(a)
(1) No employee or officer of the State Bank Department, or employee or officer of the Department of Commerce working within the State Bank Department, who participates in the examination of a financial institution, or who may be called upon to make an official decision or determination affecting the operation of a financial institution, shall be an officer, director, attorney, owner, or holder of stock in any state bank, registered out-of-state bank, or bank holding company which controls a state bank or a registered out-of-state bank, or receive, directly or indirectly, any payment or gratuity from any such organizations.
(2) A person subject to this section may not borrow money from a state bank or registered out-of-state bank which is an out-of-state state-chartered bank except as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) A person subject to this section may:
(1) Be a depositor in any financial institution that the department regulates and participate in such overdraft programs associated with such deposit relationships as the commissioner may, by rule, allow; and
(2) Purchase banking services, other than credit services, under rates and terms generally available to other customers of the financial institution.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries
Subtitle 2 - Financial Institutions And Securities
Chapter 46 - State Bank Department and State Banking Board
Subchapter 2 - State Bank Department
§ 23-46-201. Creation of State Bank Department
§ 23-46-203. Seal — Evidentiary effect — Fees
§ 23-46-204. Bank Commissioner — Appointment and removal
§ 23-46-205. Bank Commissioner — Powers and duties
§ 23-46-206. Employment and duties of staff generally
§ 23-46-207. Interests in financial institutions prohibited
§ 23-46-209. Records and financial reports — Disposition of funds
§ 23-46-210. Annual and biennial reports of Bank Commissioner
§ 23-46-211. Retention of State Bank Department records
§ 23-46-212. Emergency powers of Bank Commissioner — Legislative findings and intent — Definitions