5-5A-20
Section 5-5A-20 Branch banks; commercial affiliates. (a) Alabama banks may establish a branch
or office for the transaction of the banking business within the State of Alabama upon prior
approval of the superintendent. Alabama banks may establish a branch or office for the transaction
of a banking business in any state other than Alabama, any territory of the United States,
or in any foreign country in accordance with the provisions of federal law, the laws of the
other state, territory, or foreign country and upon the prior approval of the superintendent.
(b) All laws or parts of laws, whether general, local, or general laws of local applications,
which conflict with this section are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. (c) Neither
an Alabama bank nor an out-of-state bank may establish or maintain a branch or office for
the transaction of the banking business in Alabama on the premises of a commercial affiliate
of the bank. For purposes of this section, commercial affiliate...
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5-13B-81
Section 5-13B-81 Branches and agencies of foreign banks - Necessity of licensure. (a) No foreign
bank shall transact business in this state except at an Alabama state branch or Alabama state
agency which it is licensed to establish and maintain pursuant to, and at which it conducts
such activities as are permitted by, this article. (b) Subsection (a) shall not be deemed
to prohibit: (1) Any foreign bank which maintains a federal agency or federal branch in this
state from transacting at such federal agency or federal branch such business as it may be
authorized to transact under applicable federal laws and regulations; or (2) Any foreign bank
which does not maintain an Alabama state branch or Alabama state agency from making in this
state loans secured by liens on real property located in this state; or (3) Any foreign bank
which maintains an Alabama branch or agency from transacting business as agent for an affiliated
depository or other institution in accordance with provisions of...
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5-13B-88
Section 5-13B-88 Authority to act as agent. (a) An Alabama state branch or Alabama state agency
of a foreign bank licensed under this article may receive deposits, renew time deposits, close
loans, service loans, and receive payments on loans and other obligations as an agent for
any depository institution affiliate of such foreign bank, including branch, agency, and other
offices of the same foreign bank located in other states, generally in accordance with the
same terms, conditions, procedures, and requirements that are applicable under the laws and
regulations of this state to such agency activities that may be conducted by Alabama state
banks. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the laws or regulations of this state, an
Alabama state branch or Alabama state agency of a foreign bank acting in this state as an
agent in accordance with the provisions of this section shall not be considered to be a branch
of such other depository institution affiliate; provided, however, that...
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5-13B-41
Section 5-13B-41 Definitions. For purposes of this article: (a) The term "bank" means
any bank as defined in: Section 2(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. §1841(c));
Section 3(a)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. §1813(a)(1)), other than
a branch of a foreign bank; or, as the context may require, in Chapter 5A, Title 5. The term
"bank" as used in this article shall not in any event include a foreign bank or
a branch or agency of a foreign bank. (b) The term "foreign bank" means any company
organized under the laws of a foreign country, a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico,
Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, that engages directly in the business of banking.
The term includes foreign commercial banks, foreign merchant banks, and other foreign institutions
that engage in banking activities usual in connection with the business of banking in the
countries where such foreign institutions are organized or operating. (c) The term "out-of-state...

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5-13B-2
Section 5-13B-2 Definitions. For purposes of this article: (a) "Acquire" means: (1)
For a company to merge or consolidate with a bank holding company; (2) For a company to assume
direct or indirect ownership or control of: (I) More than 25 percent of any class of voting
shares of a bank holding company or a bank, if the acquiring company was not a bank holding
company prior to such acquisition; (II) More than five percent of any class of voting shares
of a bank holding company or a bank, if the acquiring company was a bank holding company prior
to such acquisition; or (III) All or substantially all of the assets of a bank holding company
or a bank; or (3) For a company to take any other action that results in the direct or indirect
acquisition of control by such company of a bank holding company or a bank; however, formation
of a de novo bank pursuant to Chapter 5A of this title is not an acquisition for purposes
of this article. (b) "Affiliate" has the meaning set forth in Section...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall
execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and
the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast
Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly
agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry,
and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and
northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain
railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate
Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion,
or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II.
This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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5-13B-86
Section 5-13B-86 Powers of branch and agency. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided
in this division or in regulations or orders adopted by the superintendent, and notwithstanding
any other law or regulation of this state to the contrary, operations of a foreign bank at
an Alabama state branch or Alabama state agency shall be conducted with the same rights, privileges,
and powers as an Alabama state bank at the same location, including, but not limited to, the
eligibility to exercise fiduciary or trust powers, 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 an Alabama state bank doing business at the same location. (b) Among
other exceptions to the provisions of subsection (a) that may be required or authorized by
the superintendent pursuant to the provisions of this division: (1) An Alabama state branch
that was not grandfathered as an "insured branch" within the...
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5-13B-115
Section 5-13B-115 Seizure of foreign bank's property and business; liquidation. (a) If the
superintendent finds that any of the factors set forth in Section 5-13B-113 are true with
respect to any foreign bank which is licensed to establish and maintain an Alabama state branch
or Alabama state agency and that it is necessary for the protection of the interests of the
creditors of such foreign bank's business in this state or for the protection of the public
interest that he or she take immediate possession of the property and business of the foreign
bank, the superintendent may by order forthwith take possession of the property and business
of the foreign bank in this state and retain possession until the foreign bank resumes business
in this state or is finally liquidated. The foreign bank may, with the consent of the superintendent,
resume business in this state upon such conditions as the superintendent may prescribe by
regulation or order. (b) At any time within 10 days after the...
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5-3A-1
Section 5-3A-1 Required times; items to be examined; applicability to bank holding companies
and affiliates. (a) For purposes of this section, a bank holding company is a holding company
organized under the laws of Alabama or another state in the United States that directly owns
a majority of the voting securities of an Alabama state bank. (b) Every bank other than national
banks shall be subject to the supervision and inspection of the superintendent and the regulations
and supervision thereof. The superintendent shall, by competent examiner appointed by him
or her, visit and examine every bank organized under the laws of Alabama at least once in
each eighteen-month period. The examination of banks shall be at irregular intervals. On every
examination, inquiry shall be made as to the conditions and resources of the bank, the mode
of conducting and managing the affairs of the bank, the action of its directors, the investment
of the funds of the bank, the safety and prudence of the...
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5-13B-113
Section 5-13B-113 Suspension or revocation of license; factors. If, after notice and a hearing,
the superintendent finds any of the following with respect to a foreign bank which is licensed
to establish and maintain an Alabama state branch or Alabama state agency, he or she may issue
an order suspending or revoking the license of such foreign bank: (1) That the foreign bank
has violated any provision of this article or of any regulation or order issued under this
article or any provision of any other applicable law, regulation, or order; (2) That the foreign
bank is transacting activities in this state in an unsafe or unsound manner or, in any case,
is transacting activities elsewhere in an unsafe or unsound manner; (3) That the foreign bank
or any one or more of its Alabama state branches or Alabama state agencies is in an unsafe
or unsound condition; (4) That the foreign bank has ceased to operate any of its offices in
this state without the prior approval of the superintendent in...
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