17:9A-438. Approval for relocation of representative office of foreign bank
57. a. No foreign bank which is licensed to establish a representative office shall relocate its office unless the commissioner shall have first approved the relocation and issued a license authorizing the foreign bank to establish the office at the new site.
b. If the commissioner finds the following with respect to an application by a foreign bank to relocate a representative office, the commissioner shall approve the application:
(1) If the new site of the office is in the same vicinity as the old site, that the relocation of the office will not be substantially detrimental to the public convenience and advantage; or
(2) If the new site of the office is not in the same vicinity as the old site:
(a) that the relocation of the office from the old site will not be substantially detrimental to the public convenience and advantage in the area which is primarily served by the office at the old site; and
(b) that the relocation of the office to the new site will promote the public convenience and advantage.
If the commissioner finds otherwise, the commissioner shall deny the application.
c. Whenever an application by a foreign bank to relocate a representative office has been approved and all conditions precedent to the issuance of a license authorizing such bank to establish the office at the new site have been fulfilled, the commissioner shall issue the license.
d. Promptly after a foreign bank which is licensed to establish a representative office relocates its office, the bank shall surrender to the commissioner the license which authorized it to establish the office at the old site.
L.1996,c.17,s.57.
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