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§ 130.  Restrictions  on  officers,  directors  and  employees.  1. No  officer, director, clerk or other employee of any bank or trust company,  and no person in any way interested or concerned in  the  management  of  its  affairs,  shall, acting on his own behalf or for any partnership or  unincorporated  association  of  which  he  is  a  member  or  for   any  corporation,  of  which  he  owns  or controls a majority of the capital  stock, discount, or directly or indirectly make any loan upon, any  note  or  other  evidence of debt which he shall know to have been offered for  discount to such bank or trust company, and to have been refused.  Every  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this subdivision shall, for each  offense, forfeit to the people of the state twice the amount of the loan  which he shall have made.    2. No officer, director, clerk or other employee of any bank or  trust  company  shall, directly or indirectly, purchase or be interested in the  purchase of any promissory note or other evidence of debt issued  by  it  on  terms  more  favorable  than  those available to the general public,  provided, however, that every director,  and  every  officer,  clerk  or  other  employee  who is a stockholder of such bank or trust company, may  purchase promissory notes or other evidences of debt issued by it in the  same ratio as to amount and on the same terms as any other stockholder.    3. (a) No executive officer of a bank  or  trust  company  may  be  an  executive officer, director or trustee of another bank or trust company,  savings  bank,  savings  and  loan  association,  national bank, federal  savings bank or federal savings association,  the  principal  office  of  which  institution  is  located  in  this state, bank holding company or  foreign banking corporation maintaining a branch in this  state,  unless  permission  therefor  has  been granted by the banking board pursuant to  the provisions of paragraph (b) of  this  subdivision,  except  that  an  executive  officer of a bank or trust company which is a subsidiary of a  bank holding company may be (i) an executive officer and (ii) a director  of the bank holding company and of  one  or  more  banking  institutions  which are subsidiaries of such bank holding company.    (b)  The banking board shall have the power to determine by regulation  who shall be considered, under the provisions of this subdivision, to be  an executive officer, and by a general or specific  regulation,  upon  a  three-fifths  vote  of  all  its  members,  to  grant  permission  to an  executive officer of a bank or trust company to be an executive officer,  director or trustee or both an  executive  officer  and  director  or  a  trustee  of  another bank or trust company, savings bank, or savings and  loan association, national bank, federal savings bank or federal savings  association, the principal office of which is  located  in  this  state,  bank  holding  company,  or  foreign  banking  corporation maintaining a  branch in this state. Such permission may be  granted  only  if  in  the  judgment of the banking board such service by the executive officer will  be  consistent  with  the policy of the state of New York as declared in  section ten of this chapter. The banking board shall have the  power  to  revoke  such  permission  by  a  like  vote  whenever  it  finds,  after  reasonable notice and an  opportunity  to  be  heard,  that  the  public  interest requires such revocation.    (c)  For  the  purposes  of  this subdivision, the terms "subsidiary",  "banking institution" and "bank holding company" shall each be given the  same meaning as is contained in their respective definition  in  section  one hundred forty-one of this chapter, except that the definition of the  term  "banking  institution"  is  modified  to  include a national bank,  federal savings bank  or  federal  savings  association,  the  principal  office  of  which  institution  is  in this state, and a foreign banking  corporation maintaining a branch in this state.(d) All other restrictions and limitations imposed by this chapter  on  executive  officers  and  directors  of  banks and trust companies shall  continue in effect.    5.  Every  director of a bank or trust company who is obligated on any  loan or other extension of credit made by such bank or trust company  to  such  director  or  to any other individual, partnership, unincorporated  association or corporation, shall file  a  statement  of  his  financial  condition with such bank or trust company at least once in each year and  at  such other times as the superintendent may require. This subdivision  shall not apply to directors whose obligations are secured by collateral  having an ascertained market value of at least fifteen per  centum  more  than  the  amount of such obligations. The superintendent shall have the  power to determine by regulation what shall  be  considered,  under  the  provisions of this subdivision, to be a loan or an extension of credit.    6.  