BOARD OF REGENTS   418          

PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 1713. OF THE REVISED CODE, A TRUST OR          420          

ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM TAXATION UNDER SECTION 501(c)(3) OR       422          

SECTION 501(c)(13) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, OR A              424          

CORPORATION, TRUST, OR ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION           425          

170(c)(2) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.  THE TERM "CHARITIES"      427          

MEANS MORE THAN ONE TRUST OR ORGANIZATION THAT IS A CHARITY.                    

      (C)  "Collective investment fund" means a fund established   429          

by a trust company or an affiliate of a trust company for the      430          

collective investment of assets held in a fiduciary capacity,      431          

either alone or with one or more cofiduciaries, by the             432          

establishing trust company and its affiliates.                                  

      (B)(D)  "Fiduciary investment company" means a corporation   434          

that is both of the following:                                     436          

      (1)  An investment company;                                  438          

      (2)  Incorporated, owned, and operated in accordance with    440          

rules adopted by the superintendent of financial institutions for  441          

the investment of funds held by trust companies in a fiduciary     442          

capacity and for true fiduciary purposes, either alone or with     443          

one or more cofiduciaries.                                                      

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      (C)(E)  "Instrument" includes any will, declaration of       445          

trust, agreement of trust, agency, or custodianship, or court      446          

order creating a fiduciary relationship.                           447          

      (D)(F)  "Investment company" means any investment company    449          

as defined in section 3 and registered under section 8 of the      451          

"Investment Company Act of 1940," 54 Stat. 789, 15 U.S.C.A. 80a-3  453          

and 80a-8.                                                                      

      (E)(G)  "Trust business" means accepting and executing       455          

trusts of property, serving as a trustee, executor,                457          

administrator, guardian, receiver, OR conservator, or other        458          

fiduciary, and providing fiduciary services as a business.         460          

"Trust business" does not include any of the following:                         

      (1)  Any natural person acting as a receiver, trustee,       462          

EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR, GUARDIAN, RECEIVER, or other fiduciary    463          

CONSERVATOR, pursuant to appointment by a court of competent       465          

jurisdiction;                                                                   

      (2)  Any natural person licensed in this state as an         467          

attorney serving as a trustee pursuant to appointment by a         469          

settlor, or by a person authorized to appoint a successor          470          

trustee, if the attorney has not solicited, by advertising or      471          

otherwise, appointment as trustee; WHO DOES NOT HOLD SELF OUT TO   473          

THE PUBLIC AS WILLING TO ACT AS A TRUSTEE FOR HIRE.  FOR PURPOSES  474          

OF DIVISION (G) OF THIS SECTION, THE SOLICITATION OR               475          

ADVERTISEMENT OF LEGAL OR ACCOUNTING SERVICES BY A PERSON          476          

LICENSED IN THIS STATE AS AN ATTORNEY OR A PERSON HOLDING A LIVE   477          

PERMIT TO PRACTICE PUBLIC ACCOUNTING ISSUED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF  478          

SECTION 4701.10 OF THE REVISED CODE SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE               

THE ACT OF HOLDING SELF OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS WILLING TO ACT AS A   479          

TRUSTEE FOR HIRE.                                                  481          

      (3)  Any natural person holding a live permit to practice    483          

public accounting issued under division (A) of section 4701.10 of  484          

the Revised Code and serving as a trustee pursuant to appointment  486          

by a settlor, or by a person authorized to appoint a successor     487          

trustee, if the permit holder has not solicited, by advertising    488          

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or otherwise, appointment as trustee;                                           

      (4)  A natural person CHARITY, AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF A   490          

CHARITY, OR A PERSON AFFILIATED WITH A CHARITY, serving as         491          

trustee of any of the following:                                   492          

      (a)  One or more trusts for each of which at least one       494          

settlor is a member of the trustee's family;                       495          

      (b)  Not more than five trusts if the person has not         497          

solicited, by advertising or otherwise, appointment as trustee     498          

for any of the trusteeships;                                       499          

      (c)  Trusts established by not more than five settlors, if   501          

the person has not solicited, by advertising or otherwise,         502          

appointment as trustee for any of the trusteeships.                503          

      (5)  A A charitable trust serving as trustee of a trust of   506          

which the charitable trust CHARITY, OR ANOTHER CHARITY WITH A                   

SIMILAR PURPOSE, is the sole or lone remaining A beneficiary;      508          

      (6)(4)  Other fiduciary activities the superintendent        510          

determines are not undertaken as a business.                       512          

      Sec. 1115.01.  (A)(1)  A state bank may do any of the        522          

following:                                                                      

      (a)  Convert into a national bank if the conversion is       524          

approved by both the comptroller of the currency and the           525          

affirmative vote or written consent of the holders of two-thirds,  526          

or such other proportion not less than a majority as the bank's    527          

articles of incorporation require, of the outstanding shares of    528          

each class of the bank's stock;                                                 

      (b)  Convert into a federal savings association if the       530          

conversion is approved by both the office of thrift supervision    531          

and the affirmative vote or written consent of the holders of      532          

two-thirds, or such other proportion not less than a majority as   533          

the bank's articles of incorporation require, of the outstanding   534          

shares of each class of the bank's stock;                                       

      (c)  Convert into a savings and loan association pursuant    536          

to section 1151.64 of the Revised Code OR THE LAWS OF ANOTHER      538          

STATE IF THE CONVERSION IS APPROVED BY THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OR     539          

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WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE HOLDERS OF TWO-THIRDS, OR SUCH OTHER        540          

PROPORTION NOT LESS THAN A MAJORITY AS THE BANK'S ARTICLES OF      542          

INCORPORATION REQUIRE, OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF EACH CLASS OF  543          

THE BANK'S STOCK;                                                               

      (d)  Convert into a savings bank pursuant to section         545          

1161.631 of the Revised Code OR THE LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE IF THE   547          

CONVERSION IS APPROVED BY THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OR WRITTEN CONSENT  548          

OF THE HOLDERS OF TWO-THIRDS, OR SUCH OTHER PROPORTION NOT LESS    550          

THAN A MAJORITY AS THE BANK'S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION REQUIRE,   551          

OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF EACH CLASS OF THE BANK'S STOCK;                    

      (e)  CONVERT INTO A BANK DOING BUSINESS UNDER AUTHORITY      554          

GRANTED BY THE BANK REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER STATE,         555          

PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF THAT STATE, IF THE CONVERSION IS APPROVED  556          

BY THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE HOLDERS OF       557          

TWO-THIRDS, OR SUCH OTHER PROPORTION NOT LESS THAN A MAJORITY AS   558          

THE BANK'S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION REQUIRE, OF THE OUTSTANDING   559          

SHARES OF EACH CLASS OF THE BANK'S STOCK.                                       

      (2)  A state bank that converts into a national bank, A      561          

BANK DOING BUSINESS UNDER AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE BANK            563          

REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER STATE, or a federal savings        564          

association shall, immediately upon the conversion being           565          

effective, file with the superintendent of financial institutions  566          

all information the superintendent determines is necessary to      568          

reflect in the state's records that the national bank or federal   569          

savings association is no longer a corporation organized and       570          

doing business under the laws of this state.                       571          

      (B)(1)  A national bank, BANK DOING BUSINESS UNDER           573          

AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE BANK REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER      574          

STATE, savings association, or savings bank that has its           576          

principal place of business in this state may, with the approval                

of the superintendent, convert into a state bank.                  578          

      (2)  A national bank, BANK DOING BUSINESS UNDER AUTHORITY    580          

GRANTED BY THE BANK REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER STATE,         583          

savings association, or savings bank proposing to convert into a   584          

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state bank shall submit to the superintendent an application for   585          

the superintendent's approval of the conversion that includes all               

of the following:                                                  586          

      (a)  A plan of conversion;                                   588          

      (b)  The proposed articles of incorporation and code of      590          

regulations of the proposed state bank;                            591          

      (c)  An officers' certification that the directors and       593          

shareholders of the national bank, BANK DOING BUSINESS UNDER       594          

AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE BANK REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER      596          

STATE, savings association, or savings bank have approved the      598          

plan of conversion and the proposed articles of incorporation and               

code of regulations in accordance with the applicable state or     599          

federal law and with the national bank's, savings association's,   600          

or savings bank's articles of association or incorporation and     602          

code of regulations or bylaws;                                                  

      (d)  Any other information the superintendent requires.      604          

      (3)  Within ten business days after receiving an             606          

application required under division (B)(2) of this section, the    607          

superintendent shall determine whether to accept the application.  608          

Within ninety days after accepting an application required under   609          

division (B)(2) of this section, the superintendent shall approve  610          

or disapprove the application.  In determining whether to approve  611          

the national bank's, savings association's, or savings bank's      612          

conversion into a state bank, the superintendent shall consider    613          

all of the following:                                                           

      (a)  The adequacy of the capital and paid-in capital of the  615          

proposed state bank;                                               616          

      (b)  Whether the competence, experience, and integrity of    618          

each director, executive officer, and controlling shareholder of   619          

the proposed state bank meet the criteria for acquiring control    620          

of a state bank as provided in section 1115.06 of the Revised      621          

Code;                                                                           

      (c)  Whether the proposed state bank affords reasonable      623          

promise of successful operation;                                   624          

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      (d)  Whether the proposed state bank meets the requirements  626          

of Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code.                    627          

      (4)  The superintendent may condition an approval of the     629          

conversion of a national bank, BANK DOING BUSINESS UNDER           630          

AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE BANK REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER      631          

STATE, savings association, or savings bank into a state bank in   632          

any manner the superintendent considers appropriate.               634          

      (5)(a)  If the superintendent approves a conversion of a     636          

national bank, BANK DOING BUSINESS UNDER AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE  637          

BANK REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER STATE, savings association,   639          

or savings bank into a state bank, the superintendent shall        640          

forward a certificate of the approval of the conversion and the    641          

state bank's articles of incorporation to the secretary of state,               

and shall issue to the new state bank a certificate of authority   642          

to commence business as a state bank.                              643          

      (b)(i)  In the case of a state bank resulting from the       645          

conversion of a savings association organized under Chapter 1151.  646          

of the Revised Code or a savings bank organized under Chapter      647          

1161. of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall file the   649          

certificate of the superintendent's approval of the conversion     650          

and the state bank's articles of incorporation in a manner                      

reflecting the corporation is no longer doing business under       651          

Chapter 1151. or 1161. of the Revised Code.                        652          

      (ii)  In the case of a state bank resulting from the         654          

conversion of a national bank, A BANK, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR     655          

SAVINGS BANK DOING BUSINESS UNDER AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE         657          

REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER STATE, or a federal savings        658          

association, the secretary of state shall file the certificate of  660          

the superintendent's approval of the conversion and the state      661          

bank's articles of incorporation in a manner reflecting the state  662          

bank is newly authorized to do business under the laws of this                  

state.                                                                          

      (6)  The conversion shall be effective on the date           664          

indicated in the superintendent's approval.  Without further act   665          

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or deed, the state bank resulting from the conversion shall have   666          

all property, rights, interests, and powers of its predecessor     667          

national bank, savings association, or savings bank within the     669          

limits of the charter of the resulting state bank, and all                      

duties, trusts, obligations, and liabilities of the predecessor    670          

national bank, savings association, or savings bank shall          672          

continue in the state bank resulting from the conversion.          673          

      Sec. 1115.05.  (A)  As used in this section:                 682          

      (1)  "Acquire" or "acquisition" means any of the following   684          

transactions or actions:                                           685          

      (a)  A merger or consolidation with, or purchase of assets   687          

from, a bank holding company that has acquired an Ohio bank;       688          

      (b)  The acquisition of the direct or indirect ownership or  690          

control of voting shares of an Ohio bank if, after the             691          

acquisition, the acquiring bank holding company will directly or   693          

indirectly own or control more than five per cent of any class of  694          

voting shares of the Ohio bank, unless the superintendent of       695          

financial institutions determines, in the superintendent's         696          

discretion, due to the nature of the acquisition, it should not    697          

be subject to the limitations of this section;                                  

      (c)  The merger or consolidation of an Ohio bank with, or    699          

the transfer of assets from an Ohio bank to, another Ohio bank,    701          

whether previously acquired EXISTING or chartered for the purpose  702          

of the transaction;                                                703          

      (d)  Any other action that results in the direct or          705          

indirect control of an Ohio bank.                                  706          

      (2)  "Ohio bank" means a state bank or a national bank       708          

whose principal place of business is in this state.                709          

      (B)  Subject to division DIVISIONS (C) AND (D) of this       712          

section, a BANK OR bank holding company whose principal place of   713          

business is in this state or any other state may charter or        715          

otherwise acquire an Ohio bank, AND A BANK MAY ACQUIRE BANKING     716          

OFFICES IN THIS STATE BY MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION WITH OR TRANSFER  717          

OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FROM A BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS    719          

                                                          16     

                                                                 
ASSOCIATION THAT HAS OFFICES IN THIS STATE, if, upon consummation  721          

of the acquisition, either BOTH of the following will apply:       723          

      (1)  The acquiring BANK WITH, OR THE ACQUIRING bank holding  725          

company, through, its affiliate banks, savings banks, and savings  728          

associations, does not control more than ten per cent of the       729          

total deposits of banks, savings banks, and savings associations                

in the United States, and EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING APPLIES:         730          

      (a)  THE ACQUIRING BANK WITH, OR THE ACQUIRING BANK HOLDING  732          

COMPANY THROUGH, ITS AFFILIATE BANKS, SAVINGS BANKS, AND SAVINGS   733          

ASSOCIATIONS, does not control more than thirty per cent of the    736          

total deposits of banks, savings banks, and savings associations   737          

in this state.                                                                  

      (2)(b)  The acquiring BANK WITH, OR THE ACQUIRING bank       739          

holding company, through, its affiliate banks, savings banks, and  743          

savings associations, does not control more than ten per cent of   744          

the total deposits of banks, savings banks, and savings                         

associations in the United States, but does control CONTROLS more  745          

than thirty per cent of the total deposits of banks, savings       748          

banks, and savings associations in this state, if AND the          749          

superintendent approved the acquisition after determining the      750          

anticompetitive effects of the acquisition were clearly            751          

outweighed in the public interest by the probable effect of the    752          

transaction.                                                                    

      (2)  EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A FOREIGN BANK SUBJECT TO         755          

CHAPTER 1119. OF THE REVISED CODE OR A BANK THAT BY THE TERMS OF   758          

ITS ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION IS NOT PERMITTED TO   759          

SOLICIT OR ACCEPT DEPOSITS OTHER THAN TRUST FUNDS, THE OHIO BANK   760          

OR ANY BANK THAT HAS BANKING OFFICES IN THIS STATE WILL BE AN      761          

INSURED BANK AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(h) OF THE "FEDERAL DEPOSIT    765          

INSURANCE ACT," 92 STAT. 614 (1978), 12 U.S.C.A. 1813(h).          769          

      (C)(1)  Any bank holding company proposing to charter a      771          

state bank under this section shall comply with Chapter 1113. of   772          

the Revised Code and any rules adopted to implement that chapter.  773          

      (2)  If, after the proposed acquisition, the acquiring BANK  775          

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OR bank holding company will control an existing state bank the    777          

acquiring BANK OR bank holding company did not control before the  779          

acquisition, AND THE ACQUISITION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE MERGER OR    780          

CONSOLIDATION OF THE EXISTING STATE BANK WITH ANOTHER BANK, the    782          

acquiring BANK OR bank holding company shall comply with section   783          

1115.06 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted to implement     784          

that section.                                                                   

      (3)  If the proposed acquisition will be accomplished by     786          

means of a merger or consolidation with a state bank and the       787          

resulting bank of the merger or consolidation will be a state      788          

bank, the state bank shall comply with section 1115.11 of the      789          

Revised Code and any rules adopted to implement that section.                   

