SB-0748, As Passed House, May 18, 2016
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 748
A bill to amend 1999 PA 276, entitled
"Banking code of 1999,"
by amending the title and sections 1202, 1203, 2202, 2203, 2308,
4108, and 4304 (MCL 487.11202, 487.11203, 487.12202, 487.12203,
487.12308, 487.14108, and 487.14304).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
TITLE
An act to revise and codify the laws relating to banks, out-
of-state banks, and foreign banks; to provide for their regulation
and supervision; to prescribe the powers and duties of banks; to
prescribe the powers and duties of certain state agencies and
officials; to create the state bank regulatory fund; to prescribe
penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
Sec. 1202. As used in this act:
(a) "Financial institution" means an organization that is
licensed,
chartered, or regulated by the financial institutions
bureau
department under the laws of this state.
(b) "Foreign bank" means an entity that is organized and
recognized as a bank under the laws of a foreign country that
lawfully engages in the business of banking and is not directly or
indirectly owned or controlled by United States citizens or by a
corporation organized under the laws of the United States. Foreign
bank
includes a foreign commercial banks, bank, foreign
merchant
banks,
bank, and other foreign institutions that engage institution
that engages in banking activities that are usual in connection
with
the business of banking in the countries country in which the
foreign
institutions are institution
is organized.
(c) "Foreign bank agency" means an office or place of business
of a foreign bank, established under this act, the international
banking act of 1978, or the laws of another state, that does not
exercise trust powers and at which deposits of citizens or
residents of the United States are not accepted.
(d) "Foreign bank branch" means a place of business of a
foreign bank, located in any state, the District of Columbia, or a
territory, or protectorate of the United States, that is not a
foreign bank agency, bank, or out-of-state bank, at which deposits
are received and that is established and operating as a branch of a
foreign bank under this act, the international banking act of 1978,
or the laws of another state.
(e) "Foreign country" means a country other than the United
States and includes a colony, dependency, or possession of a
country other than the United States.
(f) "Incorporator" means a signer of the original articles of
incorporation.
(g) "Institution" means a bank, state agency, or state foreign
bank branch operating or organized or reorganized under this act or
operating or organized under any law of this state enacted before
August 20, 1969.
(h) "International banking act of 1978" means the
international
banking act of 1978, Public Law 95-369, 92 Stat. Stat
607.
(i) "Investment security" means a marketable obligation in the
form of a bond, note, or debenture, commonly regarded as an
investment security and that is salable under ordinary
circumstances with reasonable promptness at a fair value.
(j) "Loan and extension of credit" or "loan or extension of
credit" includes all direct or indirect advances of funds to a
person made on the basis of any obligation of that person to repay
the funds or repayable from specific property pledged by or on
behalf of the person, and any credit exposure arising from a
derivative transaction. To the extent specified by the
commissioner,
director, loan and extension of credit or loan or
extension of credit includes any liability of a bank to advance
funds to or on behalf of a person under a contractual commitment.
The term does not include investment securities held by a bank
under section 4301.
(k) "Loan production office" means an office of a depository
institution or institutions at which activities related to the
lending of money are conducted, deposits are not received, and
checks are not paid, and which office is not the principal office,
a branch, or an agency of an affiliated depository financial
institution.
(l) "Member" means a person with an ownership interest under
the Michigan limited liability company act, 1993 PA 23, MCL
450.4101 to 450.5200.
(m) "Messenger service" means a service such as a courier
service or an armored car service that picks up from or delivers to
customers of 1 or more depository institutions, or 1 or more
affiliates of a depository institution, cash, currency, checks,
drafts, securities, or other items relating to transactions between
or involving a depository institution or affiliate of a depository
institution and those customers, or that transfers cash, currency,
checks, drafts, securities, or other items or documents between
depository institutions or affiliates of depository institutions.
The service may be owned and operated by 1 or more depository
institutions or affiliates or by a third party.
(n) "Mobile branch" means a branch, the physical structure of
which is moved from time to time.
(o) "National bank" means a national banking association
chartered by the federal government under the national bank act.
(p)
"National bank act" means the national bank act, chapter
106,
13 Stat. 99.12 USC 21 to
216d.
(q) "Operating in this state" means transacting business in
this state from a branch or other physical location or by other
means, soliciting customers in this state, or employing residents
of this state.
