PRINTER'S NO. 1993
No. 1512 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, LOEPER, SHUMAKER, BRIGHTBILL AND PETERSON, MARCH 13, 1990
REFERRED TO BANKING AND INSURANCE, MARCH 13, 1990
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of November 30, 1965 (P.L.847, No.356), 2 entitled "An act relating to and regulating the business of 3 banking and the exercise by corporations of fiduciary powers; 4 affecting persons engaged in the business of banking and 5 corporations exercising fiduciary powers and affiliates of 6 such persons; affecting the shareholders of such persons and 7 the directors, trustees, officers, attorneys and employes of 8 such persons and of the affiliates of such persons; affecting 9 national banks located in the Commonwealth; affecting persons 10 dealing with persons engaged in the business of banking, 11 corporations exercising fiduciary powers and national banks; 12 conferring powers and imposing duties on the Banking Board, 13 on certain departments and officers of the Commonwealth and 14 on courts, prothonotaries, clerks and recorders of deeds; 15 providing penalties; and repealing certain acts and parts of 16 acts," permitting the formation of mutual holding companies; 17 and providing for reciprocal interstate operations for 18 savings banks. 19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 20 hereby enacts as follows: 21 Section 1. The act of November 30, 1965 (P.L.847, No.356), 22 known as the Banking Code of 1965, is amended by adding a 23 section to read: 24 Section 115.1. Mutual Holding Companies 25 (a) In General--Notwithstanding any other provision of this
1 act, a savings bank organized under this act in mutual form may 2 reorganize so as to become a holding company by: 3 (i) chartering a subsidiary stock savings bank, the 4 stock of which is wholly owned by the mutual savings bank at 5 the time of the reorganization, and 6 (ii) transferring the substantial part of its assets and 7 liabilities, including all of its liabilities which are 8 insured by any deposit insurance corporation, to the 9 subsidiary stock savings bank. 10 (b) Directors' approval of plan required--A reorganization 11 is not authorized under this section unless a plan providing for 12 such reorganization has been approved by the affirmative vote of 13 two-thirds of the board of directors of the mutual savings bank. 14 (c) Notice to, and approval by, the department-- 15 (i) At least sixty days prior to taking any action 16 described in subsection (a), a mutual savings bank seeking to 17 establish a mutual holding company shall provide written 18 notice to the department. The notice shall contain such 19 relevant information as the department shall require by 20 regulation or by specific request in connection with any 21 particular notice. 22 (ii) Upon receipt of an application for approval of a 23 plan of reorganization authorized by this section, the 24 department shall conduct such investigation as it may deem 25 necessary to determine whether: 26 (A) the plan satisfies the requirements of this act, 27 and 28 (B) the plan adequately protects the interests of 29 depositors, borrowers and creditors. 30 (iii) Within sixty days after receipt of the 19900S1512B1993 - 2 -
1 application, the department shall approve or disapprove the 2 application on the basis of its investigation and shall 3 immediately give to the savings bank written notice of its 4 decision, and in the event of disapproval, a statement in 5 detail of such grounds therefor as are permitted by paragraph 6 (c)(iv). 7 (iv) The department may disapprove any proposed holding 8 company formation only if: 9 (A) the plan providing for such reorganization fails 10 to comply, or as implemented would fail to comply, with 11 such regulations as the department may promulgate from 12 time to time, 13 (B) the plan unlawfully impairs any ownership rights 14 of depositors of the mutual savings bank, 15 (C) such disapproval is necessary to prevent unsafe 16 or unsound practices, 17 (D) the financial or management resources of the 18 resulting mutual holding company or the resulting savings 19 bank warrant disapproval, or 20 (E) the savings bank fails to furnish the 21 information required under subsection (c)(1). 22 (v) At the time of the transaction described in 23 subsection (a), a savings bank may, with the approval of the 24 department, retain capital assets at the holding company 25 level to the extent that such capital assets are not needed 26 by the subsidiary stock savings bank in order for the 27 subsidiary to satisfy applicable regulatory requirements. 28 (d) permitted activities--A mutual holding company may 29 engage only in the following activities: 30 (i) investing in the stock of one or more financial 19900S1512B1993 - 3 -