If  any officer of a bank or trust company becomes indebted to any  domestic or foreign banking organization, other than the bank  or  trust  company  of  which  he is an officer, or becomes indebted to any banking  institution organized under the laws of  the  United  States,  he  shall  within  ten  calendar  days  after he becomes so indebted make a written  report to the board of directors of the bank or trust company  of  which  he  is  an  officer,  stating  the  date  and amount of any such loan or  indebtedness, and the security therefor. In addition  to  the  foregoing  reports  he  shall  render written reports of such other indebtedness as  the board of directors of the bank or trust company  may  by  resolution  require  of  its  officers.  The  superintendent shall have the power to  determine by regulation who shall be  considered  an  officer  and  what  shall  be considered a loan or indebtedness under the provisions of this  subdivision.    The provision of this subdivision  shall  not  be  applicable  if  the  amount  of  the  indebtedness  does  not exceed an amount which shall be  determined by the superintendent.    7. (a) Every person who is directly or indirectly the beneficial owner  of more than ten per centum of any class of any  equity  security  of  a  bank  or  trust  company  or who is a director or officer thereof, shall  file, within ten days following (i) the effective date of this  section,  or  (ii) the date on which he becomes such beneficial owner, director or  officer, whichever is later, a statement with the superintendent of  the  amount  of  all equity securities of such bank or trust company of which  he is the beneficial owner, and within ten days after the close of  each  calendar  month  thereafter,  if  there  has  been  any  change  in such  ownership during such  month,  shall  file  with  the  superintendent  a  statement  indicating  his  ownership at the close of the calendar month  and such changes in such ownership as have occurred during such calendar  month.    (b) Any such beneficial owner, director or officer of a bank or  trust  company shall not be subject to the requirements of this section if    (1)  he  is required by section sixteen (a) of the securities exchange  act of nineteen hundred thirty-four, as amended, to file with the  board  of governors of the federal reserve system in accordance with regulation  f  of  such  board  or with the federal deposit insurance corporation in  accordance with part three hundred thirty-five of title  twelve  of  the  regulations  of  such corporation, a statement as to his stock ownership  and he files with the superintendent at his New York  city  office  four  copies of each such statement filed with such board or corporation, or    (2)  he  is  such  beneficial  owner, director or officer of a bank or  trust company, all of the voting securities  of  which,  excepting  only  directors'  qualifying  shares, are owned, controlled or held with powerto vote by a bank holding company as  defined  in  section  one  hundred  forty-one of this chapter or by a single corporation, or    (3)  he  is  such  beneficial  owner, director or officer of a bank or  trust company, all of the voting securities  of  which,  excepting  only  directors'  qualifying  shares, are owned, controlled or held with power  to vote by one or more banks organized  under  the  laws  of  a  foreign  country, or    (4)  he  is  such  beneficial  owner,  director  or officer of a trust  company, all of the capital stock of which is owned by  twenty  or  more  savings banks chartered by the state of New York.    (c) The banking board shall have power by three-fifths vote of all its  members  to  adopt such regulations as it shall deem necessary or proper  to implement the provisions of this section.

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Statutes > New-york > Bnk > Article-3 > 130

§ 130.  Restrictions  on  officers,  directors  and  employees.  1. No  officer, director, clerk or other employee of any bank or trust company,  and no person in any way interested or concerned in  the  management  of  its  affairs,  shall, acting on his own behalf or for any partnership or  unincorporated  association  of  which  he  is  a  member  or  for   any  corporation,  of  which  he  owns  or controls a majority of the capital  stock, discount, or directly or indirectly make any loan upon, any  note  or  other  evidence of debt which he shall know to have been offered for  discount to such bank or trust company, and to have been refused.  Every  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this subdivision shall, for each  offense, forfeit to the people of the state twice the amount of the loan  which he shall have made.    2. No officer, director, clerk or other employee of any bank or  trust  company  shall, directly or indirectly, purchase or be interested in the  purchase of any promissory note or other evidence of debt issued  by  it  on  terms  more  favorable  than  those available to the general public,  provided, however, that every director,  and  every  officer,  clerk  or  other  employee  who is a stockholder of such bank or trust company, may  purchase promissory notes or other evidences of debt issued by it in the  same ratio as to amount and on the same terms as any other stockholder.    