(r) (q)
"Out-of-state bank" means
a banking corporation that
is organized under the laws of another state, the District of
Columbia, or a territory or a protectorate of the United States
whose principal office is located in a state other than this state,
in the District of Columbia, or in a territory or a protectorate of
the
United States, and whose deposits are insured by the federal
deposit
insurance corporation.Federal
Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
(s) (r)
"Person" means an
individual, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, governmental entity, or any
other legal entity.
(t) (s)
"Professional investor"
means an accredited investor
under
15 U.S.C. 77b.as defined in
15 USC 77b.
(u) (t)
"Publication",
"publish", or "published" means to
appear in a newspaper of general circulation in the community or
communities
where the principal office or offices of the a
depository institution or institutions are located.
Sec. 1203. As used in this act:
(a) "Savings bank" means a savings bank that is organized
under the savings bank act, 1996 PA 354, MCL 487.3101 to 487.3804,
or the laws of another state, the District of Columbia, a territory
or protectorate of the United States, or of the United States,
whose
deposits are insured by the federal deposit insurance
corporation.Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
(b) "Service entity" means a corporation, mutual company,
limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or
limited partnership in which a bank has invested under section
4310(1).
Upon With the written approval of the commissioner,
director, a service entity may be a general partnership.
(c) "Service provider" means a person that provides any of the
following to an institution:
(i) Data processing services.
(ii) Activities that support financial services, including,
but not limited to, lending, funds transfer, fiduciary activities,
trading activities, and deposit taking.
(iii) Internet-related services, including, but not limited
to, web services and electronic bill payments, mobile applications,
system and software development and maintenance, and security
monitoring.
(iv) Activities related to the business of banking.
(d) (c)
"Shareholder" means the
registered owner of any share
or shares of capital stock of an institution.
(e) (d)
"State agency" means a
foreign bank agency that is
established and operating under this act.
(f) (e)
"State foreign bank
branch" means a foreign bank
branch that is established and operating under this act.
(g) (f)
"Stock association" means
an association with that
has
authority to issue shares of voting capital stock.
(h) (g)
"Subsidiary" means a
corporation, mutual company,
limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or
limited partnership, the controlling interests of which are more
than 50% owned by 1 or more depository institutions, and in which a
bank has an ownership interest, membership interest, or other
legally
enforceable interest which that
is the indicia of
ownership.
Upon With the approval of the commissioner, director,
and subject to the ownership requirements set forth in this
subsection,
subdivision, a subsidiary may be a general partnership.
(i) (h)
"Surplus" means the amount
paid for issued and
outstanding
common and preferred stock of the a bank in excess of
the stated par value, plus any amount of transferred undivided
profits and any additional amounts paid in or contributed to
increase total capital.
(j) (i)
"Total capital" means an
amount equal to any capital,
plus any surplus, undivided profits, and instruments of
indebtedness authorized under section 3801.
(k) (j)
"Trust office" means an
office of a bank at which
trust services are performed and at which deposits are not
accepted, checks are not paid, and money is not lent.
(l) (k)
"Uniform commercial code"
means the uniform commercial
code,
1962 PA 174, MCL 440.1101 to 440.11102.440.9994.
(m) (l) "Venture
capital" means equity financing that is
provided for starting up or expanding a company, or related
purposes such as financing for seed capital, research and
development, introduction of a product or process into the
marketplace, or similar needs requiring risk capital. A venture
capital investment shall not include the purchase of a share of
stock in a company if, on the date on which the share of stock is
purchased, the company has securities outstanding that are
registered on a national securities exchange under section 12(b) of
title
I of the securities exchange act of 1934, chapter 404, 48
Stat.
892, 15 U.S.C. USC 78l; that are registered or required to be
registered under section 12(g) of title I of the securities
exchange
act of 1934, chapter 404, 48 Stat. 892, 15 U.S.C. USC 78l,
or which would be required to be registered except for the
exemptions in section 12(g)(2) of title I of the securities
exchange
act of 1934, chapter 404, 48 Stat. 892, 15 U.S.C. USC 78l.
(n) (m)
"Violation", as used in
sections 2304, 2305, and 2306,
includes without limitation any action, alone or with others, for
or toward causing, bringing about, participating in, counseling, or
aiding or abetting a violation.
Sec.
2202. (1) Each institution together with and its
subsidiaries
and service entities shall be are
subject to
examination
of its their condition and affairs by the commissioner
or
the commissioner's director
or his or her authorized agent not
less
frequently than at least once every 18 months.