1 institution subsidiaries, 2 (ii) acquiring one or more additional financial 3 institution subsidiaries through the merger of such financial 4 institution subsidiaries into a subsidiary of the holding 5 company, 6 (iii) subject to subsection (e), merging with or 7 acquiring another holding company, one of whose subsidiaries 8 is a financial institution subsidiary, 9 (iv) investing in a corporation the capital stock of 10 which is available for purchase by a savings bank under 11 Federal law or under this act, 12 (v) engaging in such activities as are permitted, by 13 statute or regulation, to a holding company of a federally 14 chartered insured mutual institution under Federal law, and 15 (vi) engaging in such other activities as may be 16 permitted by the department. 17 (e) Limitations on certain activities of acquired holding 18 companies-- 19 (i) if a mutual holding company acquires or merges with 20 another holding company pursuant to subsection (d)(iii), the 21 holding company acquired or the holding company resulting 22 from such merger or acquisition may invest in only those 23 assets and engage in only those activities which are 24 authorized under subsection (d), 25 (ii) not later than two years following a merger or 26 acquisition described in subsection (d)(iii), the acquired 27 holding company or the holding company resulting from such 28 merger or acquisition shall: 29 (A) dispose of any asset which is an asset in which 30 a mutual holding company may not invest under subsection 19900S1512B1993 - 4 -
1 (d), and 2 (B) cease any activity which is an activity in which 3 a mutual holding company may not engage under subsection 4 (d). 5 (f) Regulation--The department shall have the authority to 6 issue rules, regulations and orders as may be necessary to 7 properly administer this section. Until the department has 8 adopted regulations pursuant to this section, the department 9 shall not approve any application by an association for approval 10 of a plan of reorganization into a mutual holding company. 11 (g) Definitions--The following words and phrases when used 12 in this section shall have, unless the context clearly indicates 13 otherwise, the following meanings: 14 (i) "Mutual holding company," a corporation organized as 15 a holding company under this section. 16 (ii) "Financial institution subsidiary," a savings 17 association, a Federal savings and loan association or 18 savings bank which is located in Pennsylvania, a bank, a bank 19 and trust company, a trust company, a savings bank, a 20 regional thrift institution, or, after March 4, 1990, a 21 foreign thrift institution. 22 Section 2. Section 117 of the act, amended or added December 23 18, 1986 (P.L.1702, No.205) and May 18, 1988 (P.L.399, No.65), 24 is amended to read: 25 Section 117. Authorization of [Regional,] Reciprocal Interstate 26 Operations of Savings Banks 27 (a) Definitions for purpose of section--The following words 28 and phrases when used in this section shall have, unless the 29 context clearly indicates otherwise, the following meanings: 30 (i) "Acquire"--to acquire (as defined in section 19900S1512B1993 - 5 -
1 112(a)(i)) five percent or more of the voting stock of an 2 entity and shall also mean a merger or consolidation or a 3 purchase of assets and an assumption of liabilities, other 4 than in the regular course of business. 5 (ii) "Bank holding company"--the same meaning as that 6 term has under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, 12 7 U.S.C. § 1841(a). 8 (iii) "Branch"--an office which performs the functions 9 described in section 102(h). 10 (iv) "Control"--the power, directly or indirectly, to 11 direct the management or policies of an entity or to vote 12 twenty-five percent or more of any class of voting securities 13 of an entity. 14 (v) "Entity"--any corporation, partnership, association 15 or similar organization, including banks and thrift 16 institutions. 17 (vi) "Foreign association"--a savings and loan 18 association or building and loan association located in and 19 organized and operating under the laws of a state other than 20 Pennsylvania and a Federal association, as defined in 12 21 U.S.C. § 1462(d), that is located in a state other than 22 Pennsylvania. 23 (vii) "Foreign savings bank"--a savings bank located in 24 and organized and operating under the laws of a state other 25 than Pennsylvania. 26 (viii) "Foreign thrift institution"--a foreign savings 27 bank or a foreign association. 28 (ix) "Foreign thrift institution holding company"--an 29 entity which controls one or more foreign thrift institutions 30 and is located in a state other than Pennsylvania. 19900S1512B1993 - 6 -
