Section 16554.

(a) No foreign (other nation) credit union which is licensed to maintain a branch office or agency shall relocate the office unless the commissioner shall have first approved the relocation and issued a license authorizing the foreign (other nation) credit union to maintain the office at the new site.

(b) (1) In case the new site of the office is in the same vicinity as the old site, the commissioner shall approve an application by a foreign (other nation) credit union for approval to relocate a branch office or agency if the commissioner finds all of the following:

(A) That it will not be unsafe or unsound for the foreign (other nation) credit union to relocate the office.

(B) That the relocation of the office will not be substantially detrimental to the public convenience and advantage, or that the relocation is necessary in the interests of the safety and soundness of the foreign (other nation) credit union.

(2) In case the new site of the office is not in the same vicinity as the old site, the commissioner shall approve an application by a foreign (other nation) credit union for approval to relocate a branch office or agency if the commissioner finds all of the following:

(A) That the foreign (other nation) credit union's plan to relocate the office and to maintain the office at the new site affords reasonable promise of successful operation.

(B) That the relocation of the office from the old site will not be substantially detrimental to the public convenience and advantage in the area which is primarily served by the office at the old site, or that the relocation is necessary in the interests of the safety and soundness of the foreign (other nation) credit union.

(C) That the relocation of the office to the new site will promote the public convenience and advantage.

If the commissioner finds otherwise, the commissioner shall deny the application.

(c) Whenever an application by a foreign (other nation) credit union for approval to relocate a branch office or agency has been approved and all conditions precedent to the issuance of a license authorizing the foreign (other nation) credit union to maintain the office at the new site have been fulfilled, the commissioner shall issue the license.

(d) Promptly after a foreign (other nation) credit union that is licensed to maintain a branch office or agency relocates the office, the foreign (other nation) credit union shall surrender to the commissioner the license which authorized it to maintain the office at the old site.

(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 612, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)