51A-6A-1. Definitions.
Terms used in this chapter mean:
(1)"Articles," in the case of a corporation, articles of incorporation; in the case of a limited liability company, articles of organization;
(2)"Board member," in the case of a corporation, a director; in the case of a limited liability company, a member of the board of managers if manager-managed or board of members if member-managed;
(3)"Client," an individual, corporation, association, or other legal entity receiving or benefitting from fiduciary services provided by a trust company or bank;
(4)"Commission," the State Banking Commission;
(5)"Control," the power, directly or indirectly, to direct the management or policies of a trust company or to vote twenty-five percent or more of any class of voting shares of a trust company;
(6)"Director," the director of the Division of Banking;
(7)"Fiduciary for hire," acting as an administrator, conservator, custodian, executor, guardian, personal representative, or trustee, for any person, trust, or estate for compensation or gain or in anticipation of compensation or gain;
(8)"Financial institution," any bank, national banking association, savings and loan association, or savings bank which has its principal place of business in this state but which does not have trust powers, or which has trust powers, but does not exercise those trust powers;
(9)"Governing board," in the case of a corporation, the board of directors; in the case of a limited liability company, the board of managers if manager-managed or board of members if member-managed;
(10)"Out-of-state trust institution," a nondepository corporation, limited liability company, or other similar entity chartered or licensed by the banking regulatory agency of a state, territory, or district, other than South Dakota, to engage in the trust company business in that state, territory, or district under the primary supervision of such regulator;
(11)"Owner," in the case of a corporation, a common stockholder; in the case of a limited liability company, a person who owns ownership units;
(12)"Person," an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust, association, joint venture, pool, syndicate, sole proprietorship, or any other form of an entity;
(12A)"Public trust company," a trust company that engages in trust company business with the general public by advertising, solicitation, or other means, or a trust company that engages in trust company business but does not fall within the definition of a private trust company established by the commission through rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26. The commission shall consider the size, number of clients served and the family and other relationships among the clients served, complexity, and related safety and soundness issues as it establishes in rule a definition for the term private trust company;
(13)"Trust company," a nondepository trust company incorporated or organized under the laws of this state engaged in the trust company business;
(14)"Trust company business," engaging in, or representing or offering to engage in, the business of acting as a fiduciary for hire, except that no accountant, attorney, credit union, insurance broker, insurance company, investment advisor, real estate broker or sales agent, savings and loan association, savings bank, securities broker or dealer, real estate title insurance company, or real estate escrow company may be deemed to be engaged in a trust company business with respect to fiduciary services customarily performed by them for compensation as a traditional incident to their regular business activities. Trust company business as defined in this chapter does not constitute banking as defined in subdivision 51A-1-2(4);
(15)"Trust service office," any office, agency, or other place of business at which the powers granted to trust companies are exercised either by a trust company other than the place of business specified in a trust company's certificate of authority or within this state by an out-of-state trust institution.
Source: SL 1995, ch 268, §1; SL 2005, ch 260, §§12, 13; SL 2010, ch 232, §§16, 17; SL 2013, ch 239, §7; SL 2015, ch 240, §1; SL 2016, ch 231, §1; SL 2017, ch 204, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 06A - Creation Of Trust Companies
Section 51A-6A-1 - Definitions.
Section 51A-6A-2 - Confidential information.
Section 51A-6A-3 - "Community" defined.
Section 51A-6A-4 - Application for incorporation--Approval procedure--Emergency procedure.
Section 51A-6A-5 - Considerations in ruling on application-Proceedings on application.
Section 51A-6A-6 - Application fee.
Section 51A-6A-7.1 - Corporation laws applied.
Section 51A-6A-8 - Amendment of articles--Extension of existence.
Section 51A-6A-9 - Starting date of trust company existence--Commencement of business.
Section 51A-6A-10 - Statement of payment of capital--Certificate of organization.
Section 51A-6A-11 - Authority to transact business required--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 51A-6A-11.2 - Office space requirements.
Section 51A-6A-11.3 - Approval of other office space requirements.
Section 51A-6A-12 - List of owners--Annual submission to director--Verification of list.
Section 51A-6A-13 - Governing board--Membership--Election--Vacancies.
Section 51A-6A-14 - Officers of governing board--Bond required.
Section 51A-6A-15 - Meetings of governing board--Examination and audit of books and records.
Section 51A-6A-16 - Oath of board members.
Section 51A-6A-20 - Payment of subscriptions--Reduction of common stock.
Section 51A-6A-21 - Transferring stock and ownership units.
Section 51A-6A-22 - Increasing capital stock or ownership units.
Section 51A-6A-23 - Registration of capital stock or ownership units.
Section 51A-6A-24 - Issuance and retirement of preferred stock.
Section 51A-6A-25 - Rights and liability of preferred stockholders--Dividends.
Section 51A-6A-26 - Issuance of convertible or nonconvertible capital notes or debentures.
Section 51A-6A-27 - Dividends not permitted from required capital.
Section 51A-6A-28 - Dividends from undivided profits or surplus.
Section 51A-6A-29 - Powers of trust company.
Section 51A-6A-29.1 - Permissible business of trust companies.
Section 51A-6A-33 - Examination expenses paid by trust companies--Fees.
Section 51A-6A-37 - Revocation of franchise for failure to comply with lawful requirements.
Section 51A-6A-38 - Hearing on revocation of trust authority.
Section 51A-6A-39 - Confidentiality of information generated by examination--Disclosure--Hearing.
Section 51A-6A-41 - Insolvency defined.
Section 51A-6A-43 - Plan for reorganization of insolvent trust company.
Section 51A-6A-44 - Appointment of receiver--Bond--Qualifications--Report--Removal.
Section 51A-6A-45 - Powers and duties of receiver--Order of payment of liabilities.
Section 51A-6A-45.1 - Liability of receiver.
Section 51A-6A-46 - Periodic examination of trust company in the hands of a receiver.
Section 51A-6A-46.2 - Disclosure of confidential information in certain actions.
Section 51A-6A-48 - Contents of notice of proposed acquisition.
Section 51A-6A-49 - Reason for disapproval of acquisition.
Section 51A-6A-51 - Necessity of execution or delivery of deed for merger or consolidation.
Section 51A-6A-52 - Fiduciary capacity of successor trust company.
Section 51A-6A-53 - Name of trust company--Name change.
Section 51A-6A-58 - Establishment of trust service offices--Application.
Section 51A-6A-61 - Membership in federal reserve bank.
Section 51A-6A-62 - Depositing securities into federal reserve bank.
Section 51A-6A-63 - Registering investments in name of nominee--Liability of trust company.
Section 51A-6A-64 - Common trust funds and collective investment funds.
Section 51A-6A-67 - Trust company receivership and liquidation captive insurance company fund.