PART IV. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF STATE BANKS

§241. General corporate powers

A. A state bank may be organized to exercise the powers provided in this law and such other general powers as are appropriate to its purpose.

B. A state bank shall, without specific mention thereof in its articles of incorporation, have all the powers conferred by this law and the following general corporate powers:

(1) To have and enjoy succession by a corporate name to be selected by it and by that corporate name to contract and to appear as a natural person in all courts of justice and elsewhere.

(2) To receive, hold, purchase, acquire, and convey by and under its corporate name any property including bonds, stocks, and securities of the United States of America, of any of the states, or of any corporation, board, or body, public or private, as may be necessary, proper, or convenient to the objects of the bank and to exercise in relation thereto all the direct and incidental rights of ownership. State banks may lawfully purchase, acquire, hold, and convey, unless acting as trustee or agent, immovable property only in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.

(3) To make and use a corporate seal.

(4) To name and appoint such officers and directors to administer the affairs of the state bank as it thinks necessary and proper, to establish the number and title of the directors or officers, and to fix the compensation of all persons in its employment.

(5) To make bylaws for the proper management of the affairs of the state bank as may be necessary and proper and in conformity with the banking law set out in this Title and the articles of incorporation, and to repeal or amend the bylaws.

(6) To accept and execute trusts or agencies of any description which may be committed or transferred with its consent to it by any person whomsoever or by any court of this state, of the United States of America, or of any state, territory, or possession thereof.

(7) To invest the funds of persons of which such bank has been appointed tutor or curator in any common trust fund established by such bank under the provisions of R.S. 9:2128, such investments to be administered in conformity with that Section.

(8) To become a member of the Federal Reserve Bank or the Federal Home Loan Bank and to purchase stock or securities thereof or deposit money therewith, and to comply with any other condition of membership or credit.

Acts 1984, No. 719, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1991, No. 340, §1, eff. July 6, 1991.