Chapter 8. Federal Associations of California Financial Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 8.

(a) Every federal association and the holders of stock, shares, share accounts, savings accounts, and certificate accounts issued by any federal association have all the rights, powers, and privileges, and are entitled to the same exemptions and immunities granted, respectively, to associations organized under the laws of this state and to the holders of their stock, membership accounts, and savings accounts.
  (b) This section is in addition and supplemental to any provision that, by specific reference, is applicable to federal associations and their members or stockholders.

No director of a federal association shall be liable for monetary damages to the federal association, its stockholders or members, based upon the laws of this state, to the extent that the stockholders, or in case of a mutual federal association the members of the federal association, adopt a resolution limiting liability. The resolution shall not eliminate or limit the liability of directors for any acts or omissions or transactions from which directors of a corporation may not be relieved of liability as set forth in the exception to paragraph (10) of Section 204 of the Corporations Code.