(2)
The commissioner director shall examine an institution
under
the commissioner's director's
jurisdiction when requested by
its board of directors. In connection with an examination, the
commissioner,
or the commissioner's director,
or his or her
authorized
agent, may examine on under
oath a director, officer,
agent, employee, or shareholder of an institution concerning the
affairs
and business of the institution. The commissioner director
shall ascertain whether the institution transacts its business in
the manner prescribed by law and the rules promulgated under law.
The
commissioner, or the commissioner's authorized agent, may make
an
examination of an affiliate, bank holding company, subsidiary,
or
service entity necessary to disclose fully the relation between
an
institution and the affiliate, holding company, subsidiary, or
service
entity and the effect of the relation upon the institution.
(3) If an institution under the director's jurisdiction, by
contract or otherwise, engages a service provider to perform any
services of a service provider, whether on or off its premises,
that performance is subject to regulation, examination, and
enforcement by the director, or his or her authorized agent, to the
same extent as if those services were performed by the institution
itself on its own premises.
(4) The director, or his or her authorized agent, may examine
an affiliate or bank holding company of an institution that is
under the director's jurisdiction.
(5) (3)
The commissioner director may
examine the branch or
branches located in this state of an out-of-state bank as permitted
by
under the federal deposit insurance act.
(6) (4)
In fulfilling the requirements of
subsections (1) and
(2) and the authority granted under subsections (3) and (4), the
commissioner
director may use an examination made under the federal
reserve
act, the federal deposit insurance act, or the law of
another
state governing the activities of out-of-state banks in
that
state. By any federal or
state bank regulatory agency. The
commissioner
director may require the institution to furnish a copy
of any report required by a federal or state bank regulatory
agency.
(7) (5)
An examination required by under this
section may
include the fiduciary activities of the institution.
(8) (6)
The commissioner director may
contract with other
state bank regulatory agencies to assist in the conduct of
examinations of banks with 1 or more branches located in other
states and in examinations of out-of-state banks with 1 or more
branches located in this state.
(9) (7)
The contents of a report of
examination of a bank and
examination-related documents prepared or obtained under this
section
remain the property of the bureau. Dissemination of all or
part
of a bank's report of examination for purposes other than the
legitimate
business purposes of the bank or as otherwise authorized
by
this act shall be a violation of this act subject to the
administrative
remedies granted the commissioner under sections
2304
through 2314.director. Any
document, material, or information
related to an examination under this act is confidential by law and
privileged, is not subject to the freedom of information act, 1976
PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, is not subject to subpoena, and is
not subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in any private
civil action. However, the director is authorized to use the
documents, materials, or information in the furtherance of any
supervisory activity or legal action brought as part of the
director's duties.
(10) The director, or any person that received documents,
materials, or information while acting under the director's
authority, is not permitted and may not be required to testify in
any private civil action concerning any confidential documents,
materials, or information described in subsection (9).
(11) To assist in the performance of the director's duties
under this act, the director may do any of the following:
(a) Share documents, materials, or information, including the
confidential and privileged documents, materials, or information
that are subject to subsection (9), with other state, federal, and
international regulatory agencies, and with state, federal, and
international law enforcement authorities, provided that the
recipient agrees to maintain the confidentiality and privileged
status of the documents, materials, or information.
(b) Receive documents, materials, or information, including
otherwise confidential and privileged documents, materials, or
information, from regulatory and law enforcement officials of other
foreign or domestic jurisdictions. The director shall maintain as
confidential or privileged any documents, materials, or information
received with notice or the understanding that the documents,
materials, or information the director receives are confidential or
privileged under the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of
the documents, materials, or information.
(c) Enter into agreements governing the sharing and use of
information that are consistent with this subsection.
(12) The disclosure of any documents, materials, or
information to the director, or the sharing of documents,
materials, or information under subsection (11), is not a waiver
of, and shall not be construed as a waiver of, any privilege
applicable to or claim of confidentiality in those documents,
materials, or information.
(13) A person to which confidential and privileged documents,
materials, or information is disclosed shall not further
disseminate those confidential and privileged documents, materials,
or information.
(14) Any person on which a demand for production of
confidential and privileged documents, materials, or information is
made, whether by subpoena, order, or other judicial or
administrative process, must withhold production of the
confidential and privileged documents, materials, or information
and must notify the director of the demand. If the director is
notified of a demand under this subsection, the director may
intervene for the purpose of enforcing the limitations of this
section or seeking the withdrawal or termination of the attempt to
compel production of the confidential and privileged documents,
materials, or information.
