(a) Whenever the commissioner calls for a report under Section 453 from commercial banks organized under the laws of this state, the commissioner shall call for a report from each foreign (other nation) bank that is licensed to transact business in this state.
(b) (1) A foreign (other nation) bank that is licensed to transact business in this state shall prominently display in the lobby of each agency and branch office, except an automated teller machine branch office (as defined in Section 1330), a notice that any person may obtain a financial report from the bank. The notice shall include the address and telephone number of the person or office to be contacted for a financial report. The bank shall, promptly after receiving a request for a financial report, mail or otherwise furnish the financial report to the requester. The first financial report shall be provided without charge.
(2) The financial report called for in this subdivision shall contain either (A) the information that the commissioner may require by regulation or (B) in the absence of a regulation, the last balance sheet and income statement, each without any schedules, that the bank filed with the commissioner pursuant to Section 453.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)