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715.010 [Amended by 1973 c.797 §336; 1977 c.135 §27; 1979 c.88 §15; 1983 c.296 §9; 1985 c.12 §8; 1989 c.12 §1; 1989 c.447 §1; repealed by 1997 c.631 §567]

715.012 Application to become financial holding company or bank holding company of Oregon stock bank; filing with Federal Reserve Board and director. (1) If a company proposes to become a financial holding company or a bank holding company of an Oregon stock bank, when the company files its application and any related materials with the Federal Reserve Board, the company shall submit to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services copies of the application and related materials.

715.015 [1973 c.797 §337; 1975 c.544 §41; 1977 c.135 §28; 1979 c.88 §16; 1985 c.12 §9; 1985 c.786 §44; repealed by 1997 c.631 §567]

715.017 Out-of-state financial holding companies; out-of-state bank holding companies. An out-of-state financial holding company or an out-of-state bank holding company may become the financial holding company or the bank holding company of:

(2) An Oregon stock bank organized under ORS 707.025 that has merged with or acquired all or substantially all of the assets and liabilities of an Oregon stock bank or in-state federal stock bank, by itself or together with any predecessor, only if the Oregon stock bank or in-state federal stock bank has been engaged in the business of banking in this state for a period of not less than three years prior to the date on which the out-of-state financial holding company or the out-of-state bank holding company becomes the financial holding company or the bank holding company of the Oregon stock bank. [1997 c.631 §330; 2001 c.377 §31]

715.019 Mutual financial holding companies; mutual bank holding companies; authority; rules. (1) An Oregon nonstock bank may, pursuant to rules adopted by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, reorganize so that the resulting entities are an Oregon stock savings bank, controlled by a mutual financial holding company or a mutual bank holding company. For purposes of this section, a "mutual financial holding company or a mutual bank holding company" is a financial holding company or a bank holding company that does not issue capital stock. The mutual financial holding company shall be mutually owned by the depositors of the reorganizing Oregon nonstock bank and shareholders of other companies under the control of the mutual financial holding company. The mutual bank holding company shall be mutually owned by the depositors of the reorganizing Oregon nonstock bank.

715.020 [Repealed by 1973 c.797 §428]

715.025 [1973 c.797 §338; 1985 c.12 §10; repealed by 1997 c.631 §567]

715.030 [Repealed by 1973 c.797 §428]

715.035 [1973 c.797 §339; 1977 c.135 §29; 1983 c.37 §24; 1985 c.786 §45; repealed by 1997 c.631 §567]

715.040 [Repealed by 1973 c.797 §428]

715.045 Examination of certain financial holding companies or bank holding companies; payment of costs of examination. (1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may examine the books, accounts, records and files of a financial holding company or a bank holding company of an Oregon stock bank when the director considers it necessary to evaluate the condition of the Oregon stock bank that is a subsidiary of the financial holding company or the bank holding company.

715.050 [Repealed by 1973 c.797 §428]

715.055 Submission of reports filed with Federal Reserve Board; additional information; penalty for failure to submit. (1) A financial holding company or a bank holding company of an Oregon stock bank shall submit to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services copies of all reports that the financial holding company or the bank holding company is required to submit to the Federal Reserve Board. The copies shall be submitted to the director within the time periods required by applicable federal law and regulation for the filing of the originals with the Federal Reserve Board.

715.065 [1985 c.12 §12; 1987 c.371 §3; 1995 c.6 §4; repealed by 1997 c.631 §567]

715.070 [1985 c.12 §13; 1987 c.371 §4; repealed by 1997 c.631 §567]

715.075 Authority of financial holding company or bank holding company to acquire corporation licensed as insurance agent; rules. A financial holding company or a bank holding company may acquire and hold all or part of the stock of a corporation that is or may thereafter be licensed as an agent as required by ORS 744.053 to transact one or more of the classes of insurance described in ORS 744.062 except for title insurance, subject to the following requirements:

(1) The acquisition and holding of such stock shall be subject to the approval of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. The director shall base consideration for approval on the condition of the financial holding company or the bank holding company, the adequacy of a formal business plan for the insurance activities and the existence of satisfactory management for the corporation.

(2) The director may revoke or restrict the ongoing authority of the financial holding company or the bank holding company to hold stock in the corporation if the condition of the financial holding company or the bank holding company or of any bank owned by it substantially deteriorates or if the insurance activities are adversely affecting the financial holding company or the bank holding company or any bank owned by it.

(3) If the corporation conducts the insurance agency activity in any branch or office in which any bank owned by the financial holding company or the bank holding company carries on its banking business, the insurance agency activity shall be physically separated from those parts of the premises in which the bank carries on the banking business.

(4) No person who acts on behalf of the corporation as an agent, as that term is defined in ORS 731.062, shall while employed by the corporation engage on behalf of the financial holding company or the bank holding company or any bank owned by it in any activities relating to the making of loans or the granting of other credits to the customers of any bank owned by the financial holding company or the bank holding company, including but not limited to serving as a loan officer or as a member of a loan committee or any other group charged with approval of loans and other credits.

(5) The name of the corporation and any assumed business name used by it shall not be identical to that of any bank owned by the financial holding company or the bank holding company.

(6) Prior to selling any policy of insurance, the corporation shall give substantially the following notice in writing to the purchaser in at least 10-point boldfaced type:

______________________________________________________________________________

NOTICE

_________ (Name of corporation licensed as an agent) is owned by _________________ (Name of financial holding company or bank holding company) which also owns ____________ (Name of institution or savings bank). You are not required to purchase any insurance from it as a condition of obtaining any service from or engaging in any transaction with the institution, savings bank, financial holding company or bank holding company. Before committing to purchase any policy of insurance, you should shop for the coverage by carefully comparing information obtained from two or more agents on prices, benefits, services, terms of renewal and other policy features. You hereby acknowledge receipt of a copy of this notice.

_________________ ______

Customer’s signature Date

______________________________________________________________________________

(7) For each calendar year during which a financial holding company or a bank holding company owns all or part of any corporation licensed as an agent as required by ORS 744.053, the financial holding company or the bank holding company shall file a written report with the director. The report shall be filed no later than March 31 of the following year and shall disclose the insurance activities of the corporation. The required contents of the report shall be established by the director by rule. The reports filed with the director under this paragraph shall be available for public inspection in the office of the director.

(8) The corporation shall not in any manner use customer information obtained by the institution from another insurance agent to promote, develop or solicit insurance business for the corporation unless the other insurance agent consents to such use of the customer information.

(9) The corporation shall be subject to the limitations applicable to lending institutions under ORS 746.180 and 746.185 to 746.211. For the purpose of this subsection, the term "lending institution" has the meaning set forth in ORS 746.185. [1987 c.916 §4; 1989 c.331 §30; 1989 c.701 §66; 1997 c.831 §3; 2001 c.191 §54; 2001 c.377 §35]

715.090 Authority of financial holding company or bank holding company to share information concerning customers with controlled company. (1) A financial holding company or bank holding company may share financial and credit information concerning its customers with any company of which it directly or indirectly controls 50 percent or more of the voting shares. Any company so controlled by a financial holding company or bank holding company may share information concerning its customers with the financial holding company or bank holding company and with any other company so controlled by the same financial holding company or bank holding company. This section shall not be construed as otherwise permitting or limiting the sharing or disclosure of information.

715.100 [1985 c.12 §17; repealed by 1987 c.371 §5]

715.910 [1975 c.544 §43; repealed by 1997 c.631 §567]

715.990 [Amended by 1973 c.797 §342; repealed by 1975 c.544 §62]