(15) Any request for discovery or disclosure of confidential
and privileged documents, materials, or information, whether by
subpoena, order, or other judicial or administrative process, shall
be made to the director, and the director shall determine within 21
days whether to disclose the documents, materials, or information
under this act. If the director determines that the documents,
material, or information will not be disclosed, the director's
decision is subject to judicial review.
(16) The judicial review of a decision of the director under
subsection (15) may include in camera judicial review of the
confidential and privileged documents, materials, or information.
After judicial review, a court may only order disclosure of the
portions of the confidential and privileged documents, materials,
or information that are relevant and otherwise unobtainable by the
requesting party.
(17) The director may immediately appeal any court order
described in subsection (16) that compels disclosure of
confidential and privileged documents, materials, or information,
and the order is automatically stayed pending the outcome of the
appeal.
(18) In an addendum to a report of an examination under this
section, the director or his or her authorized agent may suggest
best practices or other improvements in the operation of a bank
that are not required by law or regulation or to address safety and
soundness of the bank. The manner in which a bank addresses issues
concerning its operations is within the discretion of the bank in
the exercise of its business judgment, except as required by law or
regulation or to address a concern over safety and soundness. The
director shall not take action against a bank under this act based
on a failure or refusal of a bank to follow a best practice or
other recommended improvement in the operation of the bank that is
suggested informally by an examiner or that is contained in an
addendum to a report of examination.
(19) Within 1 year after the effective date of the amendatory
act that added this subsection, the director shall issue guidance
to promote consistency and due process in the examination process
under this section, including, but not limited to, establishing
guidelines that define the scope of the examination process and
clarify how examination issues will be resolved.
Sec.
2203. (1) The commissioner director
shall periodically
establish a schedule of supervisory fees to be paid by banks.
Except for a minimum fee consistent with subsection (2), the fee
shall
not be more than 25 cents for each $1,000.00 of 1 of the
following percentages, as applicable, of the total assets of the
bank as reported by the bank on its report of condition as of
December
31 of the previous year: .
(a) In 2016, 1/40 of 1%.
(b) In 2017, 1/20 of 1%.
(c) In 2018 and 2019, 3/40 of 1%.
(d) In 2020 and in subsequent years, 1/10 of 1%.
(2)
Each bank shall pay an The
annual supervisory fee which
shall
be not less than established
by the director under subsection
(1) shall be at least $1,000.00.
(3)
The commissioner director shall provide an invoice of the
supervisory
fee no later than on or
before July 1 of each year. The
A
bank must pay the annual supervisory
fee shall be paid by on or
before August 15 of that year.
(4) The director shall base the initial supervisory fee for a
bank
that obtained a charter as a result of a conversion shall be
based
on the total assets of the bank as reported in its report of
condition as of December 31 of the previous year under its prior
charter.
(5)
The supervisory fee of a bank which that was not engaged
in the business of banking on December 31 of the previous year
shall be the minimum supervisory fee established by the
commissioner
consistent with subsection director
under subsections
(1) and (2).
(6)
The commissioner director shall periodically establish a
schedule of fees, beyond those charged for normal supervision, to
be paid for applications, special evaluations and analyses, and
examinations.
(7) The director shall base the fees established under
subsection
(6) shall be based on the estimated cost to the bureau
department of conducting the activities for which the fees are
imposed.
(8)
The commissioner director may charge reasonable fees for
furnishing and certifying copies of documents or serving notices
required
by under this act.
(9) To the extent any fees, penalties, or fines assessed under
this
act are unpaid when due, the commissioner director may, upon
after providing proper notice, maintain an action for the recovery
of the fees, penalties, or fines plus interest and costs.
(10) The fees, expenses, compensation, penalties, and fines
collected
under this act are not refundable. and shall be paid into
the
state treasury to the credit of the bureau and used only for
the
operation of the bureau.
(11) The state bank regulatory fund is established in the
department of treasury. All of the following apply to the state
bank regulatory fund:
(a) The fund shall consist of the following:
(i) Fees, expenses, compensation, penalties, and fines
received or collected under this act.
(ii) Money appropriated to the fund.
(iii) Donations of money made to the fund from any source.
(iv) Interest and earnings from fund investments.
