Cal. FIN § 5100.6

This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 5100.6, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.

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Official statutory text

“Affiliate” of a savings association, unless otherwise defined, includes any corporation, business trust, unincorporated association or other similar organization which meets the criteria of subdivision (a), (b), or (c), as follows:

(a) The savings association directly or indirectly, owns or controls either a majority of the voting shares or more than 50 per centum of the number of shares voted for the election of its directors, trustees, or other persons exercising similar functions at the preceding election, or controls in any manner the election of a majority of its directors, trustees, or other persons exercising similar functions.

(b) Control thereof is held, directly or indirectly through stock ownership or in any other manner, by the shareholders of a savings association who own or control either a majority of the shares of the savings association or more than 50 per centum of the number of shares voted for the election of directors of that savings association at the preceding election, or by trustees for the benefit of the shareholders of any savings association.

(c) A majority of its directors, trustees, or other persons exercising similar functions are directors of any one savings association.

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