An out-of-state bank holding company cannot make the covered acquisitions unless it first files the required federal application materials with the commissioner and pays the required fee.
§535. Interstate acquisitions; filings with commissioner A. An out-of-state bank holding company shall not acquire, directly or indirectly, a Louisiana bank holding company or a Louisiana bank or an out-of-state bank holding company having one or more Louisiana banks as subsidiaries unless it has filed with the commissioner all applications and other information filed with any federal agency in connection with such acquisition and paid a fee as prescribed by regulation of the commissioner. B. If any out-of-state bank holding company makes an acquisition or engages in an activity or causes any of its subsidiaries to engage in an activity that is prohibited by this Part, the commissioner shall require such out-of-state bank holding company to terminate such activity or divest itself of its direct or indirect ownership or control of any Louisiana banks acquired in violation of this Part. In addition, the commissioner shall have the power to enforce any other prohibitions in this Part by requiring divestitures of nonconforming banks, bank holding companies, or assets, through the imposition of fines and penalties or through the exercise of such other remedies as shall be appropriate, including but not limited to judicial actions. C. It shall be unlawful for any out-of-state bank holding company to enter this state, either directly or indirectly, by the acquisition of a Louisiana bank that is not an established Louisiana bank or a bank holding company that owns a Louisiana bank, as a subsidiary, that is not an established Louisiana bank. Acts 1986, No. 577, §1, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1995, No. 1249, §1; Acts 1999, No. 122, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2021, No. 17, §1.