1 [(vi)] (x) "Pennsylvania savings bank"--a savings bank 2 as defined in section 102(x). 3 [(vii)] (xi) "Pennsylvania savings bank holding 4 company"--an entity which controls one or more Pennsylvania 5 savings banks and is located in Pennsylvania. 6 [(viii)] (xii) "Region"--the States of Delaware, 7 Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia and 8 West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. 9 [(ix)] (xiii) "Regional association"--a savings and loan 10 association or building and loan association located in and 11 organized and operating under the laws of a state in the 12 region and a Federal association, as defined in 12 U.S.C. § 13 1462(d), that is located in the region. 14 [(x)] (xiv) "Regional savings bank"--a savings bank 15 located in and organized and operating under the laws of a 16 state in the region. 17 [(xi)] (xv) "Regional thrift institution"--a regional 18 savings bank or a regional association. 19 [(xii)] (xvi) "Regional thrift institution holding 20 company"--an entity which controls one or more regional 21 thrift institutions and is located in a state in the region. 22 [(xiii)] (xvii) "Savings and loan holding company"--as 23 defined in 12 U.S.C. § 1730a(a)(1)(D). 24 [(xiv)] (xviii) "State"--includes the District of 25 Columbia. 26 [(xv)] (xix) State in which an entity is "located"-- 27 (A) with regard to a thrift institution, the state 28 in which its deposits are largest; and 29 (B) with regard to a thrift institution holding 30 company, a savings bank holding company, a savings and 19900S1512B1993 - 7 -
1 loan holding company or a bank holding company, the state 2 in which the total deposits of its subsidiaries, 3 including commercial banks, are largest. 4 Provided, that an entity or its legal successor that is 5 located in Pennsylvania on the effective date of this 6 legislation shall be deemed thereafter to be located in 7 Pennsylvania regardless of the location of its deposits or 8 the deposits of its subsidiaries if said entity has not been 9 either acquired by an entity located outside of Pennsylvania 10 or a party to a merger or consolidation transaction in which 11 the holders of its voting shares immediately prior to the 12 transaction held less than fifty percent of the voting shares 13 of any class of stock in the entity surviving after, or 14 resulting from, the merger or consolidation. 15 (b) Acquisitions by [regional] foreign thrift institutions 16 and [regional] foreign thrift institution holding companies--A 17 [regional] foreign thrift institution or [regional] foreign 18 thrift institution holding company may acquire a Pennsylvania 19 savings bank or a Pennsylvania savings bank holding company if: 20 (i) the law of the state where the acquiring thrift 21 institution or thrift institution holding company is located 22 and the law of the state where any savings and loan holding 23 company or bank holding company which directly or indirectly 24 owns or controls the power to vote five percent or more of 25 its shares is located satisfies, in each case, the 26 reciprocity requirement of subsection (d); 27 (ii) the acquiring thrift institution or thrift 28 institution holding company and any savings and loan holding 29 company or bank holding company which directly or indirectly 30 owns or controls the power to vote five percent or more of 19900S1512B1993 - 8 -
1 its shares is, in each case, located in a state in the region 2 or in Pennsylvania, except that the requirement of location 3 in the region or in Pennsylvania will not be applicable to an 4 acquisition consummated after March 4, 1990; and 5 (iii) approval has been received from the department. 6 When considering a proposed acquisition by a [regional] 7 foreign thrift institution or a [regional] foreign thrift 8 institution holding company, the department shall give 9 specific attention to the effect of the acquisition on the 10 availability, in this Commonwealth, of those banking and 11 basic transaction account services set forth in subsections 12 (i) and (j). 13 (c) Branching by [regional] foreign savings banks-- 14 (i) A [regional] foreign savings bank may, with the 15 prior written approval of the department, maintain as a 16 branch any office acquired as part of an acquisition effected 17 under this section or section 114 of the Savings Association 18 Code of 1967. 19 (ii) A [regional] foreign savings bank may establish and 20 maintain branches in this Commonwealth if: 21 (A) the state in which it is located and the state 22 in which any savings and loan holding company or bank 23 holding company which directly or indirectly owns or has 24 the power to vote five percent or more of its shares is 25 located satisfies, in each case, the reciprocity 26 requirement of subsection (d); 27 (B) the savings bank and any savings and loan 28 holding company or bank holding company which directly or 29 indirectly owns or controls the power to vote five 30 percent or more of its shares is, in each case, located 19900S1512B1993 - 9 -
