Sec. 5105.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act or other law of this state, operations of a foreign bank at a state foreign bank branch or state agency shall be conducted with the same rights and privileges and subject to the same duties, restrictions, penalties, liabilities, conditions, and limitations that would apply under this act to a bank doing business at the same location, except that a state agency or an additional office of a state agency shall not accept nor solicit deposits from citizens or residents of the United States or exercise trust powers. Operations of a foreign bank representative office are limited to representational functions.
(2) A foreign bank that operates a state agency or state foreign bank branch is permitted to establish and operate additional offices subject to section 3711. For purposes of section 3711, the principal office of a foreign bank operating under this act shall be its first state agency or state foreign bank branch established in this state.
(3) A state agency or state foreign bank branch shall not be required to become an insured bank, as insured bank is defined in section 3 of the federal deposit insurance act, unless the state foreign bank branch accepts deposits described in section 3 of the federal deposit insurance act.
(4) A foreign bank that operates a state agency or state foreign bank branch in this state shall maintain the accounts and conduct the business of the state agency or state foreign bank branch independently of the accounts and business of the parent foreign bank.
(5) The commissioner may examine the books, accounts, records, and files of the foreign bank that contain information regarding the accounts and business of a state agency, state foreign bank branch, or foreign bank representative office.
History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000