      (4)  If the proposed acquisition will be accomplished by     791          

means of a transfer of assets and liabilities to a state bank,     792          

the state bank shall comply with section 1115.14 of the Revised    793          

Code and any rules adopted to implement that section.              794          

      (5)  If the proposed acquisition will be accomplished by     796          

forming a bank to which the bank to be acquired will transfer      797          

assets and liabilities, or with which the bank to be acquired      798          

will be merged or consolidated and the resulting bank will be a    799          

state bank, the acquiring bank holding company shall comply with   800          

section 1115.23 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted to                    

implement that section.                                            801          

      (D)(1)  IF THE ACQUIRING BANK IS A BANK DOING BUSINESS       803          

UNDER AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE BANK REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF        804          

ANOTHER STATE AND THE ACQUISITION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY          805          

AGREEING TO ASSUME ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE DEPOSIT         807          

LIABILITIES OF AN EXISTING BRANCH LOCATED IN THIS STATE OF A                    

SAVINGS ASSOCIATION DOING BUSINESS UNDER AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE  808          

SUPERINTENDENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 1151. OF THE REVISED CODE, THE  811          

ACQUISITION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S APPROVAL,     812          

WHICH SHALL INCLUDE A DETERMINATION THAT THE LAWS OF THE STATE IN  814          

WHICH THE ACQUIRING BANK HAS ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS                    

PERMIT A BANK WITH ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IN OHIO TO      816          

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ACQUIRE ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE DEPOSIT LIABILITIES OF AN  817          

EXISTING BRANCH OF A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION LOCATED IN THAT STATE ON  818          

TERMS THAT ARE, ON THE WHOLE, SUBSTANTIALLY NO MORE RESTRICTIVE    819          

THAN THOSE ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 1151.052 OF THE REVISED       821          

CODE.                                                                           

      (2)  IF THE ACQUIRING BANK IS A BANK DOING BUSINESS UNDER    823          

AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE BANK REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER      824          

STATE AND THE ACQUISITION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY AGREEING TO      825          

ASSUME ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE DEPOSIT LIABILITIES OF AN   826          

EXISTING BRANCH LOCATED IN THIS STATE OF A SAVINGS BANK DOING      827          

BUSINESS UNDER AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT PURSUANT                 

TO CHAPTER 1161. OF THE REVISED CODE, THE ACQUISITION SHALL BE     830          

SUBJECT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S APPROVAL, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE A    831          

DETERMINATION THAT THE LAWS OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE ACQUIRING                 

BANK HAS ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS PERMIT A BANK WITH ITS    832          

PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IN OHIO TO ACQUIRE ALL OR              833          

SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE DEPOSIT LIABILITIES OF AN EXISTING        834          

BRANCH OF A SAVINGS BANK LOCATED IN THAT STATE ON TERMS THAT ARE,  836          

ON THE WHOLE, SUBSTANTIALLY NO MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THOSE         837          

ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 1161.07 OF THE REVISED CODE.             838          

      Sec. 1115.11.  (A)  A state bank may consolidate or merge    847          

with another state bank, A BANK DOING BUSINESS UNDER AUTHORITY     849          

GRANTED BY THE BANK REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER STATE, or a    850          

national bank, savings bank, or savings association that has,      851          

REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT MAINTAINS its principal place of business   852          

in this state, with the approval of all of the following:          853          

      (1)  The directors of both constituent corporations;         855          

      (2)  The shareholders of each constituent state bank by the  857          

affirmative vote or written consent of the holders of two-thirds,  858          

or such other proportion not less than a majority as the state     859          

bank's articles of incorporation provide, of the outstanding       860          

shares of each class of the state bank's stock;                                 

      (3)  The shareholders of the OTHER constituent national      862          

bank, savings bank, or savings association as required by the      864          

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applicable state or federal law;                                                

      (4)  One of the following, as applicable:                    866          

      (a)  If the resulting corporation will be a state bank, a    868          

savings bank DOING BUSINESS UNDER AUTHORITY GRANTED PURSUANT TO    869          

CHAPTER 1161. OF THE REVISED CODE, or a savings and loan           870          

association doing business under authority granted pursuant to     872          

Chapter 1151. of the Revised Code, the superintendent of           873          

financial institutions;                                                         

      (b)  If the resulting corporation will be a national bank,   875          

the comptroller of the currency;                                   876          

      (c)  If the resulting corporation will be a federal savings  878          

association, the director of the office of thrift supervision;     879          

      (d)  IF THE RESULTING CORPORATION WILL BE A BANK, SAVINGS    881          

BANK, OR SAVINGS ASSOCIATION DOING BUSINESS UNDER AUTHORITY        883          

GRANTED BY THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER STATE, THE STATE    884          

REGULATORY AUTHORITY UNDER WHICH THE BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR        885          

SAVINGS ASSOCIATION IS DOING BUSINESS.                             886          

      (B)  For a merger or consolidation in which the resulting    889          

or surviving corporation will be a state bank, the constituent                  

corporations, in the case of a consolidation, and the constituent  891          

corporation that will be the surviving corporation, in the case    892          

of a merger, shall file with the superintendent an application     893          

for the superintendent's approval that includes all of the         894          

following:                                                                      

      (1)  An officers' certification that the transaction has     896          

been approved by the directors and shareholders of each            897          

constituent corporation in accordance with the applicable state    898          

or federal law, articles of incorporation or association, code of  899          

regulations, or bylaws;                                                         

      (2)  A copy of the consolidation or merger agreement;        901          

      (3)  Any other information the superintendent requires.      903          

      (C)  The consolidation or merger agreement required under    905          

division (B)(2) of this section shall include all of the           906          

following:                                                                      

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      (1)  The names of the constituent corporations;              908          

      (2)  The agreement that the named constituent corporations   910          

will consolidate into a new state bank or the other named          911          

constituent corporations will merge with or into one specified     912          

constituent corporation;                                                        

      (3)  Subject to the limitations set forth in section         915          

1103.07 of the Revised Code, the name of the state bank resulting  916          

from the consolidation or surviving the merger;                                 

      (4)  The place in this state where the resulting or          918          

surviving bank's principal place of business is to be located;     919          

      (5)  In the case of a consolidation, the contents of the     921          

resulting bank's articles of incorporation, consistent with        922          

section 1103.06 of the Revised Code;                               923          

      (6)  In the case of a merger, any amendment to the           925          

surviving bank's articles of incorporation;                        926          

      (7)  The names and addresses of the directors of the         928          

resulting or surviving bank;                                       929          

      (8)  The terms of the consolidation or merger, how the       931          

consolidation or merger will be effected, and how any              932          

consideration provided for will be distributed to the              933          

shareholders of the constituent corporations.                                   

      (D)  Within ten business days after receiving an             935          

application required under division (B) of this section, the       936          

superintendent shall determine whether to accept the application.  937          

IF THE TRANSACTION IS WITH A BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS        939          

ASSOCIATION DOING BUSINESS UNDER AUTHORITY GRANTED BY A                         

REGULATORY AUTHORITY OTHER THAN THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE            940          

SUPERINTENDENT SHALL NOTIFY THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY UNDER WHICH   941          

THE BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS ASSOCIATION IS DOING BUSINESS   942          

OF THE APPLICATION AND SOLICIT THAT REGULATORY AUTHORITY'S         943          

COMMENTS.  Within ninety days after accepting an application       945          

required under division (B) of this section, the superintendent    946          

shall approve or disapprove the application.  In making that       947          

determination, the superintendent shall consider all of the        948          

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following:                                                                      

      (1)  Whether the transaction would result in a monopoly or   950          

would further any combination or conspiracy to monopolize or to    951          

attempt to monopolize the business of banking in any part of this  952          

state and any markets served by the resulting or surviving bank;   953          

      (2)  Whether the effect of the proposed transaction in any   955          

part of this state and any markets served by the resulting or      956          

surviving bank may be to substantially lessen competition, tend    958          

to create a monopoly, or in any other manner restrain trade,       959          

unless the superintendent finds the anticompetitive effects of                  

the transaction would clearly be outweighed in the public          960          

interest by the probable effect of the transaction in meeting the  961          

convenience and needs of the community to be served;               962          

      (3)  The financial and managerial resources and future       964          

prospects of the banks involved;                                   965          

      (4)  The convenience and needs of the communities to be      967          

served;                                                                         

      (5)  Whether, upon completion of the transaction, the        969          

resulting or surviving state bank will meet the requirements of    971          

Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code;                       972          

      (6)  THE COMMENTS OF ANY REGULATORY AUTHORITY NOTIFIED IN    974          

ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION (D) OF THIS SECTION.                      975          

      (E)  The superintendent may condition approval of an         977          

application under division (D) of this section in any manner the   978          

superintendent considers appropriate.                              979          

      (F)  Before consummating a consolidation or merger           981          

authorized under division (A) of this section, a state bank shall  982          

deliver to the superintendent a certificate of consolidation or    983          

merger that satisfies the requirements of section 1701.81 of the   985          

Revised Code.  The superintendent shall file the certificate of    986          

consolidation or merger with the secretary of state and, if the                 

resulting or surviving bank of the consolidation or merger is a    987          

state bank, shall file a certified copy of the superintendent's    989          

approval of the consolidation or merger with the certificate.      990          

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      (G)  In the case of a consolidation or merger in which the   992          

resulting or surviving corporation is a state bank, the directors  993          

and other officers named in the agreement of consolidation or      995          

merger shall serve until the date fixed in the agreement or        996          

provided in the resulting or surviving bank's code of regulations  997          

or by statute for the next annual meeting.                                      

      (H)  When a consolidation or merger becomes effective, the   999          

existence of each of the constituent corporations ceases as a      1,000        

separate entity, but continues in the resulting or surviving       1,001        

corporation, within the limits of the charter of the resulting or  1,002        

surviving corporation and subject to section 1115.20 of the        1,003        

Revised Code, without further act or deed and within the limits    1,005        

of the charter of the resulting or surviving corporation, the      1,007        

resulting or surviving corporation has all assets and property,                 

the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises, and        1,009        

authority, and all obligations and trusts of each party to the     1,010        

merger or consolidation and the duties and liabilities connected   1,011        

with them.  The resulting or surviving corporation shall perform                

every trust or relation it has in the same manner as if it had     1,013        

itself originally assumed the trust or relation and the            1,014        

obligations and liabilities connected with it.                                  

      Sec. 1115.14.  (A)  A state bank may transfer assets and     1,023        

liabilities to, and acquire assets and liabilities from, another   1,024        

state bank, A BANK DOING BUSINESS UNDER AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE   1,026        

BANK REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER STATE, or a national bank,    1,028        

savings bank, or savings association that has, REGARDLESS OF       1,029        

WHERE IT MAINTAINS its principal place of business in this state,  1,030        

with the approval of all of the following:                         1,031        

      (1)  The directors of both constituent corporations;         1,033        

      (2)  If the assets to be transferred equal more than fifty   1,035        

per cent of the assets of a transferring or acquiring state bank   1,036        

at the time of the transfer, the shareholders of the state bank    1,037        

by the affirmative vote or written consent of the holders of       1,038        

two-thirds, or such other proportion not less than a majority as   1,039        

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the state bank's articles of incorporation provide, of the                      

outstanding shares of each class of the state bank's stock;        1,040        

      (3)  The shareholders of the OTHER constituent national      1,042        

bank, savings bank, or savings association as required by the      1,044        

applicable state or federal law;                                                

      (4)  If the assets to be transferred equal more than fifty   1,046        

per cent of the assets of the acquiring state bank, the            1,047        

superintendent of financial institutions.                          1,048        

      (B)  In the case of a transfer of assets and liabilities     1,050        

for which the superintendent's approval is required under          1,051        

division (A)(4) of this section, the acquiring state bank shall    1,052        

file with the superintendent an application that includes all of   1,053        

the following:                                                                  

      (1)  An officers' certification that the transaction has     1,055        

been approved by the directors and shareholders of each            1,056        

constituent corporation in accordance with the applicable state    1,057        

or federal law, articles of incorporation or association, code of  1,058        

regulations, or bylaws;                                                         

      (2)  A copy of the transfer agreement;                       1,060        

      (3)  Any other information the superintendent requires.      1,062        

      (C)  The transfer agreement required under division (B)(2)   1,065        

of this section shall include all of the following:                             

      (1)  The names of the constituent corporations;              1,067        

      (2)  The agreement of the named constituent corporations     1,069        

that specified assets and liabilities of one will be transferred   1,070        

to the other in exchange for specified consideration;              1,071        

      (3)  Any changes to be made in the directors of officers of  1,073        

the acquiring state bank;                                          1,074        

      (4)  Any amendments to the acquiring state bank's articles   1,076        

of incorporation;                                                  1,077        

      (5)  The terms of the transfer, how the transfer will be     1,079        

effected, and how any consideration provided for will be           1,080        

distributed to the transferring corporation or its shareholders.   1,081        

      (D)  Within ten business days after receiving an             1,083        

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application required under division (B) of this section, the       1,084        

superintendent shall determine whether to accept the application.  1,085        

IF THE TRANSACTION IS WITH A BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS        1,087        

ASSOCIATION DOING BUSINESS UNDER AUTHORITY GRANTED BY A                         

REGULATORY AUTHORITY OTHER THAN THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE            1,088        

SUPERINTENDENT SHALL NOTIFY THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY THAT GRANTED  1,089        

THE AUTHORITY UNDER WHICH THE BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS       1,090        

ASSOCIATION IS DOING BUSINESS OF THE APPLICATION AND SOLICIT THAT  1,092        

REGULATORY AUTHORITY'S COMMENTS.  Within ninety days after                      

accepting an application required under division (B) of this       1,094        

section, the superintendent shall approve or disapprove the        1,095        

application.  In making that determination, the superintendent     1,096        

shall consider all of the following:                                            

      (1)  Whether the transaction would result in a monopoly or   1,098        

would further any combination or conspiracy to monopolize or to    1,099        

attempt to monopolize the business of banking in any part of this  1,100        

state and any markets served by the acquiring bank;                1,101        

      (2)  Whether the effect of the proposed transaction in any   1,103        

part of this state and any markets served by the acquiring bank    1,104        

may be to substantially lessen competition, tend to create a       1,105        

monopoly, or in any other manner restrain trade, unless the        1,106        

superintendent finds that the anticompetitive effects of the                    

transaction would clearly be outweighed in the public interest by  1,107        

the probable effect of the transaction in meeting the convenience  1,108        

and needs of the community to be served;                           1,109        

      (3)  The financial and managerial resources and future       1,111        

prospects of the banks involved;                                   1,112        

      (4)  The convenience and needs of the communities to be      1,114        

served;                                                                         

      (5)  Whether, upon completion of the transaction, the        1,116        

acquiring state bank will meet the requirements of Chapters 1101.  1,117        

to 1127. of the Revised Code;                                      1,118        

      (6)  THE COMMENTS OF ANY REGULATORY AUTHORITY NOTIFIED IN    1,121        

ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION (D) OF THIS SECTION.                      1,122        

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      (E)  The superintendent may condition approval of an         1,124        

application under division (D) of this section in any manner the   1,125        

superintendent considers appropriate.                              1,126        

      (F)  In the case of a transfer of assets and liabilities     1,128        

involving a state bank that is not the acquiring corporation and   1,129        

that will not continue operations after the transaction, the       1,130        

state bank shall, immediately upon the transfer of assets and      1,131        

liabilities being effective, provide the superintendent with the   1,132        

necessary dissolution certificates and affidavits for the          1,133        

superintendent to file the dissolution with the secretary of                    

state.                                                                          

      (G)  When a national bank, state bank, savings bank, or      1,135        

savings association transfers its assets and liabilities to a      1,136        

state bank, the acquiring state bank shall be possessed of the     1,137        

rights, privileges, and powers of the transferor with respect to   1,138        

the transferred assets within the limits of the charter of the     1,139        

acquiring state bank.                                                           