1 in a state in the region or in Pennsylvania, except that 2 the requirement of location in the region or in 3 Pennsylvania will not be applicable with respect to a 4 branch established after March 4, 1990; and 5 (C) the branch is approved by the department in the 6 same manner and subject to the same conditions as are 7 applicable to de novo branches of Pennsylvania savings 8 banks under sections 904 and 905. 9 (d) Reciprocity requirement-- 10 (i) The law of another state is reciprocal under this 11 section to the extent the department determines it to be so. 12 The department's determination under this subsection shall 13 include, but is not limited to: 14 (A) with regard to acquisitions, whether the law of 15 that other state authorizes Pennsylvania savings banks 16 and Pennsylvania savings bank holding companies to 17 acquire [regional] foreign thrift institutions and 18 [regional] foreign thrift institution holding companies 19 located in that state on terms and conditions reasonably 20 equivalent to those applicable to acquisitions by 21 [regional] foreign thrift institutions and [regional] 22 foreign thrift institution holding companies of 23 Pennsylvania savings banks or Pennsylvania savings bank 24 holding companies and whether the law of that other state 25 imposes conditions on the acquisition by Pennsylvania 26 savings banks or Pennsylvania savings bank holding 27 companies of [regional] foreign thrift institutions or 28 [regional] foreign thrift institution holding companies 29 located in that state that are substantially more onerous 30 than those imposed on the same acquisitions by thrift 19900S1512B1993 - 10 -
1 institutions or thrift institution holding companies 2 located in that state; and 3 (B) with regard to branching, whether the law of 4 that other state authorizes Pennsylvania savings banks to 5 establish or maintain branches in that state on terms and 6 conditions reasonably equivalent to those applicable to 7 the establishment or maintenance of branches in 8 Pennsylvania by savings banks located in that state, and 9 reasonably equivalent to those applicable to the 10 establishment and maintenance of branches in that state 11 by a savings bank located in that state. 12 (ii) The department need not determine that the law of 13 another state fails to meet the reciprocity requirement of 14 this subsection solely by reason of the fact that that law 15 does not allow Pennsylvania savings banks or Pennsylvania 16 savings bank holding companies to engage in a particular type 17 of branching or acquisition, or imposes conditions on such 18 branching or acquisition that are substantially more onerous 19 than those imposed on the same activities of savings banks or 20 savings bank holding companies located in that state. 21 However, in such circumstances, the department shall find 22 reciprocity only after imposing on the savings banks and 23 savings bank holding companies located in that state 24 conditions and limitations on branching and acquisitions in 25 Pennsylvania substantially similar to those imposed on 26 branching and acquisitions in that state by Pennsylvania 27 savings banks and savings bank holding companies. 28 (iii) The department may determine that the law of 29 another state is not reciprocal regarding a particular type 30 of branching or acquisition if the law of that other state 19900S1512B1993 - 11 -
