HB 707

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to international banking corporations;
3amending ss. 655.005 and 663.01, F.S.; revising certain
4definitions; amending s. 663.02, F.S.; expanding
5application of state banking laws to include certain
6international banking corporations; expanding legislative
7intent; prohibiting construction to authorize
8international banking corporation or trust companies to
9conduct trust business under certain circumstances;
10amending s. 663.04, F.S.; revising requirements for
11carrying on banking business to apply to certain
12additional financial institutions; imposing additional
13requirements; amending s. 663.05, F.S.; revising
14requirements for licensing international banking
15corporations; including requirements applicable to certain
16trust representative offices; deleting certain
17nonapplication provisions; amending s. 663.055, F.S.;
18increasing certain net capital account requirements;
19amending s. 663.06, F.S.; revising permissible activities
20requirements for licensed international banking
21corporations; amending s. 663.061, F.S.; revising a
22permissible activity requirement for international bank
23agencies; amending s. 663.062, F.S.; revising a
24permissible activity requirement for licensed
25international representative offices to apply to trust
26companies; creating s. 663.0625, F.S.; specifying
27permissible activities for international trust company
28representative offices; specifying requirements; amending
29s. 663.064, F.S.; revising application of provisions of
30law to establishing branches of international banking
31corporations; amending s. 663.065, F.S.; revising
32application of provisions of law to organize a state-
33chartered investment company; amending s. 663.11, F.S.;
34providing for termination of an international banking
35corporation's charter or authority; prohibiting
36international banking corporations from continuing to
37conduct licensed business in this state under certain
38circumstances; amending s. 663.12, F.S.; increasing a
39license application filing fee; imposing an annual
40assessment upon certain entities; amending s. 663.16,
41F.S.; revising definitions to conform to changes made by
42the act; amending s. 663.17, F.S.; expanding criteria
43under which the Office of Financial Regulation may take
44possession of certain business and property of certain
45international banking corporations; revising provisions to
46conform to changes made by the act; amending ss. 663.171
47and 663.172, F.S.; revising provisions to conform to
48changes made by the act; providing an effective date.
49
50Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
51
52     Section 1.  Paragraphs (h) and (p) of subsection (1) of
53section 655.005, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
54     655.005  Definitions.-
55     (1)  As used in the financial institutions codes, unless
56the context otherwise requires, the term:
57     (h)  "Financial institution" means a state or federal
58savings or thrift association, bank, savings bank, trust
59company, international bank agency, international banking
60corporation organization, international branch, international
61representative office, international administrative office,
62international trust company representative office, or credit
63union, or an agreement corporation operating pursuant to s. 25
64of the Federal Reserve Act, 12 U.S.C. ss. 601 et seq. or Edge
65Act corporation organized pursuant to s. 25(a) of the Federal
66Reserve Act, 12 U.S.C. ss. 611 et seq.
67     (p)  "State financial institution" means a state-chartered
68or state-organized association, bank, investment company, trust
69company, international bank agency, international branch,
70international representative office, international
71administrative office, international trust company
72representative office, or credit union.
73     Section 2.  Subsections (3), (6), and (8) of section
74663.01, Florida Statutes, are amended, subsections (9) and (10)
75of that section are renumbered as subsections (10) and (11),
76respectively, and a new subsection (9) is added to that section,
77to read:
78     663.01  Definitions.-As used in this part, the term:
79     (3)  "Foreign country" means a country other than the
80United States and includes any colony, dependency, or possession
81of such country notwithstanding any definitions in chapter 658,
82and any territory of the United States, including Guam, American
83Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
84     (6)  "International banking corporation" means a banking
85corporation organized and licensed under the laws of a foreign
86country, or, if organized and licensed under the laws of the
87United States or any of the states of the United States of
88America, a banking corporation:
89     (a)  Which is not a bank or bank holding company as defined
90in the federal Bank Holding Company Act, as amended, 12 U.S.C.
91ss. 1841-1850; and
92     (b)  Which maintained, on July 1, 1981, as its only United
93States banking office, one state agency licensed by a state
94other than this state.
