Cal. FIN § 31233
This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 31233, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.
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Official statutory text
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 31232, unless an application for approval for a licensee to make, or to obligate itself to make, a distribution to its shareholders is approved, denied, withdrawn, or abandoned within a period of 45 days after such application is filed with the commissioner or, if the applicant consents to an extension of the period, within such extended period, such application shall be deemed to be approved by the commissioner as of the first day after such period of 45 days or such extended period, as the case may be.
For purposes of this section, an application for approval for a licensee to make, or to obligate itself to make, a distribution to its shareholders shall be deemed to be filed with the commissioner when such application, containing all the information required by the commissioner and otherwise complying with Section 31107, is received by the commissioner.
For purposes of this section, an application for approval for a licensee to make, or to obligate itself to make, a distribution to its shareholders shall be deemed to be filed with the commissioner when such application, containing all the information required by the commissioner and otherwise complying with Section 31107, is received by the commissioner.
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