1 does not allow all Pennsylvania savings banks or, 2 alternatively, all Pennsylvania savings bank holding 3 companies to engage on equal terms with each other in the 4 particular type of branching or acquisition. 5 (e) Authority of the department--In addition to the powers 6 granted elsewhere in this section and in other provisions of 7 Pennsylvania law, the department is authorized to impose any 8 conditions or requirements it deems appropriate, in light of the 9 purposes of this act, on thrift institutions and thrift 10 institution holding companies acquired or operating directly or 11 indirectly in Pennsylvania under this section. Such conditions 12 or requirements include, but are not limited to, provisions for 13 examinations, reports and the payment of fees. The department 14 may accept examinations and other reports of Federal and state 15 regulators and may enter into agreements with Federal and state 16 regulators for the exchange of information, including 17 examination reports. 18 (f) Change in circumstances--If a [regional] foreign thrift 19 institution or [regional] foreign thrift institution holding 20 company [located in another state] which has acquired a 21 Pennsylvania savings bank or Pennsylvania savings bank holding 22 company or has established a branch in Pennsylvania under this 23 section shall have a change of circumstances so that it no 24 longer satisfies the conditions of subsections (b) and (c) 25 (either by reason of a change in the place in which it is 26 located or by reason of acquisition by a savings and loan 27 holding company or a bank holding company located in a state 28 which does not satisfy the conditions of subsections (b) and (c) 29 of five percent or more of its voting shares, or the power to 30 vote those shares), said [regional] foreign thrift institution 19900S1512B1993 - 12 -
1 or [regional] foreign thrift institution holding company shall 2 divest each Pennsylvania savings bank, savings bank holding 3 company and branch it has acquired or established prior to 4 entering into a voluntary combination which causes such change 5 of circumstances or within one year (or such longer period of 6 not more than an additional year as the department may allow in 7 writing) after the occurrence of an event, other than a 8 voluntary combination, which causes the change in circumstances. 9 (g) Effect of invalidity--The purpose of this section is 10 solely to authorize reciprocal[, regional] interstate operations 11 by savings banks and associations, and this section shall not be 12 construed to authorize any acquisition or the establishment of 13 any branch by any entity located in another state except as 14 expressly provided in this section. In the event that any 15 limitation on the geographical location of entities granted 16 acquisition or branching powers by this section is held to be 17 invalid by a final order of a court which is not subject to 18 further review or appeal, the authorization of this section 19 shall terminate immediately. Any acquisition or branch 20 establishment consummated pursuant to this section prior to such 21 termination shall not be affected thereby. 22 (h) Acquisitions in other states by Pennsylvania savings 23 banks and Pennsylvania savings bank holding companies--A 24 Pennsylvania savings bank or Pennsylvania savings bank holding 25 company which proposes to acquire a thrift institution or thrift 26 institution holding company located in another state shall file 27 an application for approval by the department in such form and 28 upon payment of such fee as the department shall prescribe and 29 shall supplement such application with such additional 30 information as the department may reasonably request. The 19900S1512B1993 - 13 -
1 department shall conduct such investigation as it deems 2 necessary to determine whether to approve or disapprove the 3 application. The investigation shall include consideration of 4 the effects the proposed acquisition would have on the 5 availability, in this Commonwealth, of those banking services 6 and basic transaction account services set forth in subsections 7 (i) and (j). Within sixty days after receipt of the application 8 or within a longer period, not in excess of thirty days, after 9 receipt from the applicant of additional information requested 10 by the department, the department shall approve or disapprove 11 the proposed acquisition and give written notice of its decision 12 to the applicant. In approving an acquisition under this 13 section, the department may place conditions upon such approval 14 and incorporate such terms and agreements as are deemed 15 necessary to effect the purposes of this act. 16 (i) Availability of banking services--The department shall 17 have the authority to assure that interstate thrift acquisitions 18 authorized by this section will not diminish reasonable 19 availability of banking services to all segments of the public 20 and economy of this Commonwealth, with special emphasis on 21 economic development and the financing of enterprises to the end 22 that employment opportunities will be either increased or, where 23 there is the prospect of reduction, retained. Upon receipt of an 24 application for approval of an acquisition by an institution or 25 company located in another state under subsection (b) or 26 approval of an acquisition in another state by a Pennsylvania 27 savings bank or savings bank holding company under subsection 28 (h), the department shall review the credit practices and 29 policies of each Pennsylvania savings bank or savings bank 30 holding company which is involved in the proposed transaction. 19900S1512B1993 - 14 -