95
96The term "international banking corporation" includes, without
97limitation, a foreign commercial bank, foreign merchant bank, or
98other foreign institution that engages in banking activities
99usual in connection with the business of banking in the country
100where such foreign institution is organized or operating,
101including a corporation: the sole shareholders of which are one
102or more international banking corporations or holding companies
103which own or control one or more international banking
104corporations which are authorized to carry on a banking
105business, or a central bank or government agency of a foreign
106country and any affiliate or division thereof; which has the
107power to receive deposits from the general public in the country
108where it is chartered and organized; and which is under the
109supervision of the central bank or other bank regulatory
110authority of such country. The term also includes foreign trust
111companies, or any similar business entities, including, but not
112limited to, foreign banks with fiduciary powers, that conduct
113trust business as defined in the financial institutions codes.
114     (8)  "International representative office" means an office
115of an international banking corporation organized and licensed
116under the laws of a foreign country that is established or
117maintained in this state for the purpose of engaging in the
118activities described in s. 663.062, or any affiliate,
119subsidiary, or other person that engages whose primary business
120is to engage in such activities, on behalf of such international
121banking corporation, from an office located in this state.
122     (9)  "International trust company representative office"
123means an office of an international banking corporation or trust
124company organized and licensed under the laws of a foreign
125country which office is established or maintained in this state
126for the purpose of engaging in nonfiduciary activities described
127in s. 663.0625, or any affiliate, subsidiary, or other person
128that engages in such activities on behalf of such international
129banking corporation or trust company from an office located in
130this state.
131     Section 3.  Section 663.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to
132read:
133     663.02  Applicability of state banking laws.-
134     (1)  International banking corporations having offices in
135this state shall be subject to all the provisions of the
136financial institutions codes and chapter 655 as though such
137international banking corporations were state banks or trust
138companies, except where it may appear, from the context or
139otherwise, that such provisions are clearly applicable only to
140banks or trust companies organized under the laws of this state
141or the United States. Without limiting the foregoing general
142provisions, it is the intent of the Legislature that the
143following provisions shall be applicable to such banks or
144corporations: s. 655.031, relating to administrative enforcement
145guidelines; s. 655.032, relating to investigations, subpoenas,
146hearings, and witnesses; s. 655.0321, relating to hearings,
147proceedings, and related documents and restricted access
148thereto; s. 655.033, relating to cease and desist orders; s.
149655.037, relating to removal by the office of an officer,
150director, committee member, employee, or other person; s.
151655.041, relating to administrative fines and enforcement; s.
152655.50, relating to control of money laundering ; and s. 658.49,
153relating to loans by banks not exceeding $50,000; and any
154provision of law for which the penalty is increased under s.
155775.31 for facilitating or furthering terrorism. International
156banking corporations shall not have the powers conferred on
157domestic banks by the provisions of s. 658.60, relating to
158deposits of public funds. The provisions of chapter 687,
159relating to interest and usury, shall apply to all loans not
160subject to s. 658.49.
161     (2)  Neither an international bank agency nor an
162international branch shall have any greater right under, or by
163virtue of, this section than is granted to banks organized under
164the laws of this state. Legal and financial terms used herein
165shall be deemed to refer to equivalent terms used by the country
166in which the international banking corporation is organized.
167This chapter and the financial institutions codes may not be
168construed to authorize any international banking corporation or
169trust company to conduct trust business, as defined in s.
170658.12, from an office in this state except for those activities
171specifically authorized by ss. 663.061(5) and 663.0625.
172     Section 4.  Section 663.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to
173read:
174     663.04  Requirements for carrying on financial institution
175banking business.-An No international banking corporation or
176trust company, or any affiliate, subsidiary, or other person or
177business entity acting as an agent for, on behalf of, or for the
178benefit of such international banking corporation or trust
179company who engages in such activities from an office located in
180this state, may not shall transact a banking or trust business,
181or maintain in this state any office for carrying on such
182business, or any part thereof, unless such corporation, trust
183company, affiliate, subsidiary, person, or business entity has:
184     (1)  Has been authorized by its charter to carry on a
185banking or trust business and has complied with the laws of the
186jurisdiction in which it is chartered.
187     (2)  Has furnished to the office such proof as to the
188nature and character of its business and as to its financial
189condition as the commission or office requires.
190     (3)  Has filed with the office a certified copy of that
191information required to be supplied to the Department of State
192by those provisions of chapter 607 which are applicable to
193foreign corporations.
194     (4)  Has received a license duly issued to it by the
195office.
