13-2-705. Bank facility not a branch.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, a bank may establish and operate a facility which shall not be considered a branch, but an extension or expansion of an existing parent bank or branch if the facility is:
(i) Within the boundary lines of a single contiguous area of property owned or leased and occupied as a place of business by a parent bank or branch bank, whether or not the facility is physically connected to the bank or place of business; or
(ii) Across a street, alley, railroad right-of-way or thoroughfare from the existing parent bank or branch bank when such facility is physically connected to the bank or place of business by a private, enclosed, secure overhead passageway, underground tunnel or pneumatic tube system; or
(iii) Within one thousand (1,000) yards of the parent bank or branch bank, whether or not such facility is physically connected to the bank or place of business, after being granted prior written approval of the department stating that the facility qualifies for this exemption.