18690-18697

FINANCIAL CODE
SECTION 18690-18697




18690.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 18147 and 18165,
a California industrial loan company may, with the prior approval of
the commissioner and subject to any rules that the commissioner may
prescribe, have an insured depository institution engage in
authorized agency activities as its agent.



18691.  An application by a California industrial loan company for
approval to have an insured depository institution engage in
authorized agency activities as its agent shall be in the form, shall
contain the information, shall be signed in the manner, and shall,
if the commissioner requires by rule or order, be verified in the
manner that the commissioner may, by rule or order, require.



18692.  An application by a California industrial loan company for
approval to have an insured depository institution engage in
authorized agency activities as its agent shall be accompanied by a
filing fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250).




18693.  In determining whether to approve or deny an application by
a California industrial loan company for approval to have an insured
depository institution engage in authorized agency activities as its
agent, the commissioner shall consider both of the following:
   (a) Whether the proposed agency arrangement is consistent with the
safe and sound operation of the California industrial loan company.
   (b) Any other factors that the commissioner deems relevant.



18694.  No California industrial loan company may have an insured
depository institution conduct as its agent any activity that the
California industrial loan company is prohibited from conducting
itself.


18695.  No office of an insured depository institution that is
performing authorized agency activities as agent for a California
industrial loan company in accordance with this article shall, on
that account, be deemed to be an office of the California industrial
loan company.



18696.  If the commissioner finds that any activity performed by an
insured depository institution as agent for a California industrial
loan company is not an authorized agency activity or that the agency
arrangement is inconsistent with safe and sound practices, the
commissioner may order the California industrial loan company to
terminate the agency arrangement.



18697.  This article does not apply to a California industrial loan
company's having an insured depository institution engage in
authorized agency activities as its agent in any case other than a
case where, but for Section 18695, an office of the insured
depository institution affiliate would for regulatory purposes be
considered to be an office of the California industrial loan company.