Cal. FIN § 5800
This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 5800, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.
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Official statutory text
For the purposes of this article the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Savings and loan holding company” means any person that either, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with one or more other persons:
(1) Owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, or holds proxies to vote:
(A) Where the association or savings and loan holding company has fewer than 500 stockholders or members, 25 percent or more of the outstanding voting capital stock of any capital stock association or savings and loan holding company or 25 percent or more of the total number of votes or proxies of votes eligible to be cast by the members of any mutual association located in this state.
(B) Where the association or savings and loan holding company has at least 500 stockholders or members, 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting capital stock of any capital stock association or savings and loan holding company or 10 percent or more of the total number of votes or proxies of votes eligible to be cast by the members of any mutual association located in this state.
(2) Controls in any manner, whether by the holding of proxies or otherwise, the election of a majority of the directors of any association or savings and loan holding company located in this state.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), an individual or group of individuals shall not be deemed to be a “savings and loan holding company” solely because an individual or group of individuals solicits, holds, or votes proxies in an association if, at the time of receiving the proxies, the individual or group of individuals serve as directors of the association and solicited or received the proxies pursuant to authorization by the board of directors of the association.
(c) “Subsidiary” of a person means any person, except an individual that is directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or otherwise held by that person to the extent or in the manner described in the preceding subdivision.
(d) “Completed application” means an application for acquisition of control of an association, as filed with the commissioner, together with any amendments by the applicant, additional information requested in writing by the commissioner, and accompanied by the applicable filing fee pursuant to Section 9001. If the additional required information is not received within 30 days of the date of the request, the commissioner may consider the application complete upon written notice to the applicant.
(a) “Savings and loan holding company” means any person that either, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with one or more other persons:
(1) Owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, or holds proxies to vote:
(A) Where the association or savings and loan holding company has fewer than 500 stockholders or members, 25 percent or more of the outstanding voting capital stock of any capital stock association or savings and loan holding company or 25 percent or more of the total number of votes or proxies of votes eligible to be cast by the members of any mutual association located in this state.
(B) Where the association or savings and loan holding company has at least 500 stockholders or members, 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting capital stock of any capital stock association or savings and loan holding company or 10 percent or more of the total number of votes or proxies of votes eligible to be cast by the members of any mutual association located in this state.
(2) Controls in any manner, whether by the holding of proxies or otherwise, the election of a majority of the directors of any association or savings and loan holding company located in this state.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), an individual or group of individuals shall not be deemed to be a “savings and loan holding company” solely because an individual or group of individuals solicits, holds, or votes proxies in an association if, at the time of receiving the proxies, the individual or group of individuals serve as directors of the association and solicited or received the proxies pursuant to authorization by the board of directors of the association.
(c) “Subsidiary” of a person means any person, except an individual that is directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or otherwise held by that person to the extent or in the manner described in the preceding subdivision.
(d) “Completed application” means an application for acquisition of control of an association, as filed with the commissioner, together with any amendments by the applicant, additional information requested in writing by the commissioner, and accompanied by the applicable filing fee pursuant to Section 9001. If the additional required information is not received within 30 days of the date of the request, the commissioner may consider the application complete upon written notice to the applicant.
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