      Sec. 1117.01.  (A)  Only SUBJECT TO SECTION 1115.05 AND      1,149        

CHAPTER 1119. OF THE REVISED CODE, a bank with, REGARDLESS OF THE  1,150        

LOCATION OF its principal place of business in this state, may     1,153        

establish OR ACQUIRE and maintain a banking office in this state.  1,154        

      (B)(1)  With the prior written approval of the               1,156        

superintendent of financial institutions obtained in accordance    1,157        

with section 1117.02 of the Revised Code, a bank doing business    1,158        

under authority granted by the superintendent may establish OR     1,159        

ACQUIRE a banking office at any of the following locations:        1,161        

      (a)  Any location in this state;                             1,163        

      (b)  Any location in another state of the United States;     1,166        

      (c)  Any location outside the United States.                 1,168        

      (2)  The superintendent may condition approval of a banking  1,170        

office at any location authorized by division (B)(1)(b) or (c) of  1,172        

this section on an agreement satisfactory to the superintendent                 

providing for the times, method, and reimbursement of expenses     1,173        

for examining the banking office.                                  1,174        

                                                          26     

                                                                 
      Sec. 1121.06.  (A)  Notwithstanding any provision of the     1,183        

Revised Code, if any regulation, rule, interpretation, procedure,  1,184        

or guideline of the comptroller of the currency, federal deposit   1,185        

insurance corporation, or federal reserve board, OR THE BANK       1,187        

REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY OTHER STATE OF THE UNITED STATES puts  1,188        

a bank or trust company doing business under authority granted by  1,189        

the superintendent of financial institutions at a disadvantage to  1,190        

a national bank, the superintendent may adopt a rule that reduces  1,191        

or eliminates the disadvantage to a bank or trust company doing    1,192        

business under authority granted by the superintendent.            1,193        

      (B)  The superintendent shall adopt rules authorized by      1,195        

division (A) of this section in accordance with section 111.15 of  1,196        

the Revised Code.  Chapter 119. of the Revised Code does not       1,198        

apply to rules adopted under the authority of this section.        1,199        

      (C)  A rule adopted by the superintendent pursuant to the    1,201        

authority of this section is effective on the later of the         1,202        

following dates:                                                                

      (1)  The date the superintendent issues the rule;            1,204        

      (2)  The date the regulation, rule, interpretation,          1,206        

procedure, or guideline the superintendent's rule is based on      1,207        

becomes effective.                                                              

      (D)  The superintendent may, upon thirty days' written       1,209        

notice, revoke any rule adopted under the authority of this        1,210        

section.  A rule adopted under the authority of this section and   1,211        

not revoked by the superintendent lapses and has no further force  1,212        

and effect thirty months after its effective date.                 1,213        

      Sec. 1121.11.  (A)  In administering Chapters 1101. to       1,222        

1127. of the Revised Code and fulfilling the duties imposed by     1,224        

those chapters, including the duty imposed by section 1121.10 of   1,225        

the Revised Code, the superintendent of financial institutions     1,227        

may do any of the following:                                                    

      (1)  Participate with financial institution regulatory       1,229        

authorities of other states, the United States, and other          1,230        

countries in any of the following:                                 1,231        

                                                          27     

                                                                 
      (a)  Programs for alternate examinations of the records and  1,233        

affairs of banks and trust companies over which they have          1,234        

concurrent jurisdiction;                                           1,235        

      (b)  Joint or concurrent examinations of the records and     1,237        

affairs of banks and trust companies over which they have          1,238        

concurrent jurisdiction;                                                        

      (c)  Coordinated examinations of the records and affairs of  1,240        

banks and trust companies over which they have collective          1,241        

jurisdiction.                                                                   

      (2)  Conduct, participate in, or coordinate independent,     1,243        

concurrent, joint, or coordinated examinations of the records and  1,244        

affairs of banks and trust companies and otherwise act on behalf   1,245        

of financial institution regulatory authorities of other states,   1,246        

the United States, and other countries having jurisdiction over    1,247        

the banks and trust companies;                                                  

      (3)  Rely on information leading to, arising from, or        1,249        

obtained in the course of examinations conducted by financial      1,250        

institution regulatory authorities of other states, the United     1,251        

States, and other countries when both of the following apply:      1,252        

      (a)  Pursuant to agreement and applicable law, the           1,254        

superintendent may receive and use the information leading to,     1,255        

arising from, or obtained in the course of the other regulatory    1,256        

authorities' examinations in administering Chapters 1101. to       1,257        

1127. of the Revised Code and acting under the authority of those               

chapters;                                                          1,258        

      (b)  In the superintendent's judgment the other regulatory   1,260        

authorities' personnel, practices, and authority warrant the       1,261        

superintendent's reliance.                                         1,262        

      (4)  Authorize financial institution regulatory authorities  1,264        

of other states, the United States, and other countries to         1,265        

receive and use information leading to, arising from, or obtained  1,266        

in the course of examinations conducted by the division of         1,267        

financial institutions in the same manner and for the purposes     1,268        

they could use information leading to, arising from, or obtained   1,269        

                                                          28     

                                                                 
in the course of their own examinations when both of the                        

following apply:                                                   1,270        

      (a)  Pursuant to applicable law, information leading to,     1,272        

arising from, or obtained in the course of examinations the other  1,273        

regulatory authorities conduct is protected from general           1,274        

disclosure and may only be disclosed for purposes similar to       1,275        

those provided in section 1121.18 of the Revised Code, which are   1,276        

principally regulatory in nature, for disclosure of information                 

leading to, arising from, or obtained in the course of             1,277        

examinations conducted by the division;                            1,278        

      (b)  Pursuant to agreement and applicable law, information   1,280        

leading to, arising from, or obtained in the course of             1,281        

examinations conducted by the division will, in the other          1,282        

regulatory authorities' possession or the possession of any        1,283        

persons to whom the other regulatory authorities disclosed the     1,284        

information as a part of examinations of those persons, be                      

protected from disclosure to the same extent as information        1,285        

leading to, arising from, or obtained in the course of those       1,286        

regulatory authorities' examinations.                                           

      (5)  Rely on the actions of financial institution            1,288        

regulatory authorities of other states, the United States, or      1,289        

other countries, or participate with them jointly, in responding   1,290        

to violations of law, unsafe or unsound practices, breaches of     1,291        

fiduciary duty, or other regulatory concerns affecting banks and   1,292        

trust companies over which they have concurrent jurisdiction when  1,293        

the other regulatory authorities have adequate personnel,                       

practices, and authority to warrant the reliance;                  1,294        

      (6)  Implement other cooperative arrangements with           1,296        

financial institution regulatory authorities of other states, the  1,297        

United States, and other countries consistent with safety and      1,298        

soundness.                                                                      

      (B)  No person shall use any reliance by the                 1,300        

superintendent, in whole or in part, on financial institution      1,301        

regulatory authorities of other states, the United States, or      1,302        

                                                          29     

                                                                 
other countries in accordance with division (A) of this section    1,303        

to support any assertion of either of the following:               1,304        

      (1)  Failure of the superintendent or division to properly   1,306        

administer Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code or fulfill  1,307        

the duties imposed by those chapters;                              1,308        

      (2)  Disagreement by the superintendent or division with     1,310        

any action taken by financial institution regulatory authorities   1,311        

of other states, the United States, or other countries.            1,312        

      (C)  IN CONDUCTING, PARTICIPATING IN, OR COORDINATING        1,315        

INDEPENDENT, CONCURRENT, JOINT, OR COORDINATED EXAMINATIONS OF     1,316        

THE RECORDS AND AFFAIRS OF BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES, THE          1,317        

SUPERINTENDENT MAY PURCHASE SERVICES FROM FINANCIAL INSTITUTION    1,318        

REGULATORY AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED STATES, AND     1,320        

OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING SERVICES PROVIDED BY EMPLOYEES OF       1,321        

OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY AUTHORITIES IN THEIR        1,322        

CAPACITIES AS EMPLOYEES OF OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY  1,323        

AUTHORITIES.  THE PURCHASE OF SERVICES FROM ONE OR MORE FINANCIAL  1,324        

INSTITUTION REGULATORY AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED     1,327        

STATES, OR OTHER COUNTRIES IS THE PURCHASE OF SERVICES FROM A      1,328        

SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER AND IS NOT THE EMPLOYMENT OF ANY FINANCIAL    1,329        

INSTITUTION REGULATORY AUTHORITY OR ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES.          1,330        

      THE AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS          1,332        

DIVISION DOES NOT IMPAIR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S AUTHORITY TO         1,333        

PURCHASE SERVICES FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE.                           1,334        

      Sec. 1151.01.  In sections of the Revised Code making        1,344        

reference to savings and loan associations and to the division of  1,345        

savings and loan associations or the division of financial         1,346        

institutions:                                                                   

      (A)  "Savings and loan association" means a corporation      1,348        

organized for the purpose of raising money to be loaned to its     1,349        

members or to others; "building and loan association" AND          1,350        

"SAVINGS ASSOCIATION" may be used interchangeably with and shall   1,352        

for all purposes have the same meaning as "savings and loan        1,353        

association" and "savings association;" and "division of building  1,354        

                                                          30     

                                                                 
and loan associations"  and "division of savings and loan          1,355        

associations" may be used interchangeably with and shall for all   1,356        

purposes have the same meaning as "division of financial           1,357        

institutions."                                                                  

      (B)  "Controlling person" means any person or entity which,  1,359        

either directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with one or    1,360        

more other persons or entities, owns, controls, or holds with      1,361        

power to vote, or holds proxies representing, fifteen per cent or  1,362        

more of the voting shares or rights of a savings and loan          1,363        

association or controls in any manner the election or appointment  1,364        

of a majority of the directors of an association.  However, a      1,365        

director of an association will not be deemed to be a controlling  1,366        

person of such association based upon his THE DIRECTOR'S voting,   1,367        

or acting in concert with other directors in voting, proxies       1,369        

obtained in connection with an annual A solicitation of proxies    1,370        

or obtained from savings account holders and borrowers if such     1,371        

proxies are voted as directed by a majority of the entire board    1,372        

of directors of the association, or of a committee of such         1,373        

directors if such committee's composition and authority are        1,374        

controlled by a majority vote of the entire board and if its       1,375        

authority is revocable by such a majority.                         1,376        

      (C)  "Domestic association" means a savings and loan         1,378        

association organized under the laws of this state or the "Home    1,379        

Owners' Loan Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 128, 12 U.S.C.A. 1461, and     1,380        

amendments thereto A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION CHARTERED UNDER THE LAWS  1,381        

OF THE UNITED STATES, the home office of which is located within   1,383        

this state.                                                        1,384        

      (D)  "Foreign SAVINGS association" means a savings and loan  1,386        

association, the home office of which THAT is located outside      1,387        

this CHARTERED UNDER THE LAWS OF ANOTHER state.                    1,389        

      (E)  "FOREIGN FEDERAL ASSOCIATION" MEANS A SAVINGS           1,392        

ASSOCIATION CHARTERED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE     1,394        

HOME OFFICE OF WHICH IS LOCATED IN ANOTHER STATE.                  1,395        

      (F)  "ANOTHER STATE" MEANS ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES    1,399        

                                                          31     

                                                                 
OTHER THAN THIS STATE, AND INCLUDES THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND   1,401        

ANY OTHER TERRITORY, INSULAR POSSESSION, OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION  1,402        

OF THE UNITED STATES.                                              1,404        

      (G)  "BANKING OFFICE" MEANS AN OFFICE OR OTHER PLACE AT      1,407        

WHICH A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION RECEIVES MONEY OR ITS EQUIVALENT FROM  1,408        

THE PUBLIC FOR DEPOSIT AND CONDUCTS THE GENERAL BUSINESS OF A      1,409        

SAVINGS ASSOCIATION.  "BANKING OFFICE" DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF     1,410        

THE FOLLOWING:                                                                  

      (1)  ANY LOCATION AT WHICH A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION RECEIVES,   1,413        

BUT DOES NOT ACCEPT, CASH OR OTHER ITEMS FOR SUBSEQUENT DEPOSIT,   1,414        

SUCH AS BY MAIL OR ARMORED CAR SERVICE OR AT A LOCK BOX OR NIGHT   1,415        

DEPOSITORY;                                                                     

      (2)  ANY STRUCTURE LOCATED WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED YARDS OF A    1,418        

BANKING OFFICE AND OPERATED AS AN EXTENSION OF THE SERVICES OF                  

THE BANKING OFFICE;                                                1,419        

      (3)  ANY REMOTE SERVICE UNIT OR AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE     1,422        

OWNED, LEASED, OR OPERATED BY A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION;               1,423        

      (4)  ANY FACILITY LOCATED WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITS OF  1,426        

A MILITARY INSTALLATION AT WHICH A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION ONLY        1,427        

ACCEPTS DEPOSITS AND CASHES CHECKS;                                             

      (5)  ANY LOCATION AT WHICH A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION TAKES AND   1,430        

PROCESSES APPLICATIONS FOR LOANS AND FROM WHICH IT MAY DISBURSE    1,431        

LOAN PROCEEDS, BUT DOES NOT ACCEPT DEPOSITS;                                    

      (6)  ANY LOCATION AT WHICH A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION IS ENGAGED  1,434        

SOLELY IN PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ITS OWN    1,435        

OPERATIONS OR FOR OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.                                 

      (H)  "BRANCH" MEANS A BANKING OFFICE THAT IS NOT ALSO THE    1,438        

SAVINGS ASSOCIATION'S PRINCIPAL OFFICE CONSISTENT WITH ITS         1,439        

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.                                         1,440        

      (I)  "Superintendent," "superintendent of building and loan  1,442        

associations," or "superintendent of savings and loan              1,443        

associations" means the superintendent of the division of          1,444        

financial institutions of this state.  Whenever the division or    1,445        

superintendent of savings and loan associations or building and    1,446        

                                                          32     

                                                                 
loan associations is referred to or designated in any statute,                  

rule, contract, or other document, the reference or designation    1,447        

shall be deemed to refer to the division or superintendent of      1,449        

financial institutions, as the case may be.                        1,450        

      (J)  "SAVINGS BANK" MEANS A SAVINGS BANK DOING BUSINESS      1,452        

UNDER AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER  1,454        

1161. OF THE REVISED CODE OR UNDER THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF     1,456        

ANOTHER STATE.                                                                  

      (K)  "BANK" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 1101.01 OF    1,459        

THE REVISED CODE.                                                  1,460        

      Sec. 1151.05.  (A)  No savings and loan association          1,469        

ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE shall establish an MORE     1,470        

THAN ONE BANKING office, or maintain branches other than those     1,472        

established before July 3, 1923, nor relocate any branch, except   1,473        

with the prior written approval of the superintendent of savings   1,474        

and loan associations FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.                      1,475        

      (B)  A SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE      1,478        

LAWS OF THIS STATE MAY ESTABLISH A BRANCH AT ANY OF THE FOLLOWING  1,479        

LOCATIONS:                                                                      

      (1)  ANY LOCATION IN THIS STATE;                             1,481        

      (2)  ANY LOCATION IN ANOTHER STATE;                          1,483        

      (3)  ANY LOCATION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.                 1,487        

      (C)  THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY CONDITION APPROVAL OF A BRANCH   1,489        

AT A LOCATION IN ANOTHER STATE OR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES ON AN  1,493        

AGREEMENT SATISFACTORY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT PROVIDES FOR     1,494        

THE FREQUENCY AND METHOD OF, AND THE REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES     1,495        

FOR, EXAMINING THE BRANCH.                                         1,496        

      Sec. 1151.052.  (A)  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS    1,498        

SECTION AND IN SECTION 1151.60 OF THE REVISED CODE, ONLY A         1,501        

DOMESTIC ASSOCIATION MAY ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A BRANCH IN THIS   1,502        

STATE.                                                             1,503        

      (B)  A FOREIGN FEDERAL ASSOCIATION MAY ESTABLISH A BRANCH    1,506        

AS PERMITTED BY FEDERAL LAW.                                       1,507        

      (C)(1)  A FOREIGN SAVINGS ASSOCIATION MAY, UPON RECEIVING    1,510        

                                                          33     

                                                                 
THE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,      1,511        

ESTABLISH A BRANCH IN THIS STATE BY CREATING A NEW BRANCH OR BY    1,512        

AGREEING TO ASSUME ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE DEPOSIT         1,513        

LIABILITIES OF AN EXISTING BRANCH OF A BANK, SAVINGS BANK,         1,514        

DOMESTIC ASSOCIATION, FOREIGN SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, FOREIGN         1,516        

FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, WHICH        1,518        

BRANCH IS LOCATED IN THIS STATE.  THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL NOT     1,519        

GRANT APPROVAL UNLESS BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:    1,520        

