Section 1782 Of Article 2. Representative Offices From California Financial Code >> Division 1.1. >> Chapter 20. >> Article 2.
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. (a) No foreign (other nation) bank 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 bank to maintain the office at the new site.
(b) If the commissioner finds the following with respect to an
application by a foreign (other nation) bank for approval to relocate
a representative office, the commissioner shall approve the
application:
(1) In case the new site of the office is in the same vicinity as
the old site, that the relocation of the office will not be
substantially detrimental to the public convenience and advantage; or
(2) In case the new site of the office is not in the same vicinity
as the old site:
(A) That 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;
and
(B) That the relocation of the office to the new site will promote
the public convenience and advantage.
If the commissioner finds otherwise, the commissioner shall deny
the application.
(c) Whenever an application by a foreign (other nation) bank for
approval to relocate a representative office has been approved and
all conditions precedent to the issuance of a license authorizing the
bank to maintain the office at the new site have been fulfilled, the
commissioner shall issue the license.
(d) Promptly after a foreign (other nation) bank that is licensed
to maintain a representative office relocates the office, the bank
shall surrender to the commissioner the license that authorized it to
maintain the office at the old site.