(b) Money in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall
remain in the fund and shall not revert to the general fund.
(c) Upon appropriation, the department shall use the money in
the fund only for bank regulatory purposes, as determined by the
director.
(d) The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the
fund.
(e) The department is the administrator of the fund for
auditing purposes.
Sec. 2308. If any person participating in the conduct of the
affairs of an institution is charged in any information,
indictment, warrant, or complaint by a county, state, or federal
authority with the commission of, or participation in, a felony
involving
or misdemeanor that involves
fraud, dishonesty, or
breach
of
trust, the commissioner, director,
by written notice served upon
the person may suspend the person from office or prohibit the
person from further participation in any manner in the conduct of
the affairs of the institution. A copy of the notice shall also be
served upon the institution. The suspension or prohibition is in
effect until the information, indictment, warrant, or complaint is
finally
disposed of or until terminated by the commissioner.
director. If a judgment of conviction with respect to the offense
is entered against the person, and when the judgment is not subject
to
further appellate review, the commissioner director may
issue an
order removing the person from office or prohibiting the person
from further participation in the conduct of the affairs of the
institution
except with the consent of the commissioner. director.
The person shall cease to be a director or officer of the
institution when a copy of the order is served upon the
institution. A finding of not guilty or other disposition of the
charge
shall not preclude the commissioner director from
instituting proceedings to suspend or remove the person from office
or to prohibit further participation in institution affairs under
section 2306(1), (2), or (3).
Sec. 4108. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a
bank or bank officer shall not give preference to a depositor or
creditor by pledging the assets of the bank as collateral security
or otherwise.
(2)
A bank may pledge its assets in an aggregate amount not in
excess
of that does not exceed 10% of its total assets for the
purpose of securing the following:
(a) Funds belonging to the United States or belonging to or
being administered by an officer, instrumentality, or agent of the
United States, funds of estates being administered by a federal
court under a federal bankruptcy law, and other funds when required
or permitted to do so under the laws of the United States or an
order of a federal court.
(b) Surplus funds of the state held by the state treasurer.
(c)
Funds of the Mackinac bridge authority, Bridge Authority,
which is declared to be a political subdivision of this state,
under
1950 (Ex Sess) PA 21, MCL 254.301 to 254.304.254.302.
(d) Funds of the international bridge authority, which is
declared to be a political subdivision of this state, under 1954 PA
99, MCL 254.221 to 254.240.
(e) Funds on deposit under 1941 PA 205, MCL 252.51 to 252.64,
providing for limited access highways.
(f) Funds on deposit to the credit of the Michigan employment
security commission.
(g) Funds of the Michigan state housing development authority
constituting proceeds of the sale of the authority's notes and
bonds and repayments of those notes and bonds, under the state
housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL
125.1401 to 125.1499c.
(h) Funds belonging to any political subdivision of this
state.
(i) Funds belonging to any federally recognized Indian tribe.
(j) Funds representing the proceeds of a grant or loan from a
department or agency of the United States, the award of which is
conditioned upon the recipient depositing the proceeds in an
account secured by a pledge of assets of the depository
institution.
(3)
The requirements, restrictions, and limitations imposed by
under this section shall not apply to the pledging of an obligation
of the United States, direct or fully guaranteed, or both, for the
purpose of securing a deposit of the United States when the deposit
is established coincidentally with the purchase of an obligation of
the United States by or through an institution.
(4) A bank may pledge its assets to secure liabilities of any
of the following types:
(a) In the case of member banks, liabilities incurred under
the federal reserve act. In the case of nonmember banks,
liabilities incurred through borrowing under the same conditions as
are imposed upon members of the federal reserve system by the
federal reserve act.
(b) In the case of federal home loan bank members, liabilities
incurred under the federal home loan bank act.
(c) Liabilities incurred under former section 202 of title II
of the federal farm loan act, chapter 245, 39 Stat. 360.
(d) Liabilities incurred on account of a loan made with the
express
approval of the commissioner director
under section
4202(3)(c).
(e) Liabilities incurred on account of borrowings from 1
business day to the next from a bank or national banking
association of excess reserve balances from time to time maintained
by the bank or national banking association under section 19 of the
federal
reserve act, chapter 6, 38 Stat. 270.12 USC 461.
(f) Liabilities incurred on account of securities sold under a
repurchase agreement.
(g) Liabilities incurred in connection with administration of
treasury tax and loan accounts.