      (a)  THE FOREIGN SAVINGS ASSOCIATION PROVIDES EVIDENCE TO    1,523        

THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT ITS ACCOUNTS ARE INSURED BY THE FEDERAL    1,524        

DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION.                                                  

      (b)  THE SUPERINTENDENT DETERMINES, IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S  1,527        

DISCRETION, THAT THE LAWS OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE FOREIGN        1,528        

SAVINGS ASSOCIATION HAS ITS HOME OFFICE, WHICH LAWS ARE IN EFFECT  1,529        

AT THE TIME THE ASSOCIATION IS SEEKING APPROVAL UNDER THIS         1,530        

SECTION, PERMIT A SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED UNDER     1,531        

THIS CHAPTER TO ESTABLISH A NEW BRANCH OR ASSUME ALL OR            1,532        

SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE DEPOSIT LIABILITIES OF AN EXISTING        1,533        

BRANCH OF A BANK, SAVINGS BANK, DOMESTIC ASSOCIATION, FOREIGN      1,535        

SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, FOREIGN FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS AND   1,536        

LOAN ASSOCIATION, AS THE CASE MAY BE, IN THAT OTHER STATE ON       1,537        

TERMS THAT ARE, ON THE WHOLE, SUBSTANTIALLY NO MORE RESTRICTIVE    1,538        

THAN THOSE ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SECTION.                         1,539        

      (2)  IF A FOREIGN SAVINGS ASSOCIATION THAT MAINTAINS A       1,541        

BRANCH IN THIS STATE WITHDRAWS FROM THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE  1,543        

CORPORATION, ITS AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN A BRANCH IN THIS STATE IS   1,544        

TERMINATED.                                                                     

      (3)  A FOREIGN SAVINGS ASSOCIATION THAT SEEKS TO ESTABLISH   1,547        

ADDITIONAL BRANCHES IN THIS STATE OR TO RELOCATE BRANCHES IN THIS  1,548        

STATE IS SUBJECT TO DIVISIONS (C)(1) AND (2) OF THIS SECTION AND   1,550        

SECTION 1151.05 OF THE REVISED CODE.                               1,552        

      Sec. 1151.60.  (A)(1)  A savings and loan association        1,561        

ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE may ACQUIRE OR merge with   1,563        

another savings and loan A DOMESTIC association, A FOREIGN         1,564        

                                                          34     

                                                                 
SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, A FOREIGN FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS      1,565        

BANK, A FOREIGN SAVINGS BANK, A STATE BANK, A NATIONAL BANK, or    1,568        

with a holding company affiliate BANK ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF  1,569        

ANOTHER STATE, upon application to and written approval of the     1,571        

superintendent of savings and loan associations FINANCIAL                       

INSTITUTIONS.  The superintendent shall approve a merger of a      1,573        

savings and loan association and a holding company affiliate only  1,574        

if the superintendent is of the opinion that the rights of all     1,575        

interested parties are protected.                                  1,576        

      (B)  A savings and loan association may merge with a bank    1,578        

or a savings bank.                                                 1,579        

      (1)  If the savings and loan association is the acquiror or  1,581        

surviving institution, or the articles of incorporation of the     1,582        

new institution provide that the new institution is a savings and  1,583        

loan association, application to and written approval of the       1,584        

superintendent of savings and loan associations is required.       1,585        

      (2)  If the savings and loan association is not the          1,587        

acquiror or the surviving institution, or the articles of          1,588        

incorporation of the new institution provide that the new          1,589        

institution is a bank or savings bank, notice only shall be        1,590        

provided the superintendent of savings and loan associations, and  1,591        

the merger is subject to section 1115.11 or 1161.76 of the         1,593        

Revised Code.                                                      1,594        

      (3)  For purposes of DIVISION (A)(1) OF this section, if     1,597        

the surviving institution or new institution is a savings and      1,598        

loan association ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE, section   1,600        

1701.82 of the Revised Code governs the merger or consolidation,   1,601        

except that after the merger or consolidation becomes effective,   1,602        

the surviving or new institution shall possess, of a public and    1,603        

private nature, the rights, privileges, immunities, powers,        1,604        

franchises, and authority of a savings and loan association        1,605        

ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE.                                         

      (B)  A SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE      1,608        

LAWS OF THIS STATE MAY MERGE WITH A HOLDING COMPANY AFFILIATE      1,609        

                                                          35     

                                                                 
UPON APPLICATION TO AND WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.    1,610        

THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL APPROVE SUCH A MERGER ONLY IF THE         1,611        

SUPERINTENDENT IS OF THE OPINION THAT THE RIGHTS OF ALL            1,612        

INTERESTED PARTIES ARE PROTECTED.                                  1,613        

      (C)  The limitations and conditions of Chapter 1701. of the  1,615        

Revised Code do not apply to a merger of a savings and loan        1,616        

association, the outstanding capital of which consists entirely    1,617        

of withdrawable shares, or which is organized under section        1,618        

1151.081 of the Revised Code, provided that the plan of merger is  1,619        

approved by a two-thirds vote of the association's board of        1,620        

directors as evidenced by a merger agreement.  Upon written        1,621        

notice to the association's board of directors, the                1,622        

superintendent of savings and loan associations may require that   1,623        

the plan of merger be submitted to the shareholders for approval   1,624        

in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1701. of the Revised  1,625        

Code.                                                              1,626        

      (D)  The superintendent shall adopt rules in accordance      1,628        

with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code setting forth criteria that  1,629        

must be met for the merger of a savings and loan association and   1,630        

a holding company affiliate which THAT is not a savings and loan   1,631        

association, a bank, or a savings bank.                            1,633        

      (E)  For purposes of this section, upon the consolidation    1,635        

or purchase of substantially all of the assets and assumption of   1,636        

liabilities of a savings and loan association, the superintendent  1,637        

of savings and loan associations, at the superintendent's          1,638        

discretion, may direct the secretary of state to cancel the        1,640        

articles of incorporation.                                                      

      (F)  For purposes of this section:                           1,642        

      (1)  "Holding company affiliate" means a savings and loan    1,644        

holding company of which a savings and loan association is a       1,645        

subsidiary and any other subsidiary of such holding company other  1,646        

than a subsidiary of such association.                             1,647        

      (2)  "Merger" includes consolidation and the purchase of     1,649        

substantially all of the assets and assumption of liabilities of   1,650        

                                                          36     

                                                                 
another institution.  "Merger" includes the use of an interim      1,651        

savings association.                                               1,652        

      Sec. 1151.71.  (A)  Notwithstanding any other provision of   1,661        

the Revised Code, no savings and loan association incorporated     1,662        

under the laws of any other state or having its MAIN OFFICE OR     1,663        

principal place of business in any other state shall receive       1,665        

deposits or transact any business of any kind in this state other  1,666        

than the lending of money, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS          1,667        

1151.052, 1151.053, AND 1151.60 OF THE REVISED CODE.               1,668        

      (B)  A savings and loan association or savings and loan      1,670        

holding company with its MAIN OFFICE OR principal place of         1,671        

business in another state may charter or otherwise acquire an      1,673        

Ohio savings and loan association or Ohio savings and loan         1,674        

holding company if the superintendent of savings and loan          1,675        

associations determines in his discretion that the laws of such    1,676        

other state, as in effect at the time the application referred to  1,677        

in division (C) of this section is filed, permit an Ohio savings   1,678        

and loan association or Ohio savings and loan holding company to   1,679        

charter or otherwise acquire a savings and loan association or     1,680        

savings and loan holding company having its principal place of     1,681        

business in such other state on terms that are, on the whole,      1,682        

substantially no more restrictive than those established under     1,683        

this section.  If the law of such other state restricts entry by   1,684        

Ohio savings and loan associations or Ohio savings and loan        1,685        

holding companies to that state by limiting such right to only     1,686        

one or the other means of entry, either by de novo charter or by   1,687        

acquisition, then the authority granted by this section shall be   1,688        

similarly limited for savings and loan associations or savings     1,689        

and loan holding companies with their principal places of          1,690        

business located in that state.  For a period of three years       1,691        

after October 17, 1985, the authority granted by this division is  1,692        

available only to a savings and loan association or savings and    1,693        

loan holding company that has its principal place of business in   1,694        

a state contiguous to this state, or in Delaware, District of      1,695        

                                                          37     

                                                                 
Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey,       1,696        

Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, or Wisconsin.           1,697        

Thereafter, such authority is available to a savings and loan      1,698        

association or savings and loan holding company without such       1,699        

limitation as to its principal place of business.                  1,700        

      (C)(1)  Any savings and loan association or savings and      1,702        

loan holding company proposing to charter a state savings and      1,703        

loan association pursuant to the authority granted by this         1,704        

section shall make application pursuant to and be bound by the     1,705        

requirements of Chapter 1151. of the Revised Code THIS CHAPTER     1,706        

and the rules adopted thereunder to the extent they are not        1,708        

inconsistent with division (B) of this section.                    1,709        

      (2)  Any savings and loan association or savings and loan    1,711        

holding company proposing to acquire an Ohio savings and loan      1,712        

association or Ohio savings and loan holding company pursuant to   1,713        

this section shall concurrently file with the superintendent       1,714        

COMPLY WITH SECTION 1151.66 OF THE REVISED CODE.  AN APPLICATION   1,717        

FILED PURSUANT TO THAT SECTION SHALL CONSIST OF a copy of the      1,720        

application filed with the appropriate regulator under federal     1,721        

law, and shall provide the superintendent with evidence that its   1,722        

accounts OR THE ACCOUNTS OF ITS INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION     1,723        

SUBSIDIARIES are insured by the federal savings and loan DEPOSIT   1,724        

insurance corporation, together with.  IF NO APPLICATION IS        1,725        

REQUIRED TO BE FILED UNDER FEDERAL LAW, THE APPLICATION SHALL      1,726        

CONTAIN such other information as the superintendent may           1,728        

prescribe, by rule, as necessary or appropriate for the purpose    1,729        

of making his A determination under this section AND SECTION       1,730        

1151.66 OF THE REVISED CODE.  Withdrawal from the federal savings  1,731        

and loan DEPOSIT insurance corporation terminates the authority    1,732        

of the foreign savings and loan association or savings and loan    1,733        

holding company to do business in Ohio and voids any certificate   1,734        

OR APPROVAL issued under this section.  Within fifteen business    1,736        

days after its receipt, the superintendent shall accept an         1,737        

application for processing, request additional information to      1,738        

                                                          38     

                                                                 
complete the application, or return the application if it is       1,739        

substantially incomplete.  The superintendent shall give notice    1,740        

to the applicant of the date upon which he has determined that     1,741        

the application and any other required information is complete.    1,742        

The superintendent shall approve the acquisition within sixty      1,743        

days of his determination that the application and any other       1,744        

required information is complete, unless he finds that the         1,745        

applicable criteria set forth in federal savings and loan holding  1,746        

companies regulations, 12 C.F.R. Parts 583, 584, and 585, as       1,747        

amended, promulgated by the federal home loan bank board pursuant  1,748        

to the "Savings and Loan Holding Company Act," 73 Stat. 691, 12    1,749        

U.S.C. 1730a, as amended, and the criteria set forth in this       1,750        

division (C)(2) have not been met.  In reaching his                1,751        

determination, the superintendent shall also consider the          1,752        

following factors in relation to the applicant, its subsidiaries,  1,753        

and the Ohio savings and loan association or Ohio savings and      1,754        

loan holding company to be acquired:                                            

      (a)  Their financial condition and future prospects,         1,756        

including their current and projected capital positions and        1,757        

levels of indebtedness;                                            1,758        

      (b)  The competence and character of the principals and      1,760        

management of the applicant and the savings and loan associations  1,761        

or savings and loan holding companies concerned; their record of   1,762        

compliance with laws, rules, and regulations; and the applicant's  1,763        

record of fulfilling any commitments to, and any conditions        1,764        

imposed by, the superintendent in connection with prior            1,765        

applications; and                                                  1,766        

      (c)  The convenience and needs of the communities to be      1,768        

served.                                                            1,769        

      The application and the acquisition to which it relates      1,771        

shall be deemed approved if no action is taken by the              1,772        

superintendent within sixty days of his determination that the     1,773        

application and any other required information is complete.        1,774        

      If the superintendent denies an application for such         1,776        

                                                          39     

                                                                 
acquisition, the order of denial must be accompanied by a          1,777        

written, public opinion setting forth the reasons for denial.      1,778        

      (D)  A nonrefundable fee of six thousand dollars shall       1,780        

accompany each application and an application is not complete      1,781        

without such fee.                                                  1,782        

      (E)  No application for approval of a charter or other       1,784        

acquisition pursuant to the authority granted by this section      1,785        

shall be approved by the superintendent if the superintendent      1,786        

determines that such approval would cause the applicant savings    1,787        

and loan association or savings and loan holding company to        1,788        

control aggregate total deposits in this state exceeding twenty    1,789        

per cent of the total deposits held by all banks, savings banks,   1,790        

and savings and loan associations located in this state as         1,791        

reported in the most recently available reports of condition or    1,792        

similar reports filed with state or federal authorities.           1,793        

      (F)  Unless the shareholders of the Ohio savings and loan    1,795        

association or Ohio savings and loan holding company to be         1,796        

acquired have approved an amendment to its constitution, articles  1,797        

of incorporation, code of regulations, or comparable document      1,798        

that provides that this division shall not apply to such Ohio      1,799        

savings and loan association or Ohio savings and loan holding      1,800        

company, any acquisition to be made pursuant to the authority      1,801        

granted by this section which will result in the acquiring         1,802        

savings and loan association or savings and loan holding company   1,803        

directly or indirectly owning or controlling one-fifth or more of  1,804        

the voting power of the Ohio savings and loan association or Ohio  1,805        

savings and loan holding company must be authorized by the         1,806        

affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two-thirds of     1,807        

the voting power of the Ohio savings and loan association or Ohio  1,808        

savings and loan holding company to be acquired.                   1,809        

      (G)  The limitations set forth in this section do not apply  1,811        

to the acquisition of a state-chartered Ohio savings and loan      1,812        

association if, in his discretion, the superintendent determines   1,813        

that an emergency exists with respect to the savings and loan      1,814        

                                                          40     

                                                                 
association to be acquired, and that the acquisition is            1,815        

appropriate in order to prevent the probable failure of a savings  1,816        

and loan association which is closed or is in danger of closing.   1,817        

      (H)  Any savings and loan association or savings and loan    1,819        

holding company chartering or acquiring a savings and loan         1,820        

association or savings and loan holding company pursuant to the    1,821        

authority granted by this section shall file with the              1,822        

superintendent copies of the public portions of all regular and    1,823        

periodic reports such savings and loan association or savings and  1,824        

loan holding company is required to file under section 13 or       1,825        

15(d) of the "Securities Exchange Act of 1934," 48 Stat. 894, 15   1,826        

U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d), as amended.                                  1,827        

      (I)  If a savings and loan association or savings and loan   1,829        

holding company that has acquired an Ohio savings and loan         1,830        

association or Ohio savings and loan holding company pursuant to   1,831        

the authority granted by division (B) of this section ceases       1,832        

during the three-year period after October 17, 1985 to have its    1,833        

principal place of business in a state contiguous to this state,   1,834        

or in Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois,           1,835        

Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia,     1,836        

Washington, or Wisconsin, such savings and loan association or     1,837        

savings and loan holding company shall divest itself of the Ohio   1,838        

savings and loan association or Ohio savings and loan holding      1,839        

company acquired pursuant to the authority granted by this         1,840        

section upon such terms as the superintendent, in his discretion,  1,841        

determines to be appropriate in the circumstances.                 1,842        

      (J)  As used in this section:                                1,844        

      (1)  "Acquire" or "acquisition" means any EITHER of the      1,846        

following transactions or actions:                                 1,848        

      (a)  A merger, consolidation, or combination of or with an   1,850        

Ohio savings and loan holding company;                             1,851        

      (b)  The acquisition of the direct or indirect ownership or  1,853        

control of voting shares of an Ohio savings and loan holding       1,854        

company or an Ohio savings and loan association if, after such     1,855        

                                                          41     

                                                                 
acquisition, the acquiring savings and loan association or         1,856        

savings and loan holding company will directly or indirectly own   1,857        

or control more than five per cent of any class of voting shares   1,858        

BE A CONTROLLING PERSON of the Ohio savings and loan association   1,859        

or Ohio THE savings and loan holding company unless the            1,861        

superintendent determines, in his discretion, that the nature of   1,862        

the acquisition is such that it should not be subject to the       1,863        

limitations of this section;                                                    

