§ 36a-112 — (Formerly Sec. 36-91). Voting restrictions.

(a) No person shall vote on stock at a meeting of the shareholders of any capital stock Connecticut bank if the stock has been transferred to such bank or to any person in trust for it, but such bank may vote thereon if it holds the stock as guardian, conservator, administrator, executor or trustee under a will or of an express trust. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 33-706 and 33-715 to 33-717 , inclusive, an irrevocable proxy, voting trust, voting agreement or similar arrangement with respect to the shares of a capital stock Connecticut bank is valid or enforceable only if approved by the commissioner. The commissioner, upon complaint from any person or upon the commissioner's own investigation, may issue an order pursuant to section 36a-52 directing that any person entering into or assisting in the operation of such proxy, trust, agreement or arrangement cease and desist from such activity.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 5810; P.A. 85-188, S. 6; 85-379, S. 12; P.A. 94-122, S. 59, 340; P.A. 96-271, S. 197, 254.) History: P.A. 85-188 and P.A. 85-379 replaced references to “state bank and trust company” and “bank” with references to “state capital stock bank”; P.A. 94-122 added Subsec. (b) removing the prohibition on irrevocable proxies and voting trusts for shares of capital stock Connecticut banks and allowing them with the commissioner's approval, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-91 transferred to Sec. 36a-112 in 1995; P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to “sections 33-337 to 33-339, inclusive,” with “sections 33-706 and 33-715 to 33-717, inclusive,”, effective January 1, 1997.