TITLE 26

BANKS AND BANKING

CHAPTER 5

BANK HOLDING COMPANIES

26-506.  Change in control. All transfers of a major portion of the outstanding stock or trust certificates of a bank holding company by sale, gift, or otherwise shall be approved by the director prior to such transfer. For the purposes of this section, a major portion of the outstanding stock or trust certificates of a bank holding company is any number of any class of shares of a bank holding company the acquisition of which will result in a person acquiring the shares having voting control of the bank holding company. The director shall not approve a transfer of stock if he finds that the transferee has been removed from a position as a director, officer or employee of a bank holding company, a bank or other financial institution pursuant to an order of a state or federal agency. The director may disapprove a transfer of stock if in his opinion the transferee does not meet the requirements of a stockholder, director, or officer as set out in section 26-502, Idaho Code.

History:

[26-506, added 1979, ch. 41, sec. 2, p. 83.]