      (c)  The direct or indirect acquisition of all or            1,865        

substantially all of the assets of an Ohio savings and loan        1,866        

association or Ohio savings and loan holding company; or           1,867        

      (d)(b)  The taking of any other action that results in the   1,869        

direct or indirect control of an Ohio savings and loan             1,870        

association or Ohio savings and loan holding company.              1,871        

      (2)  "Ohio savings and loan association" means a domestic    1,873        

building and loan association as defined in division (B) of        1,874        

section 1151.01 of the Revised Code.                               1,875        

      (3)  "Savings and loan holding company" means any company    1,877        

which THAT is a savings and loan holding company as defined in 12  1,879        

C.F.R. section 583.11 583.20, as amended, promulgated by PURSUANT  1,881        

TO SECTION 10 OF the federal home loan bank board pursuant to the  1,882        

"Savings and HOME OWNERS' Loan Holding Company Act OF 1933," 73    1,884        

48 Stat. 691 128, 12 U.S.C. 1730a U.S.C.A. 1467a, as amended, or   1,886        

which THAT will become such an approved savings and loan holding   1,887        

company prior to or upon completion of the acquisition to be made  1,888        

pursuant to the authority granted by this section, AND INCLUDES A  1,890        

BANK HOLDING COMPANY AS DEFINED IN 12 C.F.R. SECTION 225.2         1,893        

PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2 OF THE "BANK HOLDING COMPANY     1,897        

ACT OF 1956," 70 STAT. 133, 12 U.S.C.A. 1841, AS AMENDED.          1,900        

      (4)  "Ohio savings and loan holding company" means a         1,902        

savings and loan holding company which THAT owns or controls one   1,903        

or more Ohio savings and loan associations and has its principal   1,905        

place of business in this state.                                   1,906        

      (5)  "Principal place of business" means, AS TO A SAVINGS    1,909        

                                                          42     

                                                                 
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, THE STATE IN WHICH ITS MAIN OFFICE IS        1,910        

LOCATED, AND as to a savings and loan holding company, the state   1,912        

or jurisdiction in which the total deposits of all direct and      1,913        

indirect savings and loan INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION           1,914        

subsidiaries of the savings and loan holding company and any       1,915        

other company that has control, within the meaning of 12 C.F.R.    1,916        

section 583.26, as amended, promulgated by the federal home loan   1,917        

bank board pursuant to the "Savings and Loan Holding Company       1,918        

Act," 73 Stat. 691, 12 U.S.C. 1730a, as amended, of the savings    1,919        

and loan holding company are the largest, as shown in the most     1,920        

recent report of condition or similar report filed by such         1,921        

savings and loan INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION subsidiaries with  1,922        

state or federal authorities; and, as to a savings and loan        1,924        

association, the state or jurisdiction in which its total          1,925        

deposits or savings accounts and those of all its savings and      1,926        

loan subsidiaries, if any, are the largest, as shown in the most   1,927        

recent report of condition or similar report filed by the savings  1,928        

and loan association and its savings and loan subsidiaries with    1,929        

state or federal authorities.                                                   

      (6)  "State contiguous to this state" means the state of     1,931        

Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, or Michigan        1,932        

INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN THE     1,934        

"FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT," 64 STAT. 873 (1950), 12 U.S.C.    1,939        

1811, 1813, AS AMENDED.                                            1,940        

      Sec. 1155.09.  At least once every eighteen TWENTY-FOUR      1,949        

months the superintendent of building and loan associations        1,950        

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, or examiners appointed for that purpose,   1,951        

shall make an examination into the affairs of each building        1,952        

SAVINGS and loan association in this state.  The EXAMINATION       1,954        

SHALL INCLUDE A REVIEW OF BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING:                   1,955        

      (A)  COMPLIANCE WITH LAW;                                    1,957        

      (B)  OTHER MATTERS THE SUPERINTENDENT DETERMINES.            1,959        

      THE expenses of all such examinations shall be paid by the   1,961        

state.  Nothing in this section shall prohibit the superintendent  1,962        

                                                          43     

                                                                 
from establishing different schedules of examination for           1,963        

different associations.                                                         

      Sec. 1155.091.  (A)  IN ADMINISTERING CHAPTERS 1151. TO      1,965        

1157. OF THE REVISED CODE AND FULFILLING THE DUTIES IMPOSED BY     1,966        

THOSE CHAPTERS, INCLUDING THE DUTY IMPOSED BY SECTION 1151.09 OF   1,967        

THE REVISED CODE, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS     1,968        

MAY DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:                                                    

      (1)  PARTICIPATE WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY       1,970        

AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED STATES, AND OTHER          1,971        

COUNTRIES IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:                                 1,972        

      (a)  PROGRAMS FOR ALTERNATE EXAMINATIONS OF THE RECORDS AND  1,974        

AFFAIRS OF SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS OVER WHICH THEY HAVE      1,975        

CONCURRENT JURISDICTION;                                           1,976        

      (b)  JOINT OR CONCURRENT EXAMINATIONS OF THE RECORDS AND     1,978        

AFFAIRS OF SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS OVER WHICH THEY HAVE      1,979        

CONCURRENT JURISDICTION;                                                        

      (c)  COORDINATED EXAMINATIONS OF THE RECORDS AND AFFAIRS OF  1,981        

SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS OVER WHICH THEY HAVE COLLECTIVE      1,982        

JURISDICTION.                                                                   

      (2)  CONDUCT, PARTICIPATE IN, OR COORDINATE INDEPENDENT,     1,984        

CONCURRENT, JOINT, OR COORDINATED EXAMINATIONS OF THE RECORDS AND  1,985        

AFFAIRS OF SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHERWISE ACT ON      1,986        

BEHALF OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY AUTHORITIES OF OTHER    1,987        

STATES, THE UNITED STATES, AND OTHER COUNTRIES HAVING              1,988        

JURISDICTION OVER THE SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS;                            

      (3)  RELY ON INFORMATION LEADING TO, ARISING FROM, OR        1,990        

OBTAINED IN THE COURSE OF EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY FINANCIAL      1,991        

INSTITUTION REGULATORY AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED     1,992        

STATES, AND OTHER COUNTRIES WHEN BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:      1,993        

      (a)  PURSUANT TO AGREEMENT AND APPLICABLE LAW, THE           1,995        

SUPERINTENDENT MAY RECEIVE AND USE THE INFORMATION LEADING TO,     1,996        

ARISING FROM, OR OBTAINED IN THE COURSE OF THE OTHER REGULATORY    1,997        

AUTHORITIES' EXAMINATIONS IN ADMINISTERING CHAPTERS 1151. TO       1,998        

1157. OF THE REVISED CODE AND ACTING UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THOSE  1,999        

                                                          44     

                                                                 
CHAPTERS;                                                                       

      (b)  IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S JUDGMENT THE OTHER REGULATORY   2,001        

AUTHORITIES' PERSONNEL, PRACTICES, AND AUTHORITY WARRANT THE       2,002        

SUPERINTENDENT'S RELIANCE.                                         2,003        

      (4)  AUTHORIZE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY AUTHORITIES  2,005        

OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED STATES, AND OTHER COUNTRIES TO         2,006        

RECEIVE AND USE INFORMATION LEADING TO, ARISING FROM, OR OBTAINED  2,007        

IN THE COURSE OF EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE DIVISION OF         2,008        

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE SAME MANNER AND FOR THE PURPOSES     2,009        

THEY COULD USE INFORMATION LEADING TO, ARISING FROM, OR OBTAINED   2,010        

IN THE COURSE OF THEIR OWN EXAMINATIONS WHEN BOTH OF THE                        

FOLLOWING APPLY:                                                   2,011        

      (a)  PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, INFORMATION LEADING TO,     2,013        

ARISING FROM, OR OBTAINED IN THE COURSE OF EXAMINATIONS THE OTHER  2,014        

REGULATORY AUTHORITIES CONDUCT IS PROTECTED FROM GENERAL           2,015        

DISCLOSURE AND MAY ONLY BE DISCLOSED FOR PURPOSES SIMILAR TO       2,016        

THOSE PROVIDED IN SECTION 1155.16 OF THE REVISED CODE, WHICH ARE   2,017        

PRINCIPALLY REGULATORY IN NATURE, FOR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION    2,018        

LEADING TO, ARISING FROM, OR OBTAINED IN THE COURSE OF             2,019        

EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE DIVISION;                            2,020        

      (b)  PURSUANT TO AGREEMENT AND APPLICABLE LAW, INFORMATION   2,022        

LEADING TO, ARISING FROM, OR OBTAINED IN THE COURSE OF             2,023        

EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE DIVISION WILL, IN THE OTHER          2,024        

REGULATORY AUTHORITIES' POSSESSION OR THE POSSESSION OF ANY        2,025        

PERSONS TO WHOM THE OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES DISCLOSED THE     2,026        

INFORMATION AS A PART OF EXAMINATIONS OF THOSE PERSONS, BE                      

PROTECTED FROM DISCLOSURE TO THE SAME EXTENT AS INFORMATION        2,027        

LEADING TO, ARISING FROM, OR OBTAINED IN THE COURSE OF THOSE       2,028        

REGULATORY AUTHORITIES' EXAMINATIONS.                                           

      (5)  RELY ON THE ACTIONS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION            2,030        

REGULATORY AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED STATES, OR      2,031        

OTHER COUNTRIES, OR PARTICIPATE WITH THEM JOINTLY, IN RESPONDING   2,032        

TO VIOLATIONS OF LAW, UNSAFE OR UNSOUND PRACTICES, BREACHES OF     2,033        

FIDUCIARY DUTY, OR OTHER REGULATORY CONCERNS AFFECTING SAVINGS     2,034        

                                                          45     

                                                                 
AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS OVER WHICH THEY HAVE CONCURRENT                           

JURISDICTION WHEN THE OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES HAVE ADEQUATE   2,035        

PERSONNEL, PRACTICES, AND AUTHORITY TO WARRANT THE RELIANCE;       2,036        

      (6)  IMPLEMENT OTHER COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS WITH           2,038        

FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE  2,039        

UNITED STATES, AND OTHER COUNTRIES CONSISTENT WITH SAFETY AND      2,040        

SOUNDNESS.                                                                      

      (B)  NO PERSON SHALL USE ANY RELIANCE BY THE                 2,042        

SUPERINTENDENT, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTION      2,043        

REGULATORY AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED STATES, OR      2,044        

OTHER COUNTRIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION    2,045        

TO SUPPORT ANY ASSERTION OF EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:               2,046        

      (1)  FAILURE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DIVISION TO PROPERLY   2,048        

ADMINISTER CHAPTERS 1151. TO 1157. OF THE REVISED CODE OR FULFILL  2,049        

THE DUTIES IMPOSED BY THOSE CHAPTERS;                              2,050        

      (2)  DISAGREEMENT BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DIVISION WITH     2,052        

ANY ACTION TAKEN BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY AUTHORITIES   2,053        

OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED STATES, OR OTHER COUNTRIES.            2,054        

      (C)  IN CONDUCTING, PARTICIPATING IN, OR COORDINATING        2,056        

INDEPENDENT, CONCURRENT, JOINT, OR COORDINATED EXAMINATIONS OF     2,057        

THE RECORDS AND AFFAIRS OF SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS, THE      2,058        

SUPERINTENDENT MAY PURCHASE SERVICES FROM FINANCIAL INSTITUTION    2,059        

REGULATORY AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED STATES, AND     2,060        

OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING SERVICES PROVIDED BY EMPLOYEES OF       2,061        

OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY AUTHORITIES.  THE PURCHASE  2,062        

OF SERVICES FROM ONE OR MORE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY                   

AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED STATES, AND OTHER          2,063        

COUNTRIES IS THE PURCHASE OF SERVICES FROM A SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER  2,064        

AND IS NOT THE EMPLOYMENT OF ANY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY  2,065        

AUTHORITY OR ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES.                                 2,066        

      THE AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS          2,068        

DIVISION DOES NOT IMPAIR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S AUTHORITY TO         2,069        

PURCHASE SERVICES FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE.                           2,070        

      Sec. 1155.13.  (A)(1)  EACH SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION     2,072        

                                                          46     

                                                                 
SUBJECT TO INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF     2,073        

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND TRANSACTING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE AS   2,074        

OF THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER OF THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, OR   2,075        

THE SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION'S SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST, SHALL    2,076        

PAY ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AS PROVIDED IN THIS   2,077        

SECTION.                                                                        

      (2)  AFTER DETERMINING THE BUDGET OF THE DIVISION OF         2,079        

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR EXAMINATION AND REGULATION OF SAVINGS   2,080        

AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS, BUT PRIOR TO ESTABLISHING THE ANNUAL        2,081        

ASSESSMENT AMOUNT NECESSARY TO FUND THAT BUDGET, THE                            

SUPERINTENDENT SHALL INCLUDE ANY AMOUNTS COLLECTED BUT NOT YET     2,082        

EXPENDED OR ENCUMBERED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT IN THE PREVIOUS       2,083        

FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET AND REMAINING IN THE BUILDING AND LOAN        2,084        

ASSOCIATIONS FUND FROM THE AMOUNT TO BE ASSESSED.  BASED UPON THE  2,085        

RESULTING BUDGET AMOUNT, THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL MAKE AN          2,086        

ASSESSMENT UPON EACH SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION BASED ON THE                  

TOTAL ASSETS AS SHOWN ON THE BOOKS OF THE SAVINGS AND LOAN         2,087        

ASSOCIATION AS OF THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER OF THE          2,088        

PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.  THE ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE COLLECTED ON AN    2,089        

ANNUAL OR PERIODIC BASIS WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR, AS DETERMINED BY  2,090        

THE SUPERINTENDENT.                                                             

      (3)  A SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION AUTHORIZED BY THE        2,092        

SUPERINTENDENT TO COMMENCE BUSINESS IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN          2,093        

ASSESSMENTS SHALL PAY THE ACTUAL REASONABLE COSTS OF THE           2,094        

DIVISION'S EXAMINATIONS AND VISITATIONS.                                        

      (B)  ASSESSMENTS AND FEES CHARGED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION   2,096        

SHALL BE PAID WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER RECEIVING AN INVOICE FOR  2,097        

PAYMENT OF THE ASSESSMENT OR FEE.                                  2,098        

      ANY ASSESSMENT OR FEE COLLECTED IS NOT REFUNDABLE.           2,100        

      (C)  THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL PAY ALL ASSESSMENTS AND FEES   2,102        

CHARGED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND ALL FORFEITURES REQUIRED TO   2,103        

BE PAID TO THE SUPERINTENDENT INTO THE STATE TREASURY TO THE       2,104        

CREDIT OF THE BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS FUND.                 2,105        

      (D)  ANY MONEY DEPOSITED INTO THE STATE TREASURY TO THE      2,107        

                                                          47     

                                                                 
CREDIT OF THE BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS FUND, BUT NOT         2,108        

EXPENDED OR ENCUMBERED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DEFRAY THE COSTS   2,109        

OF ADMINISTERING CHAPTERS 1151. TO 1157. OF THE REVISED CODE,      2,110        

SHALL REMAIN IN THE BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS FUND FOR                     

