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A. If it complies with the requirements of this section, a New Mexico state bank may agree to act as an agent for any affiliated bank depository institution to receive deposits, renew time deposits, close loans, service loans, receive payments on loans and other obligations and perform other services for which it has received the prior approval of the director. B. A New Mexico state bank that proposes to enter into an agency agreement pursuant to this section shall file with the director, at least thirty days before the effective date of the agreement:
(1)a notice of intention to enter into an agency agreement with an affiliated depository institution;
(2)a description of the services proposed to be performed under the agency agreement; and (3) a copy of the agency agreement. C. If any p
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A. If it complies with the requirements of this section, a New Mexico state bank may agree to act as an agent for any affiliated bank depository institution to receive deposits, renew time deposits, close loans, service loans, receive payments on loans and other obligations and perform other services for which it has received the prior approval of the director. B. A New Mexico state bank that proposes to enter into an agency agreement pursuant to this section shall file with the director, at least thirty days before the effective date of the agreement: (1) a notice of intention to enter into an agency agreement with an affiliated depository institution; (2) a description of the services proposed to be performed under the agency agreement; and (3) a copy of the agency agreement. C. If any proposed service is not specifically designated in Subsection A of this section and has not been approved previously in a regulation issued by the director, the director shall decide, within thirty days after receipt of the notice required by Subsection B of this section, whether to approve the offering of the service. If the director requests additional information after reviewing the notice, the time limit for the director's decision is thirty days after receiving the additional information. In deciding whether to approve a proposed service, the director shall consider whether the service would be consistent with state and federal law and the safety and soundness of the principal and agent institutions. The New Mexico state bank shall give appropriate notice to the public of each approval. D. Any proposed service offered pursuant to Subsection C of this section is deemed approved if the director takes no action after receiving the notice required by Subsection B of this section within the time limits specified in Subsection C of this section. E. A New Mexico state bank may not pursuant to an agency agreement: (1) conduct any activity as an agent that it would be prohibited from conducting as a principal under applicable state or federal law; or (2) have an agent conduct any activity that the bank as principal would be prohibited from conducting under applicable state or federal law. F. The director may order a New Mexico state bank or any other depository institution that is subject to the director's enforcement powers to cease acting as an agent or principal under an agency agreement with an affiliated depository institution if the director finds the provisions of the agency agreement or the actions of the parties pursuant to it to be inconsistent with safe and sound banking practices. G. A New Mexico state bank acting as an agent for an affiliated depository institution in accordance with this section is not a branch bank of that institution.