196     (5)  Has capital accounts no less than the minimums
197required per s. 663.055 and is not imminently insolvent or
198insolvent per s. 655.005(1).
199     (6)(a)  Is not in bankruptcy, conservatorship,
200receivership, liquidation, or similar status under the laws of
201any country.
202     (b)  Is not operating under the direct control of the
203government, regulatory, or supervisory authority of the
204jurisdiction of its incorporation through government
205intervention or any other extraordinary actions.
206     (c)  Has not been in such status or control at any time
207within the 7 years preceding the date of application for a
208license.
209     Section 5.  Section 663.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to
210read:
211     663.05  Application for license; approval or disapproval.-
212     (1)  Every international banking corporation, before being
213licensed by the office to maintain any office in this state,
214shall subscribe and acknowledge, and submit to the office, an
215application which shall contain:
216     (a)  The name of the international banking corporation.
217     (b)  The proposed location by street and post office
218address and county where its business is to be transacted in
219this state and the name of the person who shall be in charge of
220the business and affairs of the office.
221     (c)  The location where its initial registered office will
222be located in this state.
223     (d)  The total amount of the capital accounts of the
224international banking corporation.
225     (e)  A complete and detailed statement of its financial
226condition as of a date within 180 days prior to the date of such
227application, except that the office in its discretion may, when
228necessary or expedient, accept such statement of financial
229condition as of a date within 240 days prior to the date of such
230application. The office in its discretion may, when necessary or
231expedient, require an independent opinion audit or the
232equivalent satisfactory to the office.
233     (f)  A listing of any occasion within the preceding 10-year
234period in which either the international banking corporation or
235any of its directors, executive officers, or principal
236shareholders has been arrested for, charged with, convicted of,
237or pled guilty or nolo contendere to, regardless of
238adjudication, any offense with respect to which the penalties
239include the possibility of imprisonment for 1 year or more, or
240to any offense involving money laundering, currency transaction
241reporting, facilitating or furthering terrorism, fraud, or
242otherwise related to the operation of a financial institution.
243     (2)  The office shall disallow any illegally obtained
244currency, monetary instruments, funds, or other financial
245resources from the capitalization requirements of this section,
246and the existence of such illegally obtained resources shall be
247grounds for denial of the application for license.
248     (3)  At the time an application is submitted to the office,
249the international banking corporation shall also submit a duly
250authenticated copy of its articles of incorporation and a copy
251of its bylaws, or an equivalent thereof satisfactory to the
252office. Such corporation shall also submit a certificate issued
253by the banking or supervisory authority of the country in which
254the international banking corporation is chartered stating that
255the international banking corporation is duly organized and
256licensed and lawfully existing in good standing and listing any
257instance in which the international banking corporation has been
258convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to, a violation
259of any currency transaction reporting or money laundering law
260which may exist in that country.
261     (4)  Application shall be made on a form prescribed by the
262office commission and shall contain such information as the
263commission or office requires.
264     (5)  The office may, in its discretion, approve or
265disapprove the application, but it shall not approve the
266application unless, in its opinion, the applicant meets each and
267every requirement of this part and any other applicable
268provision of the financial institutions codes. The office shall
269approve the application only if it has determined that the
270directors, executive officers, and principal shareholders of the
271international banking corporation are qualified by reason of
272their financial ability, reputation, and integrity and have
273sufficient banking and other business experience to indicate
274that they will manage and direct the affairs of the
275international banking corporation in a safe, sound, and lawful
276manner. In the processing of applications, the time limitations
277under the Administrative Procedure Act shall not apply as to
278approval or disapproval of the application.
279     (6)  The office may shall not issue a license to an
280international banking corporation unless:
281     (a)  It is chartered in a jurisdiction in which any bank or
282trust company having its principal place of business in this
283state may establish similar facilities or exercise similar
284powers; or
285     (b)  Federal law permits the appropriate federal regulatory
286authority to issue a comparable license to the international
287banking corporation.
288     (7)  The office may not issue a license shall not be issued
289to an international banking corporation for the purpose of
290operating:
291     (a)  An international bank agency or an international
292branch in this state unless the international banking
293corporation:
294     1.(a)  Holds an unrestricted license to receive deposits
295from the general public, as authorized for that international
296banking corporation, in the foreign country under the laws of
297which it is organized and chartered.
298     2.(b)  Has been authorized by the foreign country's bank
299regulatory authority to establish the proposed international
300bank office.
