18680-18687
FINANCIAL CODE
SECTION 18680-18687
18680. No foreign (other state) industrial loan company may transact core business in this state except at a branch office established in accordance with federal law and the law of the domicile of the industrial loan company. 18681. Section 18680 does not prohibit: (a) Any foreign (other state) industrial loan company which does not maintain a California branch office from carrying on the activities described in subdivision (d) of Section 191 of the Corporations Code. (b) Any foreign (other state) industrial loan company which does not maintain a California branch office from making in this state loans secured by liens on real property located in this state. (c) Any foreign (other state) industrial loan company from having a California industrial loan company as its agent pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 18700). 18682. No foreign (other state) industrial loan company may establish or maintain a California branch office unless it is qualified to transact intrastate business in this state under Chapter 21 (commencing with Section 2100) of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code. 18683. No foreign (other state) industrial loan company may establish or maintain a California branch office unless the industrial loan company is insured. 18684. (a) (1) No foreign (other state) industrial loan company may merge as the surviving corporation (Section 148) with a California industrial loan company or California bank except that an insured foreign (other state) industrial loan company may do so in accordance with federal law, the law of the domicile of the foreign (other state) industrial loan company, this chapter, and Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 4800). (2) No foreign (other state) industrial loan company may purchase the whole business unit of a California industrial loan company or California bank except that an insured foreign (other state) industrial loan company may do so in accordance with federal law, the law of the domicile of the foreign (other state) industrial loan company, this chapter and Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 4800). (3) No foreign (other state) industrial loan company that does not already maintain a California branch office may establish or maintain a California branch office except in the manner described in paragraph (1) or (2) and in accordance with federal law, the law of the domicile of the foreign (other state) industrial loan company and this chapter. (b) This section constitutes: (1) An election to permit early interstate merger transactions pursuant to Section 44(a)(3) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1831u(a)(3)). (2) An express prohibition against interstate branching through the acquisition of a branch business unit located in this state of a California industrial loan company or California bank (without acquisition of the whole business unit of the California industrial loan company or California bank) pursuant to Section 44(a)(4) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1831u(a)(4)). (3) An express prohibition against interstate branching through de novo establishment of California branch offices pursuant to Section 5155 of the Revised Statutes (12 U.S.C. Sec. 36) or Section 18(d) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1828(d)). 18685. (a) No foreign (other state) industrial loan company that does not already maintain a California branch office may: (1) Merge as the surviving corporation (Section 148) with a California industrial loan company or California bank pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 18684 unless the California industrial loan company or California bank has been in existence for at least five years. (2) Purchase the whole business unit, of a California industrial loan company or California bank pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 18684 unless the California industrial loan company or California bank has been in existence for at least five years. (b) For purposes of this section, a California industrial loan company or California bank that is established solely for the purpose of, and does not open for business prior to, acquiring the whole business unit of a second California industrial loan company or California bank through a merger or purchase is deemed to have been in existence for the same period of time as the second California industrial loan company or California bank. 18687. (a) No foreign (other state) industrial loan company that maintains a California branch office may transact at the branch office any business that it is not authorized to transact or is prohibited from transacting under the law of its domicile or that industrial loan companies organized and licensed under the laws of this state are not authorized to transact or are prohibited from transacting. (b) Whenever any provision of this chapter or of any rule or order issued under this chapter which is applicable to or with respect to a foreign (other state) industrial loan company that maintains a California branch office is inconsistent with any provision of any other chapter of this division, the former provision applies, and the latter provision does not apply.