History. Code 1981, § 7-1-593 , enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 673, § 23; Ga. L. 1999, p. 674, § 16; Ga. L. 2016, p. 390, § 2-10/HB 811; Ga. L. 2020, p. 320, § 6/HB 781; Ga. L. 2022, p. 220, § 14/HB 891.
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, substituted the present provisions of subsection (a) for the former provisions, which read: “A bank or bank holding company domiciled in this state and having a representative office located in this state shall register with the department annually on forms prescribed by the department. Such registration shall be filed according to regulations issued by the department and shall list the names of all its Georgia representative offices, the street address of the offices, the nature of the business to be transacted in or through the offices, and such other information as the department may require. The department may consolidate these requirements with the holding company registration required in Parts 18, 19, and 20 of this article.”
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, rewrote subsection (a), which read: “A bank or bank holding company domiciled in this state and having a representative office shall register such representative office with the department. Prior to closing a representative office, such bank or bank holding company must post notice of the closing as required by Code Section 7-1-110.1.