301     3.(c)  Is adequately supervised by the central bank or bank
302regulatory agency in the foreign country in which it is
303organized and chartered.
304     (8)  A license shall not be issued to an international
305banking corporation for the purpose of operating
306     (b)  An international representative office or an
307international administrative office in this state unless the
308international banking corporation:
309     1.(a)  Has been authorized by the foreign country's bank
310regulatory authority to establish the proposed international
311bank office.; and
312     2.(b)  Is adequately supervised by the central bank or bank
313regulatory agency in the foreign country in which it is
314organized and chartered.
315     (c)  A trust representative office in this state unless the
316corporation:
317     1.  Holds an unrestricted license to conduct trust business
318in the foreign country under the laws of which it is organized
319and chartered.
320     2.  Has been authorized by the foreign country's trust
321business regulatory authority to establish the proposed
322international trust representative office.
323     3.  Is adequately supervised by the central bank or trust
324regulatory agency in the foreign country in which it is
325organized and chartered.
326     4.  Meets all requirements under the financial institutions
327codes for the operation of a trust company or trust department
328as if it was a state chartered trust company or bank authorized
329to exercise fiduciary powers.
330     (8)(9)  The commission shall establish, by rule, the
331general principles which shall determine the adequacy of
332supervision of an international banking corporation's foreign
333establishments. These principles shall be based upon the need
334for cooperative supervisory efforts and consistent regulatory
335guidelines and shall address, at a minimum, the capital
336adequacy, asset quality, management, earnings, liquidity,
337internal controls, audits, and foreign exchange operations and
338positions of the international banking corporation. This
339subsection shall not require examination by the home-country
340regulatory authorities of any office of an international banking
341corporation in this state. The commission may also establish, by
342rule, other standards for approval of an application for a
343license as considered necessary to ensure the safe and sound
344operations of the international bank or trust representative
345office in this state.
346     (10)  The requirements of subsection (7) shall not apply to
347any international banking corporation that held a license to
348operate an international bank agency in this state before July
3491, 1992.
350     (11)  The requirements of subsection (8) shall not apply to
351any international banking corporation that held a license to
352operate an international representative office or international
353administrative office in this state before July 1, 1992.
354     Section 6.  Section 663.055, Florida Statutes, is amended
355to read:
356     663.055  Capital requirements.-
357     (1)  To qualify for a license under the provisions of this
358part, an international banking corporation must have net total
359capital accounts, calculated according to United States
360generally accepted accounting principles and practices, of at
361least:
362     (a)  Forty Twenty-five million dollars for the
363establishment of an international bank agency, an international
364branch, or an international administrative office; or
365     (b)  Twenty Ten million dollars for the establishment of an
366international representative office or international trust
367representative office.
368     (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1)(a),
369the office may approve an application for a license to establish
370an international bank agency, an international branch, or an
371international administrative office if:
372     (a)  The international banking corporation is licensed to
373receive deposits from the general public in the country where it
374is organized and licensed and to engage in such other activities
375as are usual in connection with the business of banking in such
376country;
377     (b)  The office receives a certificate that is issued by
378the banking or supervisory authority of the country in which the
379international banking corporation is organized and licensed and
380states that the international banking corporation is duly
381organized and licensed and lawfully existing in good standing,
382and is empowered to conduct a banking business; and
383     (c)  The international banking corporation has been in the
384business of banking for at least 10 years and is ranked by the
385banking or supervisory authority of the country in which it is
386organized and licensed as one of the five largest banks in that
387country in terms of domestic deposits, as of the date of its
388most recent statement of financial condition. However, in no
389event shall the office approve an application under this
390subsection for any international banking corporation with
391capital accounts of less than $20 $10 million.
392     (3)  The office may specify such other conditions as it
393determines appropriate, considering the public interest, the
394need to maintain a safe, sound, and competitive banking system,
395and the preservation of an environment conducive to the conduct
396of an international banking business in this state. In
397translating the capital accounts of an international banking
398corporation, the office may consider monetary corrections
399accounts that reflect results consistent with the requirements
400of generally accepted accounting principles in the United
401States.
402     (4)  For the purpose of this part, the capital accounts of
403an international banking corporation shall be determined in
404accordance with rules adopted by the commission. In adopting
405such rules, the commission shall consider similar rules adopted
406by bank regulatory agencies in the United States and the need to
407provide reasonably consistent regulatory requirements for
408international banking corporations which will maintain the safe
409and sound condition of international banking corporations doing
410business in this state.