EXPENDITURES BY THE SUPERINTENDENT IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS IN THE      2,111        

ADMINISTRATION OF CHAPTERS 1151. TO 1157. OF THE REVISED CODE.     2,112        

      Sec. 1161.01.  (A)  In sections of the Revised Code making   2,121        

reference to savings banks and to the division of savings banks    2,122        

or the division of financial institutions:                         2,123        

      (1)  "Savings bank" means a corporation that has its home    2,125        

office located in this state, that is organized for the purposes   2,126        

of receiving deposits and raising money to be loaned to its        2,127        

members or to others, and that maintains at least sixty per cent   2,128        

of its total assets in the housing-related and other investments   2,129        

set forth in section 7701(a)(19)(C) of the "Internal Revenue Code  2,130        

of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, as amended.  "Savings     2,131        

bank" does not include banks, savings and loan associations, or    2,132        

credit unions.                                                     2,133        

      (2)  "Foreign savings bank" means a savings bank organized   2,135        

under the laws of another state, the home office of which is       2,136        

located outside this state.                                        2,137        

      (3)  "Controlling person" means any person or entity which,  2,139        

either directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with one or    2,140        

more other persons or entities, owns, controls, or holds with      2,141        

power to vote, or holds proxies representing, fifteen per cent or  2,142        

more of the voting shares or rights of a savings bank or controls  2,143        

in any manner the election or appointment of a majority of the     2,144        

directors of a savings bank.  However, a director of a savings     2,145        

bank is not deemed to be a controlling person of the savings bank  2,146        

based upon the director's voting, or acting in concert with other  2,148        

directors in voting, proxies obtained in connection with an        2,149        

annual A solicitation of proxies or obtained from savings account  2,150        

holders and borrowers if such proxies are voted as directed by a   2,151        

majority of the entire board of directors of the savings bank, or  2,152        

                                                          48     

                                                                 
of a committee of the directors if the committee's composition     2,153        

and authority are controlled by a majority vote of the entire      2,154        

board and if its authority is revocable by such a majority.        2,155        

      (4)  "Division of savings banks" may be used                 2,157        

interchangeably with, and for all purposes has the same meaning    2,158        

as, "division of financial institutions."                          2,159        

      (5)  "ANOTHER STATE" MEANS ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES    2,163        

OTHER THAN THIS STATE, AND INCLUDES THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND   2,165        

ANY OTHER TERRITORY, INSULAR POSSESSION, OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION  2,166        

OF THE UNITED STATES.                                              2,168        

      (6)  "BANKING OFFICE" MEANS AN OFFICE OR OTHER PLACE AT      2,170        

WHICH A SAVINGS BANK RECEIVES MONEY OR ITS EQUIVALENT FROM THE     2,171        

PUBLIC FOR DEPOSIT AND CONDUCTS THE GENERAL BUSINESS OF A SAVINGS  2,173        

BANK.  "BANKING OFFICE" DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:     2,174        

      (a)  ANY LOCATION AT WHICH A SAVINGS BANK RECEIVES, BUT      2,177        

DOES NOT ACCEPT, CASH OR OTHER ITEMS FOR SUBSEQUENT DEPOSIT, SUCH  2,178        

AS BY MAIL OR ARMORED CAR SERVICE OR AT A LOCK BOX OR NIGHT        2,179        

DEPOSITORY;                                                                     

      (b)  ANY STRUCTURE LOCATED WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED YARDS OF A    2,182        

BANKING OFFICE AND OPERATED AS AN EXTENSION OF THE SERVICES OF     2,183        

THE BANKING OFFICE;                                                             

      (c)  ANY REMOTE SERVICE UNIT OR AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE     2,186        

OWNED, LEASED, OR OPERATED BY A SAVINGS BANK;                                   

      (d)  ANY FACILITY LOCATED WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITS OF  2,189        

A MILITARY INSTALLATION AT WHICH A SAVINGS BANK ONLY ACCEPTS       2,190        

DEPOSITS AND CASHES CHECKS;                                                     

      (e)  ANY LOCATION AT WHICH A SAVINGS BANK TAKES AND          2,193        

PROCESSES APPLICATIONS FOR LOANS AND FROM WHICH IT MAY DISBURSE    2,194        

LOAN PROCEEDS, BUT DOES NOT ACCEPT DEPOSITS;                                    

      (f)  ANY LOCATION AT WHICH A SAVINGS BANK IS ENGAGED SOLELY  2,197        

IN PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR ITS OWN OPERATIONS OR     2,198        

FOR OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.                                               

      (7)  "BRANCH" MEANS A BANKING OFFICE THAT IS NOT ALSO THE    2,201        

SAVINGS BANK'S PRINCIPAL OFFICE CONSISTENT WITH ITS ARTICLES OF    2,202        

                                                          49     

                                                                 
INCORPORATION.                                                                  

      (8)  "Superintendent" or "superintendent of savings banks"   2,204        

means the superintendent of the division of financial              2,205        

institutions of this state.  Whenever the division or              2,206        

superintendent of savings banks is referred to or designated in    2,207        

any statute, rule, contract, or other document, the reference or                

designation shall be deemed to refer to the division or            2,208        

superintendent of financial institutions, as the case may be.      2,209        

      (9)  "SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION" MEANS A DOMESTIC         2,212        

ASSOCIATION, A FOREIGN SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR A FOREIGN FEDERAL   2,213        

ASSOCIATION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1151.01 OF THE REVISED CODE.    2,215        

      (10)  "BANK" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 1101.01 OF   2,217        

THE REVISED CODE.                                                  2,219        

      (B)  For purposes of any chapter of the Revised Code,        2,221        

except Chapters 1101., 1103., 1105., 1107., 1109., 1111., 1113.,   2,222        

1115., 1117., 1119., 1121., 1123., 1125., 1127., 1133., 1151.,     2,224        

1153., 1155., 1157., 1161., 1163., and 1165., AND 1181. of the     2,226        

Revised Code, "building and loan association," "savings and loan   2,227        

association," or "financial institution" includes a savings bank   2,228        

as defined in section 1161.01 of the Revised Code, unless the      2,229        

context clearly requires otherwise.                                2,230        

      Sec. 1161.05.  (A)  No savings bank shall establish an MORE  2,239        

THAN ONE BANKING office, maintain branches, or relocate any        2,241        

branch, except with the prior written approval of the                           

superintendent of savings banks FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.            2,242        

      (B)  A SAVINGS BANK MAY ESTABLISH A BRANCH AT ANY OF THE     2,245        

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:                                                            

      (1)  ANY LOCATION IN THIS STATE;                             2,247        

      (2)  ANY LOCATION IN ANOTHER STATE;                          2,249        

      (3)  ANY LOCATION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.                 2,253        

      (C)  THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY CONDITION APPROVAL OF A BRANCH   2,256        

AT A LOCATION IN ANOTHER STATE OR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES ON AN  2,259        

AGREEMENT SATISFACTORY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT PROVIDES FOR     2,260        

THE FREQUENCY AND METHOD OF, AND THE REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES     2,261        

                                                          50     

                                                                 
FOR, EXAMINING THE BRANCH.                                         2,262        

      Sec. 1161.07.  (A)  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS     2,264        

SECTION AND SECTION 1161.76 OF THE REVISED CODE, ONLY A SAVINGS    2,267        

BANK MAY ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A BRANCH IN THIS STATE.            2,268        

      (B)(1)  A FOREIGN SAVINGS BANK MAY, UPON RECEIVING THE       2,271        

APPROVAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,          2,272        

ESTABLISH A BRANCH IN THIS STATE BY CREATING A NEW BRANCH OR BY    2,273        

AGREEING TO ASSUME ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE DEPOSIT         2,274        

LIABILITIES OF AN EXISTING BRANCH OF A BANK, SAVINGS BANK,         2,275        

FOREIGN SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, WHICH       2,277        

BRANCH IS LOCATED IN THIS STATE.  THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL NOT     2,278        

GRANT APPROVAL UNLESS BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:    2,279        

      (a)  THE FOREIGN SAVINGS BANK PROVIDES EVIDENCE TO THE       2,282        

SUPERINTENDENT THAT ITS ACCOUNTS ARE INSURED BY THE FEDERAL        2,283        

DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION.                                                  

      (b)  THE SUPERINTENDENT DETERMINES, IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S  2,286        

DISCRETION, THAT THE LAWS OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE FOREIGN        2,287        

SAVINGS BANK HAS ITS HOME OFFICE, WHICH LAWS ARE IN EFFECT AT THE  2,288        

TIME THE FOREIGN SAVINGS BANK IS SEEKING APPROVAL UNDER THIS       2,289        

SECTION, PERMIT A SAVINGS BANK ORGANIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER TO     2,290        

ESTABLISH A NEW BRANCH OR ASSUME ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE   2,291        

DEPOSIT LIABILITIES OF AN EXISTING BRANCH OF A BANK, SAVINGS       2,292        

BANK, FOREIGN SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, AS                 

THE CASE MAY BE, IN THAT OTHER STATE ON TERMS THAT ARE, ON THE     2,294        

WHOLE, SUBSTANTIALLY NO MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THOSE ESTABLISHED    2,295        

UNDER THIS SECTION.                                                2,296        

      (2)  IF A FOREIGN SAVINGS BANK THAT MAINTAINS A BRANCH IN    2,299        

THIS STATE WITHDRAWS FROM THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE                         

CORPORATION, ITS AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN A BRANCH IN THIS STATE IS   2,300        

TERMINATED.                                                        2,301        

      (3)  A FOREIGN SAVINGS BANK THAT SEEKS TO ESTABLISH          2,303        

ADDITIONAL BRANCHES IN THIS STATE OR TO RELOCATE BRANCHES IS       2,304        

SUBJECT TO DIVISIONS (B)(1) AND (2) OF THIS SECTION AND SECTION    2,306        

1161.05 OF THE REVISED CODE, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY FEDERAL  2,307        

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LAW.                                                                            

      Sec. 1161.76.  (A)  For purposes of this section:            2,316        

      (1)  "Holding company affiliate" means a holding company of  2,318        

which a savings bank is a subsidiary and any other subsidiary of   2,319        

the holding company other than a subsidiary of the savings bank.   2,320        

      (2)  "Merger" includes consolidation and the purchase of     2,322        

substantially all the assets and assumption of liabilities of      2,323        

another institution.  "Merger" includes the use of an interim      2,324        

savings bank.                                                      2,325        

      (B)  A savings bank may ACQUIRE OR merge with another        2,327        

savings bank, A FOREIGN SAVINGS BANK, A DOMESTIC ASSOCIATION, A    2,329        

FOREIGN SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, A FOREIGN FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, A      2,330        

STATE BANK, A NATIONAL BANK, or a holding company affiliate BANK   2,333        

ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE, upon application to     2,334        

and written approval of the superintendent of savings banks        2,335        

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.  The superintendent of savings banks       2,337        

shall approve a merger of a savings bank and a holding company     2,338        

affiliate only if the superintendent of savings banks is of the    2,339        

opinion that the rights of all interested parties are protected.   2,340        

      (C)  The limitations and conditions of Chapter 1701. of the  2,342        

Revised Code do not apply to a merger of a savings bank the        2,343        

outstanding capital of which consists entirely of withdrawable     2,344        

shares or that is organized under section 1161.11 of the Revised   2,345        

Code, provided the plan of merger is approved by a two-thirds      2,346        

vote of the savings bank's board of directors as evidenced by a    2,347        

merger agreement.                                                  2,348        

      (D)  The superintendent shall adopt rules in accordance      2,350        

with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code setting forth criteria that  2,351        

shall be met for the merger of a savings bank and a holding        2,352        

company affiliate that is not a savings bank, a bank, or a         2,353        

savings and loan association.                                      2,354        

      (E)  A savings bank may merge with a bank or a savings and   2,356        

loan association.                                                  2,357        

      (1)  If the savings bank is the acquiror or surviving        2,359        

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institution, or the articles of incorporation of the new           2,360        

institution provide that the new institution is a savings bank,    2,361        

an application to and written approval of the superintendent of    2,362        

savings banks is required.                                         2,363        

      (2)  If the savings bank is not the acquiror or the          2,365        

surviving institution, or the articles of incorporation of the     2,366        

new institution provide that the new institution is a bank or      2,367        

savings and loan association, notice only shall be provided the    2,368        

superintendent of savings banks, and the merger is subject to      2,369        

section 1115.11 or 1151.60 of the Revised Code.                    2,370        

      (3)  For purposes of this section, if the surviving          2,372        

institution or new institution is a savings bank ORGANIZED UNDER   2,373        

THIS CHAPTER, section 1701.82 of the Revised Code governs the      2,375        

merger or consolidation, except that after the merger or           2,376        

consolidation becomes effective, the surviving or new institution  2,377        

shall possess, of a public or private nature, the rights,          2,378        

privileges, immunities, powers, franchises, and authority of a     2,379        

savings bank ORGANIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER.                         2,380        

      (F)  A SAVINGS BANK MAY MERGE WITH A HOLDING COMPANY         2,383        

AFFILIATE UPON APPLICATION TO AND WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE          2,384        

SUPERINTENDENT.  THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL APPROVE SUCH A MERGER    2,385        

ONLY IF THE SUPERINTENDENT IS OF THE OPINION THAT THE RIGHTS OF    2,386        

ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE PROTECTED.                              2,387        

      Sec. 1161.79.  (A)  As used in this section:                 2,396        

      (1)  "Acquire" or "acquisition" means any of the following   2,398        

transactions or actions:                                           2,399        

      (a)  A merger, consolidation, or combination of or with an   2,401        

Ohio savings bank holding company;                                 2,402        

      (b)  The acquisition of the direct or indirect ownership or  2,404        

control of voting shares of an Ohio savings bank holding company   2,405        

or a AN OHIO savings bank if, after the acquisition, the           2,407        

acquiring savings bank or savings bank holding company will        2,408        

directly or indirectly own or control more than five per cent of   2,409        

any class of voting shares BE A CONTROLLING PERSON of the savings  2,410        

                                                          53     

                                                                 
bank or Ohio THE savings bank holding company unless the           2,412        

superintendent of savings banks determines, in his discretion,     2,413        

that the nature of the acquisition is such that it should not be   2,414        

subject to the limitations of this section;                                     

      (c)  The direct or indirect acquisition of all or            2,416        

substantially all of the assets of a savings bank or Ohio savings  2,417        

bank holding company;                                              2,418        

      (d)(b)  The taking of any other action that results in the   2,420        

direct or indirect control of a AN OHIO savings bank or Ohio       2,422        

savings bank holding company.                                      2,423        

      (2)  "Insured depository institution" has the same meaning   2,425        

as in the "Federal Deposit Insurance Act," 64 Stat. 873 (1950),    2,426        

12 U.S.C. 1811, 1813, as amended.                                  2,427        

      (3)  "Ohio savings bank holding company" means a savings     2,429        

bank holding company that owns or controls one or more savings     2,430        

banks and has its principal place of business in this state.       2,431        

      (4)  "Principal place of business" means, as to a SAVINGS    2,433        

BANK, THE STATE IN WHICH ITS MAIN OFFICE IS LOCATED, AND AS TO A   2,434        

SAVINGS bank holding company, the state or jurisdiction in which   2,435        

the total deposits of all direct and indirect insured depository   2,436        

institution subsidiaries of the bank holding company and any       2,437        

other company that has control, within the meaning of section      2,438        

2(a)(2) of the "Bank Holding Company Act of 1956," 70 Stat. 133,   2,439        

12 U.S.C. 1841(a)(2), as amended, of the bank holding company are  2,440        

the largest, as shown in the most recent report of condition or    2,441        

similar report filed by the insured depository institution         2,442        

subsidiaries with state or federal authorities.  "Principal place  2,443        

of business" means as to a savings bank, the state or              2,444        

jurisdiction in which its total deposits or savings accounts and   2,445        

those of all its savings bank subsidiaries, if any, are the        2,446        

largest, as shown in the most recent report of condition or        2,447        

similar report filed by the savings bank and its savings bank      2,448        

subsidiaries with state or federal authorities.                    2,449        

      (B)  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised      2,451        

                                                          54     

                                                                 
Code, no savings bank incorporated under the laws of any other     2,452        

state or having its MAIN OFFICE OR principal place of business in  2,453        

any other state shall SOLICIT, receive, OR ACCEPT deposits or      2,456        

transact any business of any kind in this state other than the     2,457        

lending of money, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 1161.07,          2,458        

1161.071, AND 1161.76 OF THE REVISED CODE.                                      

