SECTION 665.0315. Reorganization, merger, or consolidation with a foreign association.
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1(1) 2An association shall have power to reorganize or merge or consolidate with a foreign association, as defined in s. 21665.1001, 22subject to the approval of the office.
29(2) 30If the resulting or surviving association is to be a foreign association, the office shall not approve the proposed transaction unless:
51(a) 52The laws of the state in which the foreign association has its principal place of business permit associations in that state to reorganize, merge, or consolidate with Florida associations in transactions in which the resulting or surviving association is a Florida association; and
95(b) 96The constituent Florida association has been in existence and continuously operating for more than 2 years.
112(3) 113A proposed transaction in which the resulting or surviving association is to be a foreign association shall be subject to any conditions, restrictions, and requirements that would apply in the state where the foreign association has its principal place of business if the resulting or surviving association were to be a Florida association, which conditions, restrictions, and requirements would not apply to a reorganization, merger, or consolidation of associations all of which are located in that state.
190(4) 191A foreign association which is the resulting or surviving association in a reorganization, merger, or consolidation with a Florida association shall not be considered a Florida association.
218(5) 219Each application for reorganization, merger, or consolidation with a foreign association shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable filing fee as provided in s. 242658.73(2)(g)243.
History.-ss. 2, 7, ch. 86-58; s. 1, ch. 91-307; ss. 1, 178, ch. 92-303; s. 1858, ch. 2003-261.
