A. Bank prohibited from employing its funds in trade or commerce - Exception.

1. Except as permitted in other sections of this Code, a state bank shall not invest its funds in trade or commerce by buying, selling, or otherwise dealing in goods, except as necessary to avoid or minimize a loss on a loan or investment previously made in good faith and shall not invest any of its funds in the stock of any other bank, nor make any loans or discounts on the security of the shares of its own capital stock, nor be the purchaser or holder of any such shares, unless such securities or purchase shall be necessary to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted in good faith.

2. Except as permitted in other sections of this Code, a trust company shall not invest any of its funds in the stock of any other trust company.

3. Unless written approval for a longer period is granted by the Commissioner, stock or other personal property so purchased or acquired shall within one (1) year from the time of its purchase or acquisition be sold or disposed of at public or private sale, and after the expiration of one (1) year any such stock or other personal property shall not be considered as part of the assets of any bank.

B. Sale of personal property acquired under subsection A. A bank may sell any personal property which may come into its possession as collateral security for any debt or obligation due it, in the manner prescribed by the Uniform Commercial Code, Section 1-101 et seq. of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes, and other pertinent statutes.

C. Leasing of personal property - Limitation on term and amount.

1. A bank may become the owner and lessor of personal property upon the specific request of and for the use of a customer. Except upon the written approval of the Commissioner, the term of the lease shall in no event exceed ten (10) years and all such leases shall provide for the payment of regularly scheduled periodic payments, the total of which shall at least equal the cost to the bank of the personal property so leased.

2. The total investment by a bank for benefit of any person, copartnership, association or corporation, combined with all other obligations of such person to the bank, shall at no time exceed thirty percent (30%) of the bank's capital.

D. Acquisition of leased personal property. When a bank has completed a leasing arrangement in conformity with subsection C of this section, the bank may then purchase the personal property to be leased.

Added by Laws 1965, c. 161, § 805. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 316, § 6, emerg. eff. June 24, 1986; Laws 1987, c. 135, § 9, emerg. eff. June 3, 1987; Laws 1997, c. 111, § 72, eff. July 1, 1997.