3. (a) No executive officer of a bank  or  trust  company  may  be  an  executive officer, director or trustee of another bank or trust company,  savings  bank,  savings  and  loan  association,  national bank, federal  savings bank or federal savings association,  the  principal  office  of  which  institution  is  located  in  this state, bank holding company or  foreign banking corporation maintaining a branch in this  state,  unless  permission  therefor  has  been granted by the banking board pursuant to  the provisions of paragraph (b) of  this  subdivision,  except  that  an  executive  officer of a bank or trust company which is a subsidiary of a  bank holding company may be (i) an executive officer and (ii) a director  of the bank holding company and of  one  or  more  banking  institutions  which are subsidiaries of such bank holding company.    (b)  The banking board shall have the power to determine by regulation  who shall be considered, under the provisions of this subdivision, to be  an executive officer, and by a general or specific  regulation,  upon  a  three-fifths  vote  of  all  its  members,  to  grant  permission  to an  executive officer of a bank or trust company to be an executive officer,  director or trustee or both an  executive  officer  and  director  or  a  trustee  of  another bank or trust company, savings bank, or savings and  loan association, national bank, federal savings bank or federal savings  association, the principal office of which is  located  in  this  state,  bank  holding  company,  or  foreign  banking  corporation maintaining a  branch in this state. Such permission may be  granted  only  if  in  the  judgment of the banking board such service by the executive officer will  be  consistent  with  the policy of the state of New York as declared in  section ten of this chapter. The banking board shall have the  power  to  revoke  such  permission  by  a  like  vote  whenever  it  finds,  after  reasonable notice and an  opportunity  to  be  heard,  that  the  public  interest requires such revocation.    (c)  For  the  purposes  of  this subdivision, the terms "subsidiary",  "banking institution" and "bank holding company" shall each be given the  same meaning as is contained in their respective definition  in  section  one hundred forty-one of this chapter, except that the definition of the  term  "banking  institution"  is  modified  to  include a national bank,  federal savings bank  or  federal  savings  association,  the  principal  office  of  which  institution  is  in this state, and a foreign banking  corporation maintaining a branch in this state.(d) All other restrictions and limitations imposed by this chapter  on  executive  officers  and  directors  of  banks and trust companies shall  continue in effect.    5.  Every  director of a bank or trust company who is obligated on any  loan or other extension of credit made by such bank or trust company  to  such  director  or  to any other individual, partnership, unincorporated  association or corporation, shall file  a  statement  of  his  financial  condition with such bank or trust company at least once in each year and  at  such other times as the superintendent may require. This subdivision  shall not apply to directors whose obligations are secured by collateral  having an ascertained market value of at least fifteen per  centum  more  than  the  amount of such obligations. The superintendent shall have the  power to determine by regulation what shall  be  considered,  under  the  provisions of this subdivision, to be a loan or an extension of credit.    6.  If  any officer of a bank or trust company becomes indebted to any  domestic or foreign banking organization, other than the bank  or  trust  company  of  which  he is an officer, or becomes indebted to any banking  institution organized under the laws of  the  United  States,  he  shall  within  ten  calendar  days  after he becomes so indebted make a written  report to the board of directors of the bank or trust company  of  which  he  is  an  officer,  stating  the  date  and amount of any such loan or  indebtedness, and the security therefor. In addition  to  the  foregoing  reports  he  shall  render written reports of such other indebtedness as  the board of directors of the bank or trust company  may  by  resolution  require  of  its  officers.  The  superintendent shall have the power to  determine by regulation who shall be  considered  an  officer  and  what  shall  be considered a loan or indebtedness under the provisions of this  subdivision.    The provision of this subdivision  shall  not  be  applicable  if  the  amount  of  the  indebtedness  does  not exceed an amount which shall be  determined by the superintendent.    7. (a) Every person who is directly or indirectly the beneficial owner  of more than ten per centum of any class of any  equity  security  of  a  bank  or  trust  company  or who is a director or officer thereof, shall  file, within ten days following (i) the effective date of this  section,  or  (ii) the date on which he becomes such beneficial owner, director or  officer, whichever is later, a statement with the superintendent of  the  amount  of  all equity securities of such bank or trust company of which  he is the beneficial owner, and within ten days after the close of  each  calendar  month  thereafter,  if  there  has  been  any  change  in such  ownership during such  month,  shall  file  with  the  superintendent  a  statement  indicating  his  ownership at the close of the calendar month  and such changes in such ownership as have occurred during such calendar  month.    (b) Any such beneficial owner, director or officer of a bank or  trust  company shall not be subject to the requirements of this section if    (1)  he  is required by section sixteen (a) of the securities exchange  act of nineteen hundred thirty-four, as amended, to file with the  board  of governors of the federal reserve system in accordance with regulation  f  of  such  board  or with the federal deposit insurance corporation in  accordance with part three hundred thirty-five of title  twelve  of  the  regulations  of  such corporation, a statement as to his stock ownership  and he files with the superintendent at his New York  city  office  four  copies of each such statement filed with such board or corporation, or    (2)  he  is  such  beneficial  owner, director or officer of a bank or  trust company, all of the voting securities  of  which,  excepting  only  directors'  qualifying  shares, are owned, controlled or held with powerto vote by a bank holding company as  defined  in  section  one  hundred  forty-one of this chapter or by a single corporation, or    (3)  he  is  such  beneficial  owner, director or officer of a bank or  trust company, all of the voting securities  of  which,  excepting  only  directors'  qualifying  shares, are owned, controlled or held with power  to vote by one or more banks organized  under  the  laws  of  a  foreign  country, or    (4)  he  is  such  beneficial  owner,  director  or officer of a trust  company, all of the capital stock of which is owned by  twenty  or  more  savings banks chartered by the state of New York.    (c) The banking board shall have power by three-fifths vote of all its  members  to  adopt such regulations as it shall deem necessary or proper  to implement the provisions of this section.

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Statutes > New-york > Bnk > Article-3 > 130

§ 130.  Restrictions  on  officers,  directors  and  employees.  1. No  officer, director, clerk or other employee of any bank or trust company,  and no person in any way interested or concerned in  the  management  of  its  affairs,  shall, acting on his own behalf or for any partnership or  unincorporated  association  of  which  he  is  a  member  or  for   any  corporation,  of  which  he  owns  or controls a majority of the capital  stock, discount, or directly or indirectly make any loan upon, any  note  or  other  evidence of debt which he shall know to have been offered for  discount to such bank or trust company, and to have been refused.  Every  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this subdivision shall, for each  offense, forfeit to the people of the state twice the amount of the loan  which he shall have made.    2. No officer, director, clerk or other employee of any bank or  trust  company  shall, directly or indirectly, purchase or be interested in the  purchase of any promissory note or other evidence of debt issued  by  it  on  terms  more  favorable  than  those available to the general public,  provided, however, that every director,  and  every  officer,  clerk  or  other  employee  who is a stockholder of such bank or trust company, may  purchase promissory notes or other evidences of debt issued by it in the  same ratio as to amount and on the same terms as any other stockholder.    3. (a) No executive officer of a bank  or  trust  company  may  be  an  executive officer, director or trustee of another bank or trust company,  savings  bank,  savings  and  loan  association,  national bank, federal  savings bank or federal savings association,  the  principal  office  of  which  institution  is  located  in  this state, bank holding company or  foreign banking corporation maintaining a branch in this  state,  unless  permission  therefor  has  been granted by the banking board pursuant to  the provisions of paragraph (b) of  this  subdivision,  except  that  an  executive  officer of a bank or trust company which is a subsidiary of a  bank holding company may be (i) an executive officer and (ii) a director  of the bank holding company and of  one  or  more  banking  institutions  which are subsidiaries of such bank holding company.    (b)  The banking board shall have the power to determine by regulation  who shall be considered, under the provisions of this subdivision, to be  an executive officer, and by a general or specific  regulation,  upon  a  three-fifths  vote  of  all  its  members,  to  grant  permission  to an  executive officer of a bank or trust company to be an executive officer,  director or trustee or both an  executive  officer  and  director  or  a  trustee  of  another bank or trust company, savings bank, or savings and  loan association, national bank, federal savings bank or federal savings  association, the principal office of which is  located  in  this  state,  bank  holding  company,  or  foreign  banking  corporation maintaining a  branch in this state. Such permission may be  granted  only  if  in  the  judgment of the banking board such service by the executive officer will  be  consistent  with  the policy of the state of New York as declared in  section ten of this chapter. The banking board shall have the  power  to  revoke  such  permission  by  a  like  vote  whenever  it  finds,  after  reasonable notice and an  opportunity  to  be  heard,  that  the  public  interest requires such revocation.    (c)  For  the  purposes  of  this subdivision, the terms "subsidiary",  "banking institution" and "bank holding company" shall each be given the  same meaning as is contained in their respective definition  in  section  one hundred forty-one of this chapter, except that the definition of the  term  "banking  institution"  is  modified  to  include a national bank,  federal savings bank  or  federal  savings  association,  the  principal  office  of  which  institution  is  in this state, and a foreign banking  corporation maintaining a branch in this state.(d) All other restrictions and limitations imposed by this chapter  on  executive  officers  and  directors  of  banks and trust companies shall  continue in effect.    5.  Every  director of a bank or trust company who is obligated on any  loan or other extension of credit made by such bank or trust company  to  such  director  or  to any other individual, partnership, unincorporated  association or corporation, shall file  a  statement  of  his  financial  condition with such bank or trust company at least once in each year and  at  such other times as the superintendent may require. This subdivision  shall not apply to directors whose obligations are secured by collateral  having an ascertained market value of at least fifteen per  centum  more  than  the  amount of such obligations. The superintendent shall have the  power to determine by regulation what shall  be  considered,  under  the  provisions of this subdivision, to be a loan or an extension of credit.    6.  If  any officer of a bank or trust company becomes indebted to any  domestic or foreign banking organization, other than the bank  or  trust  company  of  which  he is an officer, or becomes indebted to any banking  institution organized under the laws of  the  United  States,  he  shall  within  ten  calendar  days  after he becomes so indebted make a written  report to the board of directors of the bank or trust company  of  which  he  is  an  officer,  stating  the  date  and amount of any such loan or  indebtedness, and the security therefor. In addition  to  the  foregoing  reports  he  shall  render written reports of such other indebtedness as  the board of directors of the bank or trust company  may  by  resolution  require  of  its  officers.  The  superintendent shall have the power to  determine by regulation who shall be  considered  an  officer  and  what  shall  be considered a loan or indebtedness under the provisions of this  subdivision.    The provision of this subdivision  shall  not  be  applicable  if  the  amount  of  the  indebtedness  does  not exceed an amount which shall be  determined by the superintendent.    7. (a) Every person who is directly or indirectly the beneficial owner  of more than ten per centum of any class of any  equity  security  of  a  bank  or  trust  company  or who is a director or officer thereof, shall  file, within ten days following (i) the effective date of this  section,  or  (ii) the date on which he becomes such beneficial owner, director or  officer, whichever is later, a statement with the superintendent of  the  amount  of  all equity securities of such bank or trust company of which  he is the beneficial owner, and within ten days after the close of  each  calendar  month  thereafter,  if  there  has  been  any  change  in such  ownership during such  month,  shall  file  with  the  superintendent  a  statement  indicating  his  ownership at the close of the calendar month  and such changes in such ownership as have occurred during such calendar  month.    (b) Any such beneficial owner, director or officer of a bank or  trust  company shall not be subject to the requirements of this section if    (1)  he  is required by section sixteen (a) of the securities exchange  act of nineteen hundred thirty-four, as amended, to file with the  board  of governors of the federal reserve system in accordance with regulation  f  of  such  board  or with the federal deposit insurance corporation in  accordance with part three hundred thirty-five of title  twelve  of  the  regulations  of  such corporation, a statement as to his stock ownership  and he files with the superintendent at his New York  city  office  four  copies of each such statement filed with such board or corporation, or    (2)  he  is  such  beneficial  owner, director or officer of a bank or  trust company, all of the voting securities  of  which,  excepting  only  directors'  qualifying  shares, are owned, controlled or held with powerto vote by a bank holding company as  defined  in  section  one  hundred  forty-one of this chapter or by a single corporation, or    (3)  he  is  such  beneficial  owner, director or officer of a bank or  trust company, all of the voting securities  of  which,  excepting  only  directors'  qualifying  shares, are owned, controlled or held with power  to vote by one or more banks organized  under  the  laws  of  a  foreign  country, or    (4)  he  is  such  beneficial  owner,  director  or officer of a trust  company, all of the capital stock of which is owned by  twenty  or  more  savings banks chartered by the state of New York.    (c) The banking board shall have power by three-fifths vote of all its  members  to  adopt such regulations as it shall deem necessary or proper  to implement the provisions of this section.