53-340. Investment in State trust company facilities.
(a) A State trust company may invest in one or more State trust company facilities consistent with the safe and sound operation of a State trust company.
(b) For the purposes of this Part, "State trust company facility" means real estate owned, or leased to the extent the lease or the leasehold improvements are capitalized, by a State trust company for the purposes of:
(1) Providing space for State trust company employees, officers, and directors to perform their duties and space for appropriate parking;
(2) Conducting trust business, including meeting the reasonable needs and convenience of the State trust company's customers, employees, officers, and directors, and providing for necessary computer operations, data processing, maintenance, and record retention and storage;
(3) Future expansion of the State trust company's facilities; or
(4) Conducting another activity authorized by law or by rules, orders, or declaratory rulings of the Commissioner.
(c) Without the approval of the Commissioner, a State trust company shall not, within the first three years following issuance of its charter, directly or indirectly, invest an amount in excess of one-half of its initial capital in State trust company facilities, furniture, fixtures, and equipment. Except as otherwise provided by rules, orders, or declaratory rulings of the Commissioner, in computing this limitation, a State trust company shall include:
(1) Its direct investment in State trust company facilities;
(2) Any investment in a company with an interest in a State trust company facility;
(3) Any indebtedness incurred on State trust company facilities by an affiliate of the State trust company.
Except as otherwise provided by rules, orders, or declaratory rulings of the Commissioner, in computing this limitation, a State trust company may exclude an amount included under subdivisions (1) through (3) of this subsection to the extent any lease of a facility from the company holding title to the facility is capitalized by the State trust company.
(d) Real estate acquired under subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section ceases to be a State trust company facility if it is not used for a purpose listed in subdivision (1), (2), or (4) of subsection (b) of this section on the third anniversary of the date of its acquisition unless the Commissioner grants approval to hold the real estate for a longer period. (2001-263, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 53 - Regulation of Financial Services
Article 24 - Trust Companies and Interstate Trust Business.
§ 53-302 - Title and purposes.
§ 53-303 - Companies authorized to engage in trust business.
§ 53-304 - Activities not requiring a charter, license, or approval.
§ 53-305 - Trust business of State trust institution.
§ 53-306 - Trust business of out-of-state trust institution.
§ 53-307 - Trust business of foreign trust institution.
§ 53-308 - Name of trust institution.
§ 53-309 - Trust deposits of authorized trust institutions.
§ 53-310 - Offices of State trust companies.
§ 53-311 - State trust company principal office.
§ 53-312 - Trust offices; representative trust offices.
§ 53-313 - Out-of-state trust offices and representative trust offices.
§ 53-314 - Trust business through a branch or trust office.
§ 53-315 - Establishing an interstate trust office.
§ 53-316 - Acquiring an interstate trust office.
§ 53-317 - Requirement of notice.
§ 53-319 - Additional trust offices; representative trust offices.
§ 53-320 - Examinations; periodic reports; cooperative agreements; assessment of fees.
§ 53-322 - Notice of transactions that cause a change in control.
§ 53-323 - Foreign trust institution application for trust office or representative trust office.
§ 53-324 - Conditions for approval.
§ 53-325 - Additional trust offices and representative trust offices.
§ 53-326 - Examinations; periodic reports; cooperative agreements; assessment of fees.
§ 53-328 - Notice of transactions that cause a change in control.
§ 53-329 - International agreements.
§ 53-330 - Title and purposes.
§ 53-331 - Organization and powers of State trust company.
§ 53-332 - Articles of incorporation of State trust company.
§ 53-334 - Notice and investigation of charter application.
§ 53-335 - Decision on charter application and hearing.
§ 53-336 - Issuance of charter.
§ 53-337 - Required initial capital.
§ 53-338 - Subordinated notes or debentures.
§ 53-339 - Application of laws relating to general business corporations.
§ 53-340 - Investment in State trust company facilities.
§ 53-342 - Securities and other investments.
§ 53-343 - Prohibited distributions, acquisitions, liens, or pledges.
§ 53-345 - Engaging in commerce prohibited.
§ 53-346 - Lending and lease financing; conversion to State bank.
§ 53-347 - Acquisition of control.
§ 53-348 - Application regarding acquisition of control.
§ 53-349 - Decision on acquisition of control.
§ 53-351 - Report of changes in chief executive officer or directors.
§ 53-352 - Board of directors.
§ 53-353 - Required board meetings.
§ 53-355 - Certain criminal offenses.
§ 53-356 - Responsibility of directors.
§ 53-358 - Bonding requirements; reports of apparent crime.
§ 53-359 - Merger, share exchange, or asset transfer authority.
§ 53-360 - Merger, share exchange, or asset transfer application.
§ 53-362 - Appraisal rights of shareholders in mergers, share exchanges, or asset transfers.
§ 53-363 - Private trust companies.
§ 53-364 - Requirements to apply for and maintain status as a private trust company.
§ 53-365 - Conversion to public trust company.
§ 53-367 - Commissioner shall have supervision over authorized trust institutions and shall examine.
§ 53-368 - Assessment of State trust companies.
§ 53-369 - Administrative orders; penalties for violation; increase of equity capital.
§ 53-370 - Notice and opportunity for hearing.
§ 53-371 - Removal of directors, officers, and employees.
§ 53-372 - Required vote of shareholders.
§ 53-373 - Corporate procedure.
§ 53-374 - Authority to liquidate; publication.
§ 53-375 - Examination and reports.
§ 53-376 - Unclaimed property.
§ 53-377 - When Commissioner may take charge.
§ 53-379 - Notice of seizure; bar to attachment of liens.
§ 53-380 - Notice to trust institutions, corporations, and others holding assets; existing liens.
§ 53-381 - Permission to resume business.
§ 53-382 - Remedy for seizure; answer to notice; injunction; appeal; and motions.
§ 53-384 - Bond of the Commissioner; surety; condition; minimum penalty.
§ 53-386 - Notice and time for filing claims.
§ 53-387 - Power to reject claims; notice; affidavit of service; action on claims.
§ 53-388 - List of claims presented, copies, and proviso.
§ 53-389 - Declaration of dividends; order of preference in distribution.
§ 53-390 - Deposit of funds collected.
§ 53-391 - Employment of counsel, accountants, and other experts; compensation.
§ 53-392 - Unclaimed dividends held in trust.
§ 53-393 - Action by the Commissioner following full settlement.
§ 53-395 - Compensation of the Commissioner's office.
§ 53-396 - Exclusive method of liquidation.
§ 53-397 - Disposition of books and records.
§ 53-398 - Destruction of books and records.
§ 53-399 - Petition for new trustee.
§ 53-400 - Report to the Secretary of State.
§ 53-401 - Provisions for conservator; duties and powers.
§ 53-403 - Termination of conservatorship.
§ 53-404 - Rights and liabilities of conservator.
§ 53-405 - Naming of conservator not liquidation.
§ 53-406 - Sale of assets by board of jeopardized State trust company.
§ 53-407 - Authority to act as disbursing agent.
§ 53-408 - Payment to creditors.
§ 53-409 - Issuance of preferred shares by jeopardized trust company.
§ 53-410 - Commissioner to act under authority of the Commission.
§ 53-412 - Commissioner hearings; appeals.
§ 53-414 - Cancellation of charter.
§ 53-420 - Affiliate transfers authorized; procedure.
§ 53-421 - Objection to affiliate transfer.
§ 53-422 - Effect of affiliate transfer.