Section 16527 Of Article 2. Representative Offices From California Financial Code >> Division 5. >> Chapter 12. >> Article 2.
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. (a) No foreign (other nation) credit union that is licensed
to maintain a representative office shall relocate the office unless
the commissioner shall have first approved the relocation and issued
a license authorizing the credit union to maintain the office at the
new site.
(b) (1) In case the new site of a representative office is in the
same vicinity as the old site, the commissioner shall approve an
application by a foreign (other nation) credit union for approval to
relocate the representative office if the commissioner finds that the
relocation of the office will not be substantially detrimental to
the public convenience and advantage.
(2) In case the new site of a representative office is not in the
same vicinity as the old site, the commissioner shall approve an
application by a foreign (other nation) credit union for approval to
relocate the representative office if the commissioner finds both of
the following:
(i) The relocation of the office from the old site will not be
substantially detrimental to the public convenience and advantage in
the area that is primarily served by the office at the old site.
(ii) The relocation of the office to the new site will promote the
public convenience and advantage.
If the commissioner does not make the findings required under
either paragraph (1) or (2), the commissioner shall deny the
application.
(c) Whenever an application by a foreign (other nation) credit
union for approval to relocate a representative office has been
approved and all conditions precedent to the issuance of a license
authorizing the foreign (other nation) credit union to maintain the
office at the new site have been fulfilled, the commissioner shall
issue the license.
(d) Promptly after a foreign (other nation) credit union that is
licensed to maintain a representative office relocates the office,
the foreign (other nation) credit union shall surrender to the
commissioner the license that authorized it to maintain the office at
the old site.