411     Section 7.  Subsections (1), (2), and (3) of section
412663.06, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
413     663.06  Licenses; permissible activities.-
414     (1)  An international banking corporation licensed to
415operate an office in this state may engage in the business
416authorized by this part at the office specified in such license
417for an indefinite period. An international banking corporation
418may operate more than one licensed office international bank
419agency, international branch, or international representative
420office, each at a different place of business, provided that
421each office shall be separately licensed. No license to operate
422an international bank office is transferable or assignable.
423However, the location of a licensed an international bank office
424may be changed after notification of the office. Every such
425license shall be, at all times, conspicuously displayed in the
426place of business specified therein.
427     (2)  An international banking corporation which proposes to
428terminate the operations of a licensed office in this state its
429international bank agency, international branch, international
430representative office, or international administrative office
431shall surrender the its license to the office and comply with
432such procedures as the commission may prescribe by rule.
433     (3)  The An international bank agency, international
434branch, international representative office, or international
435administrative office license for any international banking
436corporation office in this state may be suspended or revoked by
437the office, with or without examination, upon its determination
438that the international banking corporation or the licensed
439office does not meet all requirements for original licensing.
440Additionally, the office shall revoke the license of any
441licensed office that the office determines has been inactive for
4426 months or longer. The commission may by rule prescribe
443additional conditions or standards under which the license of an
444international bank agency, international branch, international
445representative office, international trust company
446representative office, or international administrative office
447may be suspended or revoked.
448     Section 8.  Subsection (3) of section 663.061, Florida
449Statutes, is amended to read:
450     663.061  International bank agencies; permissible
451activities.-
452     (3)  Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or
453chapter 658 to the contrary, an international banking
454corporation licensed under this part to operate an international
455bank agency may, if authorized by rule of the commission or
456office order, make any loan or investment or exercise any power
457which it could make or exercise if it were operating in this
458state as a federal agency under federal law. The commission and
459office shall, when adopting such rules or issuing such orders,
460consider the public interest and convenience and the need to
461maintain a safe, sound, and competitive state banking system.
462Unless otherwise provided by statute, an international bank
463agency may not exercise any powers that a federal agency is not
464authorized to exercise.
465     Section 9.  Section 663.062, Florida Statutes, is amended
466to read:
467     663.062  International representative offices; permissible
468activities.-An international representative office may promote
469or assist the deposit-taking, lending, or other financial or
470banking activities of an international banking corporation. An
471international representative office may serve as a liaison in
472Florida between an international banking corporation and its
473existing and potential customers. Representatives and employees
474based at such office may solicit business for the international
475banking corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates, provide
476information to customers concerning their accounts, answer
477questions, receive applications for extensions of credit and
478other banking services, transmit documents on behalf of
479customers, and make arrangements for customers to transact
480business on their accounts, but a representative office may not
481conduct any banking or trust business in this state.
482     Section 10.  Section 663.0625, Florida Statutes, is created
483to read:
484     663.0625  International trust company representative
485offices; permissible activities; requirements.-An international
486trust company representative office may conduct any nonfiduciary
487activities that are ancillary to the fiduciary business of its
488international banking corporation or trust company, but may not
489act as a fiduciary. Permissible activities include advertising,
490marketing, and soliciting for fiduciary business on behalf of an
491international banking corporation or trust company; contacting
492existing or potential customers, answering questions, and
493providing information about matters related to their accounts;
494serving as a liaison in this state between the international
495banking corporation or trust company and its existing or
496potential customers; and engaging in any other activities
497approved by the office or under rules of the commission.
498Representatives and employees at such office may not act as a
499fiduciary, including, but not limited to, accepting the
500fiduciary appointment, executing the fiduciary documents that
501create the fiduciary relationship, or making discretionary
502decisions regarding the investment or distribution of fiduciary
503accounts.