1 Such review shall determine the overall performance of such 2 company or institution in providing credit and financial 3 services to individuals and business enterprises in the 4 communities which it serves in the light of its role as a thrift 5 institution, its resources, its capital and its income, the 6 particular needs of such communities, competition and 7 alternative sources of credit. With respect to individuals, 8 there shall be a review of consumer loans, residential 9 mortgages, home improvement loans and student loans, 10 particularly to residents of low-income and moderate-income 11 neighborhoods. With respect to business enterprises, there shall 12 be a review of extensions of credit and investments intended to 13 promote economic development and creation, or retention where 14 there is the prospect of reduction, of employment opportunities, 15 including, without limitation, Small Business Administration and 16 other small business loans, industrial development loans, 17 financing of employe stock option plans and leveraged buyouts of 18 businesses by employes, financing of nonprofit community 19 development projects, loans and investments intended to maintain 20 existing businesses and to encourage economic expansion and job 21 opportunities, and loans and investments to promote 22 participation by businesses in this Commonwealth in 23 international trade and to increase exports. The review by the 24 department shall also include all other activities of the 25 institution or company deemed to be suitable to its particular 26 circumstances and the communities served. If the department 27 determines that the overall performance of the institution or 28 company has not been materially deficient and that it justifies 29 the conclusion that the institution or company does and will 30 provide suitable credit and financial services to its 19900S1512B1993 - 15 -
1 communities, it may approve the application without imposing any 2 terms or conditions but otherwise may impose such terms and 3 conditions as it deems appropriate to improve such overall 4 performance over a stated period of time. The department shall, 5 from time to time, review the continuing overall performance of 6 each such institution or company after an acquisition and, if it 7 finds that its overall performance has not continued to be 8 satisfactory, shall issue such order to the applicant as it 9 deems appropriate. 10 (j) Availability of basic transaction account services--The 11 department shall have the authority to assure that thrift 12 institution holding companies and thrift institutions that 13 become part of interstate banking organizations by reason of 14 acquisitions requiring approval under this section make basic 15 transaction account services available to the public. For this 16 purpose the department shall obtain, from all sources available 17 to it or through such studies as it may commission, adequate 18 information to determine: 19 (i) The needs of the public and, in particular, 20 individuals with low or moderate income, for a basic checking 21 or other transaction account. 22 (ii) The principal characteristics that such an account 23 should have, such as the number of checks, deposits and other 24 items for which a minimum charge may be made, the amount or 25 rate of such minimum charge and the forms of identification 26 that may be required for opening and using such an account. 27 (iii) The existing availability of basic accounts with 28 some or all of such principal characteristics currently 29 offered by depository institutions, including applicants 30 under this section, in separate communities of this 19900S1512B1993 - 16 -
