9-519. Bank holding companies; definitions.
9-519
9-519. Bank holding companies; definitions. For the purposes of K.S.A. 9-520 through 9-524, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 9-532 through 9-541, and amendments thereto, unless otherwise required by the context:
(a) (1) "Bank holding company" means any company:
(A) Which directly or indirectly owns, controls, or has power to vote 25% or more of any class of the voting shares of a bank or 25% or more of any class of the voting shares of a company which is or becomes a bank holding company by virtue of this act;
(B) which controls in any manner the election of a majority of the directors of a bank or of a company which is or becomes a bank holding company by virtue of this act;
(C) for the benefit of whose shareholders or members 25% or more of any class of the voting shares of a bank or 25% or more of any class of the voting shares of a company which is or becomes a bank holding company by virtue of this act, is held by trustees; or
(D) which, by virtue of acquisition of ownership or control of, or the power to vote the voting shares of, a bank or another company, becomes a bank holding company under this act.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no company:
(A) Shall be deemed to be a bank holding company by virtue of its ownership or control of shares acquired by it in connection with its underwriting of securities if such shares are held only for such period of time as will permit the sale thereof on a reasonable basis;
(B) formed for the sole purpose of participating in a proxy solicitation shall be deemed to be a bank holding company by virtue of its control of voting rights of shares acquired in the course of such solicitation;
(C) shall be deemed to be a bank holding company by virtue of its ownership or control of shares acquired in securing or collecting a debt previously contracted in good faith, provided such shares are disposed of within a period of two years from the date on which such shares could have been disposed of by such company;
(D) owning or controlling voting shares of a bank shall be deemed to be a bank holding company by virtue of its ownership or control of shares held in a fiduciary capacity except where such shares are held for the benefit of such company or its shareholders.
(b) "Company" means any corporation, trust, limited partnership, association or similar organization including a bank but shall not include any corporation the majority of the shares of which are owned by the United States or by any state, or include any individual or partnership.
(c) "Bank" means an insured bank as defined in section 3(h) of the federal deposit insurance act, 12 U.S.C. 1813(h), except the term shall not include a national bank which engages only in credit card operations, does not accept demand deposits or deposits that the depositor may withdraw by check or similar means for payment to third parties or others, does not accept any savings or time deposits of less than $100,000, accepts deposits only from corporations which own 51% or more of the voting shares of the bank holding company or its parent corporation of which the bank engaging only in credit card operations is a subsidiary, maintains only one office that accepts deposits, and does not engage in the business of making commercial loans.
(d) "Subsidiary" with respect to a specified bank holding company means:
(1) Any company more than 5% of the voting shares of which, excluding shares owned by the United States or by any company wholly owned by the United States, is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such bank holding company or is held by it with power to vote;
(2) any company the election of a majority of the directors of which is controlled in any manner by such bank holding company; or
(3) any company more than 5% of the voting shares of which is held by trustees for the benefit of such bank holding company or its shareholders.
(e) "Commissioner" means the Kansas state bank commissioner.
(f) "Kansas bank" means any bank, as defined by subsection (c), which, in the case of a state chartered bank, is a bank chartered under the authority of the state of Kansas, and in the case of a national banking association, a bank with its main office located in Kansas.
(g) "Kansas bank holding company" means a bank holding company, as defined by subsection (a), with total subsidiary bank deposits in Kansas which exceed the bank holding company's subsidiary bank deposits in any other state.
(h) "Out-of-state bank holding company" means any holding company which is not a Kansas bank holding company as defined in subsection (g).
(i) "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, which engages in the business of banking, or any subsidiary or affiliate, organized under such laws, of any such company.
History: L. 1985, ch. 55, § 2; L. 1991, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 46, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 79, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 175, § 17; Apr. 25.