      (C)  A savings bank or savings bank holding company with     2,460        

its MAIN OFFICE OR principal place of business in another state    2,461        

may charter or otherwise acquire a savings bank or Ohio savings    2,463        

bank holding company if the superintendent determines in his       2,464        

discretion that the laws of the other state, as in effect at the   2,465        

time the application referred to in division (D) of this section   2,466        

is filed, permit a savings bank or Ohio savings bank holding       2,467        

company to charter or otherwise acquire a savings bank or savings  2,468        

bank holding company having its principal place of business in     2,469        

the other state on terms that are, on the whole, substantially no  2,470        

more restrictive than those established under this section.  If    2,471        

the law of the other state restricts entry by savings banks or     2,472        

Ohio savings bank holding companies to that state by limiting the  2,473        

right to only one or the other means of entry, either by de novo   2,474        

charter or by acquisition, then the authority granted by this      2,475        

section shall be similarly limited for savings banks or savings    2,476        

bank holding companies with their principal places of business     2,477        

located in that state.                                             2,478        

      (D)(1)  Any savings bank or savings bank holding company     2,480        

proposing to charter a savings bank pursuant to the authority      2,481        

granted by this section shall make application pursuant to and be  2,482        

bound by the requirements of this chapter and the rules adopted    2,483        

thereunder to the extent they are not inconsistent with division   2,484        

(C) of this section.                                               2,485        

      (2)  Any savings bank or savings bank holding company        2,487        

proposing to acquire a AN OHIO savings bank or Ohio savings bank   2,489        

holding company pursuant to this section shall file concurrently   2,490        

with the superintendent COMPLY WITH SECTION 1161.78 OF THE         2,493        

                                                          55     

                                                                 
REVISED CODE.  THE APPLICATION FILED PURSUANT TO THAT SECTION      2,495        

SHALL CONSIST OF a copy of the application filed with the          2,496        

appropriate regulator under federal law, and shall provide the     2,497        

superintendent with evidence that its accounts OR THE ACCOUNTS OF  2,498        

ITS INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION SUBSIDIARIES are insured by     2,499        

the federal deposit insurance corporation, together with.  IF NO   2,500        

APPLICATION IS REQUIRED TO BE FILED UNDER FEDERAL LAW, THE         2,502        

APPLICATION SHALL CONTAIN such other information as the            2,504        

superintendent may prescribe, by rule, as necessary or             2,505        

appropriate for the purpose of making his A determination under    2,506        

this section AND SECTION 1161.78 OF THE REVISED CODE.  Withdrawal               

from the federal deposit insurance corporation terminates the      2,508        

authority of the foreign savings bank or savings bank holding      2,509        

company to do business in Ohio and voids any certificate issued    2,510        

under this section.  Within fifteen business days after its        2,511        

receipt, the superintendent shall accept an application for        2,512        

processing, request additional information to complete the         2,513        

application, or return the application if it is substantially      2,514        

incomplete.  The superintendent shall give notice to the           2,515        

applicant of the date upon which he has determined that the        2,516        

application and any other required information is complete.  The   2,517        

superintendent shall approve the acquisition within sixty days of  2,518        

his determination that the application and any other required      2,519        

information is complete, unless he finds that the applicable       2,520        

criteria set forth in federal reserve regulation Y, 12 C.F.R.      2,521        

Part 225, Subpart B, as amended, promulgated by the federal        2,522        

reserve board pursuant to the "Bank Holding Company Act of 1956,"  2,523        

70 Stat. 133, 12 U.S.C. 1841, as amended, and the criteria set     2,524        

forth in division (D)(2) of this section have not been met.  In    2,525        

reaching his determination, the superintendent also shall          2,526        

consider the following factors in relation to the applicant, its   2,527        

subsidiaries, and the savings bank or Ohio savings bank holding    2,528        

company to be acquired:                                            2,529        

      (a)  Their financial condition and future prospects,         2,531        

                                                          56     

                                                                 
including their current and projected capital positions and        2,532        

levels of indebtedness;                                            2,533        

      (b)  The competence and character of the principals and      2,535        

management of the applicant and the savings banks or bank holding  2,536        

companies concerned; their record of compliance with laws, rules,  2,537        

and regulations; and the applicant's record of fulfilling any      2,538        

commitments to, and any conditions imposed by, the superintendent  2,539        

in connection with prior applications;                             2,540        

      (c)  The convenience and needs of the communities to be      2,542        

served.                                                            2,543        

      (3)  The application and the acquisition to which it         2,545        

relates shall be deemed approved if no action is taken by the      2,546        

superintendent within sixty days of his determination that the     2,547        

application and any other required information is complete.        2,548        

      (4)  If the superintendent denies an application for such    2,550        

acquisition, the order of denial must be accompanied by a          2,551        

written, public opinion setting forth the reasons for denial.      2,552        

      (E)  A nonrefundable fee of six thousand dollars shall       2,554        

accompany each application and an application is not complete      2,555        

without this fee.                                                  2,556        

      (F)  No application for approval of a charter or other       2,558        

acquisition pursuant to the authority granted by this section      2,559        

shall be approved by the superintendent if the superintendent      2,560        

determines that the approval would cause the applicant savings     2,561        

bank or savings bank holding company to control aggregate total    2,562        

deposits in this state exceeding twenty per cent of the total      2,563        

deposits held by all insured depository institutions located in    2,564        

this state as reported in the most recently available reports of   2,565        

condition or similar reports filed with state or federal           2,566        

authorities.                                                       2,567        

      (G)  Unless the members or shareholders of the savings bank  2,569        

or Ohio savings bank holding company to be acquired have approved  2,570        

an amendment to its constitution, articles of incorporation, code  2,571        

of regulations, or comparable document that provides that this     2,572        

                                                          57     

                                                                 
division shall not apply to that savings bank or Ohio savings      2,573        

bank holding company, any acquisition to be made pursuant to the   2,574        

authority granted by this section which will result in the         2,575        

acquiring savings bank or savings bank holding company directly    2,576        

or indirectly owning or controlling one-fifth or more of the       2,577        

voting power of the savings bank or Ohio savings bank holding      2,578        

company must be authorized by the affirmative vote of the holders  2,579        

of not less than two-thirds of the voting power of the savings     2,580        

bank or Ohio savings bank holding company to be acquired.          2,581        

      (H)  The limitations set forth in this section do not apply  2,583        

to the acquisition of a savings bank if, in his discretion, the    2,584        

superintendent determines that an emergency exists with respect    2,585        

to the savings bank to be acquired, and that the acquisition is    2,586        

appropriate in order to prevent the probable failure of a savings  2,587        

bank which is closed or is in danger of closing.                   2,588        

      (I)  Any NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THE REVISED  2,590        

CODE, THE ACQUISITION OF ANY OHIO savings bank or OHIO savings     2,591        

bank holding company chartering or acquiring BY a savings bank or  2,593        

savings bank holding company pursuant to the authority granted by  2,595        

this section shall file with the superintendent copies of the      2,596        

public portions of all regular and periodic reports the ITS MAIN   2,597        

OFFICE OR PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IN ANOTHER STATE, WHICH      2,598        

INCLUDES A DIRECT OR INDIRECT ACQUISITION OF A savings bank or     2,599        

ELECTING TO BE TREATED AS A savings bank holding company is        2,601        

required to file under section 13 or 15(d) of the "Securities      2,602        

Exchange Act of 1934," 48 Stat. 894, 15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d), as   2,603        

amended ASSOCIATION UNDER SECTION 10(l) OF THE "HOME OWNERS' LOAN  2,607        

ACT OF 1933," 48 STAT. 128, 12 U.S.C.A. 1467a(l), AS AMENDED,      2,611        

SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION, BUT SHALL INSTEAD BE         2,612        

SUBJECT TO SECTION 1151.71 OF THE REVISED CODE AS IF THE SAVINGS   2,614        

BANKS AND SAVINGS BANK HOLDING COMPANIES INVOLVED WERE SAVINGS     2,615        

AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND SAVINGS AND LOAN HOLDING COMPANIES.      2,616        

      Sec. 1163.12.  At least once every eighteen TWENTY-FOUR      2,625        

months the superintendent of savings banks FINANCIAL               2,626        

                                                          58     

                                                                 
INSTITUTIONS, or examiners appointed for that purpose, shall make  2,627        

an examination into the affairs of each savings bank in this       2,628        

state.  The EXAMINATION SHALL INCLUDE A REVIEW OF BOTH OF THE      2,629        

FOLLOWING:                                                                      

      (A)  COMPLIANCE WITH LAW;                                    2,631        

      (B)  OTHER MATTERS THE SUPERINTENDENT DETERMINES.            2,633        

      THE expenses of these examinations shall be paid by the      2,635        

state.  Nothing in this section shall prohibit the superintendent  2,636        

from establishing different schedules of examination for           2,637        

different savings banks.                                                        

      Sec. 1163.121.  (A)  IN ADMINISTERING CHAPTERS 1161. TO      2,639        

1165. OF THE REVISED CODE AND FULFILLING THE DUTIES IMPOSED BY     2,640        

THOSE CHAPTERS, INCLUDING THE DUTY IMPOSED BY SECTION 1163.12 OF   2,641        

THE REVISED CODE, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS     2,642        

MAY DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:                                                    

      (1)  PARTICIPATE WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY       2,644        

AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED STATES, AND OTHER          2,645        

COUNTRIES IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:                                 2,646        

      (a)  PROGRAMS FOR ALTERNATE EXAMINATIONS OF THE RECORDS AND  2,648        

AFFAIRS OF SAVINGS BANKS OVER WHICH THEY HAVE CONCURRENT           2,649        

JURISDICTION;                                                                   

      (b)  JOINT OR CONCURRENT EXAMINATIONS OF THE RECORDS AND     2,651        

AFFAIRS OF SAVINGS BANKS OVER WHICH THEY HAVE CONCURRENT           2,652        

JURISDICTION;                                                                   

      (c)  COORDINATED EXAMINATIONS OF THE RECORDS AND AFFAIRS OF  2,654        

SAVINGS BANKS OVER WHICH THEY HAVE COLLECTIVE JURISDICTION.        2,655        

      (2)  CONDUCT, PARTICIPATE IN, OR COORDINATE INDEPENDENT,     2,657        

CONCURRENT, JOINT, OR COORDINATED EXAMINATIONS OF THE RECORDS AND  2,658        

AFFAIRS OF SAVINGS BANKS AND OTHERWISE ACT ON BEHALF OF FINANCIAL  2,659        

INSTITUTION REGULATORY AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED     2,660        

STATES, AND OTHER COUNTRIES HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE SAVINGS   2,661        

BANKS;                                                                          

      (3)  RELY ON INFORMATION LEADING TO, ARISING FROM, OR        2,663        

OBTAINED IN THE COURSE OF EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY FINANCIAL      2,664        

                                                          59     

                                                                 
INSTITUTION REGULATORY AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED     2,665        

STATES, AND OTHER COUNTRIES WHEN BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:      2,666        

      (a)  PURSUANT TO AGREEMENT AND APPLICABLE LAW, THE           2,668        

SUPERINTENDENT MAY RECEIVE AND USE THE INFORMATION LEADING TO,     2,669        

ARISING FROM, OR OBTAINED IN THE COURSE OF THE OTHER REGULATORY    2,670        

AUTHORITIES' EXAMINATIONS IN ADMINISTERING CHAPTERS 1161. TO       2,671        

1165. OF THE REVISED CODE AND ACTING UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THOSE               

CHAPTERS;                                                          2,672        

      (b)  IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S JUDGMENT THE OTHER REGULATORY   2,674        

AUTHORITIES' PERSONNEL, PRACTICES, AND AUTHORITY WARRANT THE       2,675        

SUPERINTENDENT'S RELIANCE.                                         2,676        

      (4)  AUTHORIZE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY AUTHORITIES  2,678        

OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED STATES, AND OTHER COUNTRIES TO         2,679        

RECEIVE AND USE INFORMATION LEADING TO, ARISING FROM, OR OBTAINED  2,680        

IN THE COURSE OF EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE DIVISION OF         2,681        

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE SAME MANNER AND FOR THE PURPOSES     2,682        

THEY COULD USE INFORMATION LEADING TO, ARISING FROM, OR OBTAINED   2,683        

IN THE COURSE OF THEIR OWN EXAMINATIONS WHEN BOTH OF THE                        

FOLLOWING APPLY:                                                   2,684        

      (a)  PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, INFORMATION LEADING TO,     2,686        

ARISING FROM, OR OBTAINED IN THE COURSE OF EXAMINATIONS THE OTHER  2,687        

REGULATORY AUTHORITIES CONDUCT IS PROTECTED FROM GENERAL           2,688        

DISCLOSURE AND MAY ONLY BE DISCLOSED FOR PURPOSES SIMILAR TO       2,689        

THOSE PROVIDED IN SECTION 1163.20 OF THE REVISED CODE, WHICH ARE   2,690        

PRINCIPALLY REGULATORY IN NATURE, FOR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION                 

LEADING TO, ARISING FROM, OR OBTAINED IN THE COURSE OF             2,691        

EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE DIVISION;                            2,692        

      (b)  PURSUANT TO AGREEMENT AND APPLICABLE LAW, INFORMATION   2,694        

LEADING TO, ARISING FROM, OR OBTAINED IN THE COURSE OF             2,695        

EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE DIVISION WILL, IN THE OTHER          2,696        

REGULATORY AUTHORITIES' POSSESSION OR THE POSSESSION OF ANY        2,697        

PERSONS TO WHOM THE OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES DISCLOSED THE     2,698        

INFORMATION AS A PART OF EXAMINATIONS OF THOSE PERSONS, BE                      

PROTECTED FROM DISCLOSURE TO THE SAME EXTENT AS INFORMATION        2,699        

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LEADING TO, ARISING FROM, OR OBTAINED IN THE COURSE OF THOSE       2,700        

REGULATORY AUTHORITIES' EXAMINATIONS.                                           

      (5)  RELY ON THE ACTIONS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION            2,702        

REGULATORY AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED STATES, OR      2,704        

OTHER COUNTRIES, OR PARTICIPATE WITH THEM JOINTLY, IN RESPONDING                

TO VIOLATIONS OF LAW, UNSAFE OR UNSOUND PRACTICES, BREACHES OF     2,705        

FIDUCIARY DUTY, OR OTHER REGULATORY CONCERNS AFFECTING SAVINGS     2,706        

BANKS OVER WHICH THEY HAVE CONCURRENT JURISDICTION WHEN THE OTHER  2,707        

REGULATORY AUTHORITIES HAVE ADEQUATE PERSONNEL, PRACTICES, AND     2,708        

AUTHORITY TO WARRANT THE RELIANCE;                                              

      (6)  IMPLEMENT OTHER COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS WITH           2,710        

FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE  2,711        

UNITED STATES, AND OTHER COUNTRIES CONSISTENT WITH SAFETY AND      2,712        

SOUNDNESS.                                                                      

      (B)  NO PERSON SHALL USE ANY RELIANCE BY THE                 2,714        

SUPERINTENDENT, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTION      2,715        

REGULATORY AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED STATES, OR      2,716        

OTHER COUNTRIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION    2,717        

TO SUPPORT ANY ASSERTION OF EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:               2,718        

      (1)  FAILURE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DIVISION TO PROPERLY   2,720        

ADMINISTER CHAPTERS 1161. TO 1165. OF THE REVISED CODE OR FULFILL  2,721        

THE DUTIES IMPOSED BY THOSE CHAPTERS;                              2,722        

      (2)  DISAGREEMENT BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DIVISION WITH     2,724        

ANY ACTION TAKEN BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY AUTHORITIES   2,725        

OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED STATES, OR OTHER COUNTRIES.            2,726        

      (C)  IN CONDUCTING, PARTICIPATING IN, OR COORDINATING        2,728        

INDEPENDENT, CONCURRENT, JOINT, OR COORDINATED EXAMINATIONS OF     2,729        

THE RECORDS AND AFFAIRS OF SAVINGS BANKS, THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY   2,730        

PURCHASE SERVICES FROM FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY            2,731        

AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED STATES, AND OTHER          2,732        

COUNTRIES, INCLUDING SERVICES PROVIDED BY EMPLOYEES OF OTHER       2,733        

FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY AUTHORITIES.  THE PURCHASE OF                  

SERVICES FROM ONE OR MORE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY         2,734        