504     Section 11.  Section 663.064, Florida Statutes, is amended
505to read:
506     663.064  International branches; permissible activities;
507requirements.-An international banking corporation that meets
508the requirements of ss. 658.26, 663.04, and 663.05 may, with the
509approval of the office, establish one or more branches in this
510state to the extent permitted to banks from other states. An
511international branch shall have the same rights and privileges
512as a federally licensed international branch. The operations of
513an international branch shall be conducted pursuant to
514requirements determined by the office as necessary to ensure
515compliance with the provisions of the financial institutions
516codes, including requirements for the maintenance of accounts
517and records separate from those of the international banking
518corporation of which it is a branch. An application to establish
519an international branch shall be made pursuant to s. 658.26.
520     Section 12.  Subsection (3) of section 663.065, Florida
521Statutes, is amended to read:
522     663.065  State-chartered investment companies; formation;
523permissible activities; restrictions.-
524     (3)  An application for approval to organize a state-
525chartered investment company shall be subject to the provisions
526of chapter 658 655 relating to the organization of de novo
527financial institutions and to rules adopted by the commission as
528necessary to ensure that the proposed state-chartered investment
529company will be operated in a safe and lawful manner, except
530that the applicant is not required to become a member of the
531Federal Reserve System or the Federal Deposit Insurance
532Corporation. State-chartered investment companies shall be
533subject to the examination and supervision of the office and are
534subject to the financial institutions codes to the same extent
535as international banking corporations pursuant to s. 663.02.
536     Section 13.  Section 663.11, Florida Statutes, is amended
537to read:
538     663.11  Termination of charter or authority Dissolution.-In
539the event An international banking corporation that which is
540licensed to maintain an office in this state may not continue to
541conduct its licensed business in this state if the international
542banking corporation is dissolved, or its authority or existence
543is otherwise terminated or canceled in the jurisdiction of its
544incorporation, is in bankruptcy, conservatorship, receivership,
545liquidation, or similar status under the laws of any country, or
546is operating under the direct control of the government or the
547regulatory or supervisory authority of the jurisdiction of its
548incorporation through government intervention or any other
549extraordinary actions. A certificate of the official who is
550responsible for records of banking corporations of the
551jurisdiction of incorporation of such international banking
552corporation, attesting to the occurrence of any such event, or a
553certified copy of an order or decree of a court of such
554jurisdiction, directing the dissolution of such international
555banking corporation, the termination of its existence, or the
556cancellation of its authority, or declaring its status in
557bankruptcy, conservatorship, receivership, liquidation, or
558similar proceedings, or other reliable documentation that the
559international banking corporation is operating under the direct
560control of its government or a regulatory or supervisory
561authority, shall be delivered by the international banking
562corporation or its surviving officers and directors to the
563office. The filing of the certificate, order, documentation, or
564decree shall have the same effect as the revocation of the
565license of such international banking corporation as provided in
566s. 663.06.
567     Section 14.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and subsection
568(2) of section 663.12, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
569     663.12  Fees; assessments; fines.-
570     (1)  Each application for a license under the provisions of
571this part shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable filing fee
572payable to the office in the following amount:
573     (e)  Five Two thousand dollars annually for establishing
574operating an international trust company representative office
575or international administrative office.
576     (2)  Each international bank agency, international branch,
577and state-chartered investment company shall pay to the office a
578semiannual assessment, payable on or before January 31 and July
57931 of each year, in an amount determined by rule by the
580commission and calculated in a manner so as to recover the costs
581of the office incurred in connection with the supervision of
582international banking activities licensed under this part. These
583rules shall provide for uniform rates of assessment for all
584licenses of the same type, shall provide for declining rates of
585assessment in relation to the total assets of the licensee held
586in the state, but shall not, in any event, provide for rates of
587assessment which exceed the rate applicable to state banks
588pursuant to s. 658.73, unless the rate of assessment would
589result in a semiannual assessment of less than $1,000. For the
590purposes of this subsection, the total assets of an
591international bank agency, international branch, or state-
592chartered investment company shall include amounts due the
593agency or branch or state investment company from other offices,
594branches, or subsidiaries of the international banking
595corporations or other corporations of which the agency, branch,
596or state-chartered investment company is a part or from entities
597related to that international banking corporation. Each
598international representative office, international
599administrative office, or international trust company
600representative office shall pay to the office an annual
601assessment in the amount of $2,000, payable on or before January
60231 of each year.
603     Section 15.  Subsections (1), (4), (5), (11), and (12) of
604section 663.16, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
605     663.16  Definitions; ss. 663.17-663.181.-As used in ss.
