(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in sections 36a-428 to 36a-428l, inclusive, or in regulations or orders adopted by the commissioner under said sections, operations of a foreign bank at a state branch or state agency in this state shall be conducted with the same rights and privileges as a Connecticut bank at the same location and shall be subject to all the same duties, restrictions, penalties, liabilities, conditions and limitations that would apply under the laws of this state to the operations of a Connecticut bank doing business at the same location.

(b) Nothing in this section shall subject either of the following to the duties, restrictions, penalties, liabilities or limitations that apply to a Connecticut bank: (1) A foreign bank's director or officer interlocks with affiliates or with out-of-state financial institutions or (2) a foreign bank's operations and activities that are conducted outside this state and that do not involve the assets or the employees of a state branch or state agency in this state or of a Connecticut bank. For purposes of this section, “operations and activities that are conducted outside this state” includes decisions and activities of the foreign bank relating to matters of general corporate governance, including: (1) Issuance of stock; (2) shareholder rights; (3) declaration of dividends; (4) appointment or removal of directors and officers; (5) extensions of credit to directors, officers, principal shareholders or their related interests as provided in 12 CFR Part 215 as from time to time amended; (6) investment decisions on behalf of the foreign bank; and (7) mergers, consolidations, acquisitions, tender offers and sales of assets.

(c) No state branch or state agency in this state shall be required to obtain deposit insurance from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

(d) A state branch or state agency that does not hold insured deposits or does not otherwise engage in domestic retail deposit activities requiring deposit insurance protection, as determined by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in accordance with 12 USC 3104 as amended from time to time, or the business of consumer lending in this state shall not be subject to the provisions of sections 36a-30 to 36a-34, inclusive, 36a-304 and 36a-316 to 36a-323, inclusive.

(e) For purposes of section 36a-65 the commissioner shall annually, on or after July first for the fiscal year commencing on said July first, assess each foreign bank that has established a state branch or state agency in this state, taking into consideration (1) the assets of such foreign bank relative to the assets of other foreign banks with a state branch or state agency in this state provided only the assets of the state branches or state agencies located in this state shall be considered, (2) the cost of any examination under section 36a-428l, (3) the amount allocated to each Connecticut bank and each Connecticut credit union under section 36a-65, and (4) any other factor the commissioner deems appropriate to the administration of sections 36a-428 to 36a-428n, inclusive, as amended.

(Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 3, 21; P.A. 96-109, S. 6; P.A. 00-61, S. 1, 9.)

History: Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 3, effective January 1, 1995 (Revisor's note: References in Subsec. (d) to repealed sections 36-129 and 36-180 were deleted editorially by the Revisors); P.A. 96-109 deleted reference to Secs. 36a-2, 36a-145 and 36a-425 in Subsec. (a); P.A. 00-61 amended Subsec. (e) by adding provisions re assessment of foreign bank that has established state branch or state agency, effective July 1, 2000.