§ 23-47-103 - Acquisition of bank premises. - Arkansas Statutes

23-47-103. Acquisition of bank premises.

(a) A state bank or subsidiary trust company, acting with the prior approval of the Bank Commissioner, may acquire bank premises to be used, occupied, or owned by it.

(b) (1) Any state bank acting with the prior approval of the commissioner may cause the title to its bank premises, now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by the bank to be held by a subsidiary corporation which shall be wholly owned by the bank.

(2) A state bank having such a subsidiary may rent the bank premises or any portion thereof from the subsidiary or acquire the title to the premises by purchase from the subsidiary or through its liquidation under such terms and conditions as may be approved by the commissioner.

(c) A state bank may with the prior approval of the commissioner invest in bank premises or in the stock, bonds, debentures, or other obligations of the subsidiary owning the bank premises, or make loans to, or upon the security of the stock of the subsidiary, if the aggregate of all such investments or loans, together with the amount of any indebtedness incurred by the subsidiary, will not exceed one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the capital base of such state bank.