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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Special Session of the 118th

PART A

     Sec. A-1. 9-B MRSA §131, sub-§19-A is enacted to read:

     19-A. Foreign bank. "Foreign bank" means any company organized under the laws of a foreign country, a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa or the Virgin Islands that engages directly in the banking business. "Foreign bank" includes foreign commercial banks, foreign merchant banks and other foreign institutions that engage in usual banking activities in connection with the banking business in the countries where the foreign institutions are organized or operating.

     Sec. A-2. 9-B MRSA §316, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 500, §1, is amended to read:

     Sec. A-3. 9-B MRSA §316, sub-§1, ¶F, as amended by PL 1985, c. 642, §1, is further amended to read:

     Sec. A-4. 9-B MRSA §1011, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 500, §1, is amended to read:

     3. Company. "Company" means a corporation, partnership, business trust, association or similar organization organized under the laws of the United States, any political subdivisions of the United States or a country other than the United States.

     Sec. A-5. 9-B MRSA §1011, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 642, §4, is amended to read:

     10. Person. "Person" means an individual or individuals acting in concert, including individuals who are citizens of one or more countries, and any colonies, dependencies or possessions of those countries, other than the United States.

     Sec. A-6. 9-B MRSA §1011, sub-§13 is enacted to read:

     13. Foreign bank holding company. "Foreign bank holding company" means any company that controls, directly or indirectly, a foreign bank.

     Sec. A-7. 9-B MRSA §1013, sub-§1, ¶B, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, c. 16, §1, is amended to read:

     Sec. A-8. 9-B MRSA §1013, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 1995, c. 628, §30, is further amended to read:

     Sec. A-9. 9-B MRSA §1013, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1995, c. 628, §32, is further amended to read:

     3. Requirements for acquisition or establishment. A financial institution holding company, foreign bank or foreign bank holding company may establish, acquire or maintain control of a Maine financial institution or Maine financial institution holding company with prior approval of the superintendent, subject to the following conditions.

     Sec. A-10. 9-B MRSA §1015, sub-§1, ¶B, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, c. 16, §3, is amended to read:

     Sec. A-11. 9-B MRSA §1015, sub-§1, ¶¶C and E, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 500, §1, are amended to read:

     Sec. A-12. 9-B MRSA §1015, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1995, c. 628, §34, is further amended to read:

     2. Criteria for approval. Applications for approvals required in subsection 1 must be filed pursuant to procedures established by the superintendent. Action on those applications must be taken in accordance with the requirements of section 252 and is subject to the standards set forth in section 253. In addition, applications for approvals required in subsection 1 by foreign banks are subject to the following additional criteria:

     Sec. A-13. 9-B MRSA §§1016 and 1017, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 500, §1, are amended to read:

§1016. Reports and examinations

     The superintendent may require any financial institution holding company that controls a Maine financial institution to furnish such reports as he deems the superintendent considers appropriate to the proper supervision of such companies. Unless the superintendent determines otherwise, reports prepared for Federal authorities or, in the case of a foreign bank or foreign bank holding company, reports prepared for the home country regulatory authorities and translated to English may be submitted by such holding company in satisfaction of the requirements of this section. If such information and reports are inadequate in his the superintendent's judgment for that purpose, the superintendent may examine such financial institution holding company and any subsidiary doing business in Maine. Section 214 shall apply applies with respect to any such examination.

§1017. Conformity with Federal procedures

     To the maximum extent consistent with the effective discharge of the superintendent's responsibilities, the forms established under this chapter for registration, applications and reports shall must conform with those established under either the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 or sectin section 408 of the National Housing Act, or the federal International Banking Act of 1978 and regulations promulgated under the federal International Banking Act of 1978.

     Sec. A-14. 9-B MRSA §1019, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1985, c. 642, §9, is further amended to read:

     2. Penalties. Any person or company violating any provision of this chapter, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, shall be is subject to a penalty of not more than $1,000 per day for each day the violation continues, to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the State.

Any company or Maine financial institution violating section 1013, subsection 3 or 4, or any regulation promulgated under that section, shall be is subject to a penalty of not more than $1,000 a day for each day the violation continues. The superintendent shall report the violation forthwith, with such remarks as he deems the superintendent determines appropriate, to the Attorney General, who may forthwith institute a civil action therefor on behalf of the State.

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