Va. Code Ann. § 6.2-1187
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Investment authority of state savings banks
Official statutory text
Notwithstanding any provision of § 6.2-1186 to the contrary:
1. A state savings bank shall not invest in an office building or buildings and appurtenances for the transaction of its business, or for the transaction of such business and for rental, without the prior approval of the Commissioner if the total amount of the investment exceeds the aggregate amount of the savings bank's unimpaired capital fund;
2. A service corporation described in subdivision A 2 of § 6.2-1186 in which a savings bank invests shall be subject to state and local taxation in the same manner as are savings banks;
3. The assets of a state savings bank may be invested in stock or obligations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
4. The assets of a state savings bank may be invested in commercial paper eligible for purchase by Federal Reserve Banks;
5. A state savings bank shall not invest more than 20 percent of its assets in loans the primary security for which is nonresidential real estate; and
6. A state savings bank shall conform to the loans-to-one-borrower limitations contained in § 6.2-875 .
1991, c. 230, § 6.1-194.136; 1994, c. 330 ; 2003, c. 353 ; 2010, c. 794 .
1. A state savings bank shall not invest in an office building or buildings and appurtenances for the transaction of its business, or for the transaction of such business and for rental, without the prior approval of the Commissioner if the total amount of the investment exceeds the aggregate amount of the savings bank's unimpaired capital fund;
2. A service corporation described in subdivision A 2 of § 6.2-1186 in which a savings bank invests shall be subject to state and local taxation in the same manner as are savings banks;
3. The assets of a state savings bank may be invested in stock or obligations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
4. The assets of a state savings bank may be invested in commercial paper eligible for purchase by Federal Reserve Banks;
5. A state savings bank shall not invest more than 20 percent of its assets in loans the primary security for which is nonresidential real estate; and
6. A state savings bank shall conform to the loans-to-one-borrower limitations contained in § 6.2-875 .
1991, c. 230, § 6.1-194.136; 1994, c. 330 ; 2003, c. 353 ; 2010, c. 794 .
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