(5) A bank may pledge its assets to counterparties to secure
the counterparties' exposure in interest rate swap transactions.
Sec. 4304. (1) A bank shall not engage in a transaction with
respect to shares of the capital stock of a corporation unless
specifically
authorized by under this act or by order or
declaratory
ruling of the commissioner director
under this act.
(2)
A bank may purchase and sell securities and stock upon on
the order of and for the account of a customer without recourse.
(3) A bank shall not make a loan on or discount the security
of the shares of its own capital stock, or the capital stock of its
holding company, if any, unless the security is necessary to
prevent
loss upon on a debt previously contracted in good faith.
(4) A bank may purchase or hold shares of its own stock if any
of the following apply:
(a)
The bank is holding shares amounting that amount to not
more than 5% of its common stock until disposed of in compliance
with an existing stock option plan.
(b) The purchase or holding of the shares is necessary to
prevent
loss upon on a debt that
is previously contracted in good
faith.
(c)
The commissioner director gives written approval to the
bank to purchase or hold shares for its own account.
(5) A bank may purchase and hold shares of stock or other
equity
interests, having that
have an aggregate purchase price that
is not more than 10% of its capital and surplus, of each of the
following:
(a) Small business investment companies that are doing
business in this state and licensed under, or established under,
the small business investment act of 1958, Public Law 85-699, 72
Stat.
Stat 689.
(b) The Michigan business development corporation.
(c) Corporations or partnerships that are authorized by title
IX of the housing and urban development act of 1968, Public Law 90-
448,
82 Stat. Stat 547.
(d) Business entities whose primary purpose is to provide
capital to banks, which banks are largely owned or controlled by
individuals classified as racial minorities.
(e) Open-end management investment companies that are
registered with the securities and exchange commission under the
investment
company act of 1940, title I of chapter 686, 54 Stat.
789,
15 U.S.C. USC 80a-1
to 80a-64, while the portfolios of the
companies are restricted by their investment policies, changeable
only by vote of the shareholders, to investments permitted to banks
by
order or declaratory ruling of the commissioner.director.
(f) Agricultural credit business entities that are organized
solely for the purpose of making loans to farmers and ranchers for
agricultural purposes, including the breeding, raising, fattening,
or marketing of livestock.
(g) The student loan marketing association established under
section 439 of part B of title IV of the higher education act of
1965,
Public Law 89-329, 20 U.S.C. USC 1087-2.
(h) Any class of voting securities of banks, out-of-state
banks, or national banks that are engaged exclusively in providing
services to depository institutions or their officers, directors,
employees, and customers, or bank holding companies that own or
control
such those banks, out-of-state banks, or national banks if
the stock of the bank holding companies is owned exclusively,
except to the extent directors' qualifying shares are required by
law, by depository institutions and if all subsidiaries of the bank
holding companies engage exclusively in serving depository
institutions or their officers, directors, employees, and
customers.
(i) Banking organizations or corporations that are chartered
or incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any
state, territory, or protectorate of the United States, and
principally engaged in international or foreign banking, either
directly or through the agency, ownership, or control of foreign
banks.
(j) Foreign banks that are not engaged, directly or
indirectly, in any activity in the United States except as, in the
judgment
of the commissioner, director,
is incidental to the
international or foreign business of the foreign banks.
(k) Entities that provide, and entities that reinsure
providers of, insurance.
(6)
Subject to the limitation based upon on capital and
surplus
set forth in under subsection (5), a bank may purchase for
its own account any of the following:
(a) Securities authorized by title IX of the housing and urban
development
act of 1968, Public Law 90-448, 82 Stat. Stat 547.
(b) Adjustable rate preferred stock and money market preferred
stock.
(c) Stock, bonds, or other obligations of a business and
industrial development company established under the provisions of
the Michigan BIDCO act, 1986 PA 89, MCL 487.1101 to 487.2001.
(d) Stock, bonds, or other obligations of community and
economic development entities, community development projects, and
other public welfare investments that are considered under federal
law, federal regulation, or a written interpretation by a federal
bank regulatory agency to be a qualified investment for purposes of
the community reinvestment act of 1977, 12 USC 2901 to 2908,
utilizing the investment test described in 12 CFR 25.23, 12 CFR
228.23, or 12 USC 345.23.
(7) This section does not limit or expand the investment
authority
of a bank granted by under
any other section of this act.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 749.
(b) Senate Bill No. 750.