1 Commonwealth. 2 An applicant shall, at the request of the department, supply 3 information to the department with respect to such accounts 4 offered by the applicant and by each institution which is a 5 subsidiary of the applicant. The department may approve an 6 application prior to the time it has acquired the information 7 required by this section, but the applicant and each institution 8 which is a subsidiary of the applicant shall be subject, both 9 before and after an approval of the acquisition under this 10 section, to requirements imposed by the department, from time to 11 time, to assure to the public, in the communities served by the 12 institution, the continuing availability of the basic 13 transaction account services which the department has determined 14 the public needs. 15 (k) Advisory Commission--For the purpose of advising the 16 department in the conduct of its functions under subsections (i) 17 and (j), the advisory commission established by section 116(k) 18 is empowered and directed to provide information, opinions and 19 recommendations as to guidelines the department may establish, 20 from time to time, for the purpose of determining the overall 21 performance of an institution or company under subsection (i) 22 and the availability of basic transaction account services under 23 subsection (j). All decisions and determinations made under this 24 section shall be made by the department. 25 Section 3. Section 504(b)(xiii) of the act, amended December 26 21, 1988 (P.L.1416, No.173), is amended to read: 27 Section 504. Investments 28 * * * 29 (b) Authority under this act or other statutes--Except as 30 otherwise provided in its articles, a savings bank may, in 19900S1512B1993 - 17 -
1 addition to investments authorized by its articles, other 2 provisions of this act or other statutes, make investments in: 3 * * * 4 (xiii) in the case of a savings bank which has elected 5 to exercise the conditional powers provided in section 513, 6 capital stock, securities or other obligations of any service 7 corporation, subject to the following limitations: 8 (A) the entire capital stock of the service 9 corporation shall be available for purchase by, or be 10 transferable to, only savings banks, savings and loan 11 associations organized under the laws of this 12 Commonwealth, Federal savings banks and savings and loan 13 associations having their home offices in this 14 Commonwealth, [or] regional thrift institutions, as that 15 term is defined in section 117, or, after March 4, 1990, 16 foreign thrift institutions, as that term is defined in 17 section 117, 18 (B) unless authorized by the department a savings 19 bank shall not have an aggregate outstanding investment 20 in the capital stock, securities or obligations of 21 service corporations the cost of which exceeds three 22 percent of the assets of the savings bank at the time of 23 acquisition of such stock, securities or obligations, 24 (C) a service corporation qualifying for investment 25 under this subsection may engage in the following 26 activities: 27 (1) originating, purchasing, selling and 28 servicing loans upon real estate and participating 29 interests therein, 30 (2) performing clerical, bookkeeping, 19900S1512B1993 - 18 -
1 accounting, statistical or similar functions, 2 primarily for financial institutions, 3 (3) acquisition and development of real estate, 4 principally for construction of housing or for resale 5 to others for such construction or for use as mobile 6 home sites, either separately or in conjunction with 7 others provided that such development shall be 8 completed within five years of the commencement of 9 development, unless that period is extended by the 10 department, 11 (4) acquiring interests in improved residential 12 real estate and mobile homes to be held for rental, 13 and 14 (5) any other activity authorized by the 15 department by regulation; and 16 * * * 17 Section 4. Section 1609(a)(iii)(B) of the act, amended 18 December 18, 1986 (P.L.1702, No.205), is amended to read: 19 Section 1609. Mergers, Consolidations and Conversions of 20 Savings Banks 21 (a) Authority to merge, consolidate or convert-- 22 * * * 23 (iii) upon compliance with the requirements of this 24 section and other applicable law, 25 * * * 26 (B) one or more savings banks may merge or 27 consolidate with a regional thrift institution, and, 28 after March 4, 1990, with a foreign thrift institution, 29 as those terms are defined in and subject to any 30 applicable limits of section 117. 19900S1512B1993 - 19 -
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2 Section 5. Section 1808(a)(i) of the act is amended to read:
3 Section 1808. Involuntary Dissolution
4 (a) Issuance of certificate of dissolution by department--In
5 the event that:
6 (i) a certificate of authorization has not been issued to
7 a newly incorporated institution within [two years] one year
8 after the date of its incorporation or such longer time as
9 the department may allow for satisfaction of conditions
10 precedent to the issuance of a certificate,
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12 Section 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
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