606663.17-663.181, the term:
607     (1)  "Business and property in this state" includes, but is
608not limited to, all property of the international banking
609corporation, real, personal, or mixed, whether tangible or
610intangible:
611     (a)  Wherever situated, constituting a part of the business
612of the Florida licensed office agency and appearing on its books
613as such.
614     (b)  Situated within this state whether or not constituting
615part of the business of the Florida licensed office agency or so
616appearing on its books.
617     (4)  Except where the context otherwise requires,
618"international banking corporation" or "corporation" has the
619same meaning as that provided in s. 663.01 and includes means
620any licensed office of an international banking corporation bank
621agency or branch operating in this state.
622     (5)  "Officer" means the agent or other person in charge of
623an international banking corporation licensed office.
624     (11)  "Licensed office Branch or agency net obligations"
625means, with respect to a qualified financial contract, the
626amount, if any, that would have been owed by the international
627banking corporation to a party after netting only those
628transactions entered into by the licensed office branch or
629agency and such party under such qualified financial contract.
630     (12)  "Licensed office Branch or agency net payments
631entitlement" means, with respect to a qualified financial
632contract, the amount, if any, that would have been owed by a
633party to the international banking corporation after netting
634only those transactions entered into by the licensed office
635branch or agency and such party under such qualified financial
636contract.
637     Section 16.  Section 663.17, Florida Statutes, is amended
638to read:
639     663.17  Liquidation; possession of business and property;
640inventory of assets; wages; depositing collected assets;
641appointing agents; appointment of judges.-
642     (1)  The office may, at its discretion, take possession of
643the business and property in this state of any international
644banking corporation that has been licensed to operate in this
645state upon finding that the corporation, or any of the
646corporation's licensed offices international bank agency
647operating in this state has violated any law, has neglected or
648refused to comply with the terms of a duly issued order of the
649office, is insolvent or imminently insolvent, or is transacting
650business in an unsound, unsafe, or unauthorized manner such that
651the corporation is threatened with imminent insolvency, or that
652the corporation is dissolved, its authority or existence is
653otherwise terminated or canceled in the jurisdiction of its
654incorporation, it is in bankruptcy, conservatorship,
655receivership, liquidation, or similar status under the laws of
656any country, or it is operating under the direct control of the
657government or the regulatory or supervisory authority of the
658jurisdiction of its incorporation through government
659intervention or any other extraordinary actions in liquidation
660at its domicile or elsewhere. Title to such business and
661property shall vest by operation of law in the office upon
662taking possession. Thereafter, the office shall liquidate or
663otherwise deal with such business and property in accordance
664with the provisions of this part, chapter 658, and any other
665provision relating to the liquidation of banking corporations.
666The office may deal with such business and property and
667prosecute and defend any and all actions relating to the
668liquidation. Only the claims of creditors of the international
669banking corporation arising out of transactions those creditors
670had with the international banking corporation, or any of the
671corporation's licensed offices international bank agency or
672agencies located in this state, shall be accepted by
673for payment out of the business and property which it has taken
674possession of in this state. Acceptance or rejection of such
675claims by the office shall not prejudice any creditor's rights
676to otherwise share in other assets of the international banking
677corporation. The following claims shall not be accepted by the
678office for payment out of the business and property in the
679office's possession in this state:
680     (a)  Claims which would not represent an enforceable legal
681obligation against an international banking corporation, or any
682of the corporation's licensed offices located in this state, if
683such office was bank agency if such agency were a separate and
684independent legal entity.
685     (b)  Amounts due and other liabilities to other offices,
686agencies, and branches of and affiliates of such international
687banking corporation.
688     (2)  Whenever all accepted claims, together with interest
689on such claims, and the expenses of the liquidation have been
690paid in full or properly provided for, the office, upon the
691order of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall transfer the
692remaining assets to the principal office of such international
693banking corporation, or to the duly appointed domiciliary
694liquidator or receiver of such corporation. Dividends and other
695amounts that remain unclaimed or unpaid and are in the
696possession of the office for 6 months after such transfer shall
697be deposited by the office as provided by law.