AUTHORITIES OF OTHER STATES, THE UNITED STATES, AND OTHER          2,735        

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COUNTRIES IS THE PURCHASE OF SERVICES FROM A SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER  2,736        

AND IS NOT THE EMPLOYMENT OF ANY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGULATORY  2,737        

AUTHORITY OR ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES.                                              

      THE AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS          2,739        

DIVISION DOES NOT IMPAIR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S AUTHORITY TO         2,740        

PURCHASE SERVICES FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE.                           2,741        

      Sec. 1163.16.  (A)(1)  EACH SAVINGS BANK SUBJECT TO          2,744        

INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL                   

INSTITUTIONS AND TRANSACTING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE AS OF THE      2,745        

THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER OF THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, OR THE      2,746        

SAVINGS BANK'S SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST, SHALL PAY ANNUAL             2,747        

ASSESSMENTS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.     2,748        

      (2)  AFTER DETERMINING THE BUDGET OF THE DIVISION OF         2,750        

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR EXAMINATION AND REGULATION OF SAVINGS   2,751        

BANKS, BUT PRIOR TO ESTABLISHING THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT AMOUNT      2,752        

NECESSARY TO FUND THAT BUDGET, THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL INCLUDE    2,753        

ANY AMOUNTS COLLECTED BUT NOT YET EXPENDED OR ENCUMBERED BY THE    2,754        

SUPERINTENDENT IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET AND REMAINING  2,755        

IN THE SAVINGS BANKS FUND FROM THE AMOUNT TO BE ASSESSED.  BASED   2,756        

UPON THE RESULTING BUDGET AMOUNT, THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL MAKE    2,757        

AN ASSESSMENT UPON EACH SAVINGS BANK BASED ON THE TOTAL ASSETS AS  2,758        

SHOWN ON THE BOOKS OF THE SAVINGS BANK AS OF THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY  2,759        

OF DECEMBER OF THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.  THE ASSESSMENTS SHALL    2,760        

BE COLLECTED ON AN ANNUAL OR PERIODIC BASIS WITHIN THE FISCAL      2,761        

YEAR, AS DETERMINED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.                                      

      (3)  A SAVINGS BANK AUTHORIZED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT TO      2,763        

COMMENCE BUSINESS IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN ASSESSMENTS SHALL PAY THE  2,764        

ACTUAL REASONABLE COSTS OF THE DIVISION'S EXAMINATIONS AND         2,765        

VISITATIONS.                                                                    

      (B)  ASSESSMENTS AND FEES CHARGED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION   2,767        

SHALL BE PAID WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER RECEIVING AN INVOICE FOR  2,768        

PAYMENT OF THE ASSESSMENT OR FEE.                                  2,769        

      ANY ASSESSMENT OR FEE COLLECTED IS NOT REFUNDABLE.           2,771        

      (C)  THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL PAY ALL ASSESSMENTS AND FEES   2,773        

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CHARGED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND ALL FORFEITURES REQUIRED TO   2,774        

BE PAID TO THE SUPERINTENDENT INTO THE STATE TREASURY TO THE       2,775        

CREDIT OF THE SAVINGS BANKS FUND.                                  2,776        

      (D)  ANY MONEY DEPOSITED INTO THE STATE TREASURY TO THE      2,778        

CREDIT OF THE SAVINGS BANKS FUND, BUT NOT EXPENDED OR ENCUMBERED   2,779        

BY THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DEFRAY THE COSTS OF ADMINISTERING         2,780        

CHAPTERS 1161. TO 1165. OF THE REVISED CODE, SHALL REMAIN IN THE   2,781        

SAVINGS BANKS FUND FOR EXPENDITURES BY THE SUPERINTENDENT IN       2,782        

SUBSEQUENT YEARS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF CHAPTERS 1161. TO 1165.  2,783        

OF THE REVISED CODE.                                                            

      Sec. 1703.01.  As used in sections 1703.01 to 1703.31,       2,792        

inclusive, of the Revised Code:                                    2,794        

      (A)  "Domestic corporation" means a corporation              2,796        

incorporated under the laws of this state; OR A BANK, SAVINGS      2,798        

BANK, OR SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION CHARTERED UNDER THE LAWS OF  2,799        

THE UNITED STATES, THE MAIN OFFICE OF WHICH IS LOCATED IN THIS     2,802        

STATE.                                                                          

      (B)  "Foreign corporation" means a corporation incorporated  2,804        

under the laws of another state; OR A BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR       2,806        

SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION CHARTERED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE       2,808        

UNITED STATES, THE MAIN OFFICE OF WHICH IS LOCATED IN ANOTHER      2,810        

STATE.                                                                          

      (C)  "State" means the United States,; any state,            2,812        

territory, insular possession, or other political subdivision of   2,814        

the United States, including the District of Columbia; any         2,815        

foreign country whose political sovereignty is recognized by the   2,816        

United States; and any political subdivision of such foreign                    

country;.                                                          2,817        

      (D)  "Articles" means the articles, certificates, or         2,819        

memorandum of incorporation or association, filed pursuant to the  2,820        

laws of any state for the purpose and with the effect of creating  2,821        

a corporation, and any amendments to such articles, certificates,  2,822        

or memorandum of incorporation or association; and a INCLUDES ANY  2,823        

special statute creating a corporation is "articles" within the    2,824        

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meaning of this definition;.                                       2,825        

      (E)  "Process" means judicial process and all notices and    2,827        

demands required or permitted by statute to be served upon a       2,828        

corporation.                                                                    

      Sec. 1703.02.  Sections 1703.01 to 1703.31 of the Revised    2,837        

Code do not apply to corporations engaged in this state solely in  2,838        

interstate commerce, including the installation, demonstration,    2,839        

or repair of machinery or equipment sold by them in interstate     2,840        

commerce, by engineers, or by employees especially experienced as  2,841        

to such machinery or equipment, as part thereof; to banks, trust   2,842        

companies, savings and loan associations, credit unions, title                  

guarantee and trust companies, bond investment companies, and      2,844        

insurance companies; or to public utility companies engaged in     2,845        

this state in interstate commerce.                                              

      Sec. 1703.031.  (A)  IF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES        2,849        

PROHIBIT, PREEMPT, OR OTHERWISE ELIMINATE THE LICENSING            2,850        

REQUIREMENT OF SECTIONS 1703.01 TO 1703.31 OF THE REVISED CODE     2,853        

WITH RESPECT TO A CORPORATION THAT IS A BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR     2,854        

SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION CHARTERED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE       2,856        

UNITED STATES, THE MAIN OFFICE OF WHICH IS LOCATED IN ANOTHER      2,858        

STATE, THE BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION     2,859        

SHALL NOTIFY THE SECRETARY OF STATE THAT IT IS TRANSACTING         2,860        

BUSINESS IN THIS STATE BY SUBMITTING A NOTICE IN SUCH FORM AS THE  2,861        

SECRETARY OF STATE PRESCRIBES.  THE NOTICE SHALL BE VERIFIED BY    2,862        

THE OATH OF THE PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, OR           2,863        

TREASURER OF THE BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS AND LOAN           2,864        

ASSOCIATION, AND SHALL SET FORTH ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:             2,865        

      (1)  THE NAME OF THE CORPORATION AND ANY TRADE NAME UNDER    2,867        

WHICH IT WILL DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE;                           2,868        

      (2)  THE LOCATION AND COMPLETE ADDRESS, INCLUDING THE        2,870        

COUNTY, OF ITS MAIN OFFICE IN ANOTHER STATE AND ITS PRINCIPAL      2,871        

OFFICE, IF ANY, IN THIS STATE;                                     2,872        

      (3)  THE APPOINTMENT OF A DESIGNATED AGENT AND THE COMPLETE  2,875        

ADDRESS OF SUCH AGENT IN THIS STATE, WHICH AGENT MAY BE A NATURAL  2,877        

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PERSON WHO IS A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE, OR MAY BE A DOMESTIC                    

CORPORATION FOR PROFIT OR A FOREIGN CORPORATION FOR PROFIT         2,878        

HOLDING A LICENSE AS SUCH UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE, PROVIDED   2,880        

THAT THE DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN CORPORATION HAS A BUSINESS ADDRESS    2,881        

IN THIS STATE AND IS AUTHORIZED BY ITS ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION   2,882        

TO ACT AS SUCH AGENT;                                                           

      (4)  THE IRREVOCABLE CONSENT OF THE CORPORATION TO SERVICE   2,884        

OF PROCESS ON SUCH AGENT SO LONG AS THE AUTHORITY OF THE AGENT     2,885        

CONTINUES AND TO SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON THE SECRETARY OF STATE    2,886        

IN THE EVENTS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 1703.19 OF THE REVISED       2,889        

CODE;                                                                           

      (5)  A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE BUSINESS TO BE TRANSACTED        2,891        

WITHIN THIS STATE.                                                 2,892        

      (B)  THE NOTICE REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE            2,895        

ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING OR SUBSISTENCE,      2,896        

DATED NOT EARLIER THAN SIXTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION OF THE   2,897        

NOTICE, UNDER THE SEAL OF THE PROPER OFFICIAL OF THE AGENCY OF     2,898        

THE UNITED STATES THAT INCORPORATED THE BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR     2,901        

SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SETTING FORTH THE EXACT CORPORATE    2,902        

TITLE, THE DATE OF INCORPORATION, AND THE FACT THAT THE BANK,      2,903        

SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION IS IN GOOD STANDING  2,904        

OR IS A SUBSISTING BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS AND LOAN         2,905        

ASSOCIATION.                                                                    

      (C)  UPON SUBMISSION OF THE NOTICE, A BANK, SAVINGS BANK,    2,908        

OR SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION SHALL PAY A FILING FEE OF ONE      2,909        

HUNDRED DOLLARS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.                         2,910        

      (D)(1)  NO SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE ACCEPTED FOR FILING IF IT    2,913        

APPEARS THAT THE NAME OF THE BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS AND    2,914        

LOAN ASSOCIATION IS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:                                       

      (a)  PROHIBITED BY LAW;                                      2,917        

      (b)  NOT DISTINGUISHABLE UPON THE RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF   2,919        

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FROM THE NAME OF A LIMITED LIABILITY        2,921        

COMPANY, WHETHER DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN, OR ANY OTHER CORPORATION,    2,922        

WHETHER NONPROFIT OR FOR PROFIT AND WHETHER THAT OF A DOMESTIC     2,923        

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CORPORATION OR OF A FOREIGN CORPORATION AUTHORIZED TO TRANSACT     2,924        

BUSINESS IN THIS STATE, UNLESS THERE IS ALSO FILED WITH THE        2,926        

SECRETARY OF STATE THE CONSENT OF THE OTHER LIMITED LIABILITY                   

COMPANY OR CORPORATION TO THE USE OF THE NAME, EVIDENCED IN A      2,927        

WRITING SIGNED BY ANY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OR AUTHORIZED      2,929        

OFFICER OF THE OTHER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR CORPORATION;     2,930        

      (c)  NOT DISTINGUISHABLE UPON THE RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF   2,934        

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FROM A TRADE NAME, THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO   2,936        

WHICH IS AT THE TIME IN QUESTION REGISTERED IN THE MANNER          2,937        

PROVIDED IN CHAPTER 1329. OF THE REVISED CODE, UNLESS THERE ALSO   2,940        

IS FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE CONSENT OF THE OTHER      2,941        

CORPORATION OR PERSON TO THE USE OF THE NAME, EVIDENCED IN A       2,942        

WRITING SIGNED BY ANY AUTHORIZED OFFICER OF THE OTHER CORPORATION  2,944        

OR AUTHORIZED PARTY OF THE OTHER PERSON OWNING THE EXCLUSIVE       2,945        

RIGHT TO THE REGISTERED TRADE NAME.                                             

      (2)  NOTWITHSTANDING DIVISION (D)(1)(b) OF THIS SECTION, IF  2,948        

A NOTICE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR FILING SOLELY BECAUSE THE NAME OF   2,950        

THE BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION IS NOT     2,951        

DISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE NAME OF ANOTHER CORPORATION OR            2,952        

REGISTERED TRADE NAME, THE BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS AND      2,953        

LOAN ASSOCIATION MAY BE AUTHORIZED TO TRANSACT BUSINESS IN THIS    2,954        

STATE BY FILING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN ADDITION TO THOSE  2,955        

ITEMS OTHERWISE PRESCRIBED BY THIS SECTION, A STATEMENT SIGNED BY  2,956        

AN AUTHORIZED OFFICER DIRECTING THE BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR         2,957        

SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION TO TRANSACT BUSINESS IN THIS STATE    2,958        

UNDER AN ASSUMED BUSINESS NAME OR NAMES THAT COMPLY WITH THE       2,959        

REQUIREMENTS OF DIVISION (D) OF THIS SECTION AND STATING THAT THE  2,961        

BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION WILL TRANSACT  2,962        

BUSINESS IN THIS STATE ONLY UNDER THE ASSUMED NAME OR NAMES.       2,963        

      (E)  THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF        2,966        

RECEIPT OF NOTICE TO EACH BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS AND LOAN  2,967        

ASSOCIATION THAT SUBMITS A NOTICE REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.        2,968        

      Sec. 1703.08.  From the annual report and from such other    2,977        

facts as the secretary of state ascertains from any further        2,978        

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investigation which he THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE may make, he    2,980        

THE SECRETARY OF STATE shall determine the number of issued        2,981        

shares of the corporation represented by property owned or used    2,982        

and business transacted in this state, at the beginning of its     2,983        

current annual accounting period, which number shall be the total  2,984        

number of its issued shares, disregarding any fraction of a                     

share, multiplied by a fraction of which the denominator is the    2,985        

sum of divisions (A) and (B) of this section, and the numerator    2,986        

is the sum of divisions (C) and (D) of this section, as follows:   2,987        

      (A)  The value of the property owned and used by the         2,989        

corporation, as shown on its books, both within and without the    2,990        

state, exclusive of good will carried as an asset on the books of  2,991        

the corporation;                                                                

      (B)  The total amount of business done by the corporation    2,993        

during its preceding annual accounting period, both within and     2,994        

without the state;                                                              

      (C)  The value of the property owned and used by the         2,996        

corporation within this state;                                     2,997        

      (D)  The amount of business done by the corporation within   2,999        

this state during its preceding annual accounting period.          3,000        

      FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "ISSUED SHARES" AND "TOTAL     3,003        

NUMBER OF ITS ISSUED SHARES," WHEN APPLIED TO A FOREIGN                         

CORPORATION THAT IS A BANK, SAVINGS BANK, OR SAVINGS AND LOAN      3,004        

ASSOCIATION THAT DOES NOT HAVE PERMANENT NONWITHDRAWABLE CAPITAL   3,005        

STOCK, MEAN SUCH NUMBER AS IS DETERMINED BY A FRACTION, THE        3,006        

NUMERATOR OF WHICH IS THE NET CAPITAL OF THE CORPORATION AND THE   3,007        

DENOMINATOR OF WHICH IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR VOTING ONE  3,009        

VOTE AT AN ANNUAL OR SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CORPORATION, AS                     

ESTABLISHED BY THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR CHARTER OF THE     3,010        

CORPORATION.                                                       3,011        

      Section 2.  That existing sections 1101.01, 1101.03,         3,013        

1101.15, 1101.16, 1111.01, 1115.01, 1115.05, 1115.11, 1115.14,     3,015        

1117.01, 1121.06, 1121.11, 1151.01, 1151.05, 1151.60, 1151.71,     3,016        

1155.09, 1161.01, 1161.05, 1161.76, 1161.79, 1163.12, 1703.01,     3,017        

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1703.02, and 1703.08 and sections 1151.052, 1155.13, 1161.07, and  3,018        

1163.16 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.                   3,020        

      Section 3.  This act is hereby declared to be an emergency   3,022        

measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public     3,023        

peace, health, and safety.  The reason for such necessity is that  3,024        

this act must become law prior to June 1, 1997, to ensure a fair   3,025        

banking environment for Ohio-chartered banks by enabling them to   3,027        

engage in interstate branching on a competitive basis with                      

national banks under the federal "Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking   3,028        

and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994."  Therefore, this act shall  3,029        

go into immediate effect.