Financial service center banks must meet Louisiana staffing, data-processing, credit-decision, and records-location requirements, and are taxed like state banks.
§547. Additional requirements A. Except as provided in R.S. 6:547(B), a financial service center bank shall have: (1) A minimum of twenty-five full-time employees in Louisiana of whom twenty shall be residents of Louisiana within twelve weeks from the time of commencement of business and continuously thereafter throughout its first year of operation. (2) A minimum of fifty full-time employees in Louisiana of whom forty shall be residents of Louisiana by the end of the first full year of operation and continuously for one year thereafter. (3) A minimum of seventy-five full-time employees in Louisiana of whom sixty shall be residents of Louisiana by the end of the second full year of operation and continuously for one year thereafter. (4) A minimum of one hundred full-time employees in Louisiana of whom seventy-five shall be residents of Louisiana by the end of the third full year of operation and at all times thereafter. B. All data processing activities of financial service center banks shall be performed in Louisiana by the financial service center bank, its Louisiana subsidiary, or by a bank holding company domiciled in Louisiana or by a subsidiary thereof. If the financial service center bank's data processing activities are performed by a bank holding company domiciled in Louisiana or a subsidiary thereof, such activity shall not be considered to constitute branch banking prohibited by R.S. 6:501, et seq. For financial service center banks whose data processing activities are performed by a Louisiana bank holding company or a subsidiary thereof, the employee requirements established in R.S. 6:547(A) shall be reduced to (1) twelve, (2) twenty-five, (3) thirty-seven, and (4) fifty full-time employees, respectively. C. All credit related decisions by a financial service center bank shall be made in Louisiana. D. All books and records and all loan documentation of a financial service center bank shall be maintained at its principal office in Louisiana and shall be available for inspection and examination by the office of financial institutions. E. Financial service center banks shall be subject to taxation by the state in the same manner as state banks. F. Unless otherwise provided in this Part or in regulations issued by the commissioner, financial service center banks shall be subject to all applicable laws of the state of Louisiana. Acts 1987, No. 808, §1.