TITLE 26

BANKS AND BANKING

CHAPTER 17

IDAHO INTERNATIONAL BANKING ACT

26-1703.  Authority for operation of international banking offices. (1) An international banking corporation with a home state other than Idaho may establish and operate, directly or indirectly, a federal international bank institution in this state in accordance with applicable federal law.

(2)  An international banking corporation with no home state may establish and operate, directly or indirectly, a federal international bank institution in this state in accordance with applicable federal law.

(3)  An international banking corporation with a home state other than Idaho may establish and operate, directly or indirectly, an international bank branch, an international bank agency, or an international representative office in accordance with this chapter and applicable federal law.

(4)  An international banking corporation with no home state may establish and operate, directly or indirectly, an international bank branch, an international bank agency, or an international representative office in accordance with this chapter and applicable federal law.

(5)  For the purposes of this section, the home state of an international banking corporation that has branches, agencies, subsidiary commercial lending companies, or subsidiary banks, or any combination of branches, agencies, subsidiary commercial lending companies, or subsidiary banks in more than one (1) state is whichever of the states is so elected by the international banking corporation. If the international banking corporation does not elect a home state, the board of governors of the federal reserve system or the director, as applicable, shall elect the home state.

History:

[26-1703, added 1995, ch. 99, sec. 10, p. 308.]