§ 45-3-1403 — Acquisitions by out-of-state savings and loan holding companies or out-of-state associations

(a) An out-of-state savings and loan holding company or out-of-state association that does not have a Tennessee association subsidiary (other than a Tennessee association subsidiary that was acquired either pursuant to § 123 of the Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 ( 12 U.S.C. § 1730a(m) ) [repealed], or comparable provisions in state law, or in the regular course of securing or collecting a debt previously contracted in good faith) may acquire a Tennessee savings and loan holding company or a Tennessee association with the approval of the commissioner. (b) The out-of-state savings and loan holding company or out-of-state association shall submit to the commissioner an application for approval of the acquisition, which application shall be approved only if: (1) The commissioner determines that the laws of the state in which the out-of-state savings and loan holding company or out-of-state association making the acquisition has its principal place of business permit Tennessee savings and loan holding companies and Tennessee associations to acquire associations and savings and loan holding companies in that state; and (2) The commissioner determines that the laws of the state in which the out-of-state savings and loan holding company or out-of-state association making the acquisition has its principal place of business permit the out-of-state savings and loan holding company or out-of-state association to be acquired by the Tennessee savings and loan holding company or Tennessee association sought to be acquired.

Legislative History

Acts 1985, ch. 268, § 1; 1990, ch. 650, § 3.