Cal. FIN § 1754
This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 1754, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.
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Official statutory text
(a) For purposes of this chapter:
(1) Changing a lower class office into a higher class office shall be treated as establishing the higher class office, but not as closing the lower class office.
(2) Changing a higher class office into a lower class office shall be treated as closing the higher class office, but not as establishing the lower class office.
(b) In the case of changing a higher class office into a lower class office, when the application for approval to close the higher class office has been approved and all conditions precedent to the closing have been fulfilled, the foreign (other nation) bank may change the higher class office into the lower class office, and the commissioner shall issue a license authorizing the bank to maintain the lower class office.
(1) Changing a lower class office into a higher class office shall be treated as establishing the higher class office, but not as closing the lower class office.
(2) Changing a higher class office into a lower class office shall be treated as closing the higher class office, but not as establishing the lower class office.
(b) In the case of changing a higher class office into a lower class office, when the application for approval to close the higher class office has been approved and all conditions precedent to the closing have been fulfilled, the foreign (other nation) bank may change the higher class office into the lower class office, and the commissioner shall issue a license authorizing the bank to maintain the lower class office.
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