In addition to all other rights and powers provided under this title, banks and trust companies chartered by this state and supervised by the superintendent and banks or trust companies chartered by any other state which are doing business or proposing to conduct any bank or trust company activities in this state and each of their subsidiaries, subject to the prior approval of the superintendent, may make any loan or investment , exercise any power, and engage in any activity which they could make , exercise, or engage in if incorporated or operating as a federally chartered or regulated financial institution and they shall be entitled to all rights, privileges, and protections granted or available to federally chartered or regulated financial institutions. In addition to other conditions determined at the superintendent's discretion, any approval granted under this section to a bank or trust company chartered by another state or to subsidiaries of a bank or trust company chartered by another state may be conditioned upon the existence of reciprocal authority from the other state for Alabama state banks and trust companies or their subsidiaries to exercise the same power or engage in the same activity in the other state. The provisions of this section shall take priority and be given effect over any other general or specific provisions of Alabama law to the contrary. Except in the case of a natural disaster or other emergency, in determining whether to issue an approval of an activity, right, privilege, or protection under this section, the superintendent shall consider the importance of maintaining a competitive dual banking system and whether such an approval is contrary to the public interest. In the event of a natural disaster or other national, regional, state, or local emergency, the superintendent may temporarily waive or suspend requirements for bank and trust company compliance with any other general or specific provisions of this title. At the discretion of the superintendent, an approval issued under this section to any bank, trust company, or subsidiary of a bank or trust company may apply to all banks, trust companies, and their subsidiaries. Approvals granted under this section shall not exempt the applicant or its subsidiary from applicable licensure and regulatory requirements of Articles 1, 2, and 4 of Chapter 27 of Title 34, except where a national bank or its subsidiary would not be subject to the licensure or regulatory requirements of Articles 1, 2, and 4 of Chapter 27 of Title 34. For the purposes of this section, the term federally chartered financial institution means any bank, savings bank, limited purpose bank, savings and loan association, other institution whose deposits are federally insured, or trust company chartered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency or the Office of Thrift Supervision, or their successor agencies, and any subsidiary of such institutions.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 5 - Banks and Financial Institutions.
Chapter 5A - Organization and Operation of Banks.
Section 5-5A-1 - Procedure for Incorporation - Application for Permit.
Section 5-5A-2 - Procedure for Incorporation - Notice of Intention to Incorporate.
Section 5-5A-9 - Procedure for Incorporation - Judicial Review.
Section 5-5A-10 - Permit to Transact Business - Required.
Section 5-5A-11 - Permit to Transact Business - Examination; Issuance and Recordation of Permit.
Section 5-5A-12 - Membership in Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Etc.
Section 5-5A-13 - Filing Fee; Other Fees.
Section 5-5A-14 - Capital - Minimum Amount Required for Incorporation of Bank.
Section 5-5A-15 - Capital - Increase or Decrease.
Section 5-5A-16 - Issuance of Capital Notes and Debentures.
Section 5-5A-18 - Powers of Banks Generally.
Section 5-5A-20 - Branch Banks; Commercial Affiliates.
Section 5-5A-21 - Surplus; Restriction on Dividends.
Section 5-5A-22 - Limits of Indebtedness.
Section 5-5A-23 - Investments and Loans With Respect to Housing.
Section 5-5A-28 - Pledge of Assets.
Section 5-5A-29 - Security Not Required When Deposits Insured.
Section 5-5A-31 - Liability for Transactions on Legal Holidays.
Section 5-5A-32 - Closing of Banks, etc., Permitted on One Business Day of Each Week.
Section 5-5A-33 - Bank to Pay Checks Drawn on It at Par.
Section 5-5A-36 - Notice Upon Maturity of Certificate of Deposit Issued for More Than 90 Days.
Section 5-5A-37 - Rights of Minors.
Section 5-5A-40 - Disposition of Deposit in Trust for Another Upon Death of Trustee.
Section 5-5A-42 - Adverse Claims to Deposits.
Section 5-5A-43 - Disclosure of Customer Financial Records.
Section 5-5A-44 - Acquisition of Majority of Voting Shares of a Bank; Procedure.
Section 5-5A-45 - Initiation of Run on Banks, Etc.
Section 5-5A-46 - False, etc., Statements, etc., Affecting Financial Standing of Bank.
Section 5-5A-47 - Liability of Directors or Officers; Enforcement Powers of Superintendent.