698     (3)  When the office takes possession of the property and
699business of any international banking corporation, including any
700of the corporation's licensed offices located in this state, the
701office shall:
702     (a)  Give notice of such fact to all corporations,
703unincorporated associations, partnerships, governmental
704entities, and other entities and individuals known by the office
705to hold any assets of such corporation. No corporation,
706unincorporated association, partnership, governmental entity, or
707other entity or individual having notice or knowledge that the
708office has taken possession of such property and business of a
709international banking corporation shall have a lien or charge
710for any payment, advance, or clearance thereafter made against
711any of the assets of such corporation for liability thereafter
712incurred.
713     (b)  Upon written demand of the office, any corporation,
714unincorporated association, partnership, governmental entity, or
715other entity or individual holding assets of such corporation
716shall deliver such assets to the office and shall be discharged
717from liability with respect to any claim upon such assets;
718provided, such demand shall not affect the right of a secured
719creditor with a perfected security interest, or other valid lien
720or security interest enforceable against third parties, to
721retain collateral, including any right of such secured creditor
722under any security agreement related to a qualified financial
723contract to retain collateral and apply such collateral in
724accordance with the provisions of the financial institutions
725codes.
726     (c)  Nothing in paragraphs (a) and (b) shall affect any
727right of setoff permitted under applicable law; provided, in
728connection with the liquidation of a licensed office an
729international bank agency of any other international banking
730corporation pursuant to this part, no entity or individual may
731set off the business and property in this state of an
732international banking corporation being liquidated under this
733subsection, against the liabilities of such corporation other
734than those that arise out of transactions engaged in by such
735entity or individual with such licensed office international
736bank agency. For purposes of this paragraph, liabilities shall
737be deemed to include, in the case of qualified financial
738contracts, the lesser of the two amounts calculated with respect
739to any such qualified financial contract pursuant to s.
740663.172(3), and this paragraph shall not be deemed to authorize
741setoff except as otherwise permissible under applicable law.
742     (4)  Any licensed office of an international banking
743corporation of which the office has taken possession or which is
744operating under restrictions imposed by duly constituted
745authority may be permitted to resume business subject to the
746office's discretion and any conditions that the office may
747impose.
748     (5)  After the office takes possession of and determines to
749liquidate the property and business of any licensed office of an
750international banking corporation, the office shall make an
751inventory, in duplicate, of the assets of such licensed office
752corporation. One copy of such inventory shall be filed with the
753office and one copy shall be filed with a court of competent
754jurisdiction in the county in which the licensed office
755principal office of such corporation is located.
756     (6)  Notwithstanding s. 658.84, all wages actually owing to
757the employees of an international banking corporation for
758services rendered within 3 months prior to the date possession
759was taken by the office, and not exceeding $10,000 $2,000 to
760each employee, shall be paid prior to the payment of any other
761debt or claim, and, in the discretion of the office, may be paid
762as soon as practicable after taking possession, except that at
763all times the office shall reserve such funds as will, in the
764office's opinion, be sufficient for the expenses of
765administration.
766     (7)  The office is authorized, upon taking possession of
767any licensed office of an international banking corporation, to
768liquidate the affairs of such licensed office corporation and to
769do all acts and to make such expenditures as in the office's
770judgment are necessary to conserve the assets and business of
771the corporation. The office shall proceed to collect the debts
772due to the corporation. The office may, upon an order of a court
773of competent jurisdiction, sell, assign, compromise, or
774otherwise dispose of all bad or doubtful debts held by, and
775compromise claims against, such corporation, other than deposit
776claims, provided, whenever the principal amount of any such debt
777or claim owed by or owing to such corporation does not exceed
778$50,000, the office may sell, assign, compromise, or otherwise
779dispose of such debt or claim upon such terms as the office may
780deem to be in the best interests of such corporation wherever
781situated. When the real property of an international banking
782corporation, to be disposed of pursuant to this subsection, is
783located in a county in this state other than a county in which
784an application to the court for leave to dispose is made, the
785office shall file a certified copy of the order of such court
786authorizing such disposal in the office of the clerk of the
787county in which such real property is located.
788     (8)  Moneys collected by the office in liquidating a
789licensed office of an international banking corporation shall
790be:
791     (a)  Deposited on demand, time or otherwise, in one or more
792banks, associations, or trust companies organized under the laws
793of this state and, in the case of insolvency or voluntary or
794involuntary liquidation of the depositary, such deposits shall
795be entitled to priority of payment equally with any other
796priority given under the financial institutions codes;
797     (b)  Deposited on demand, time or otherwise, in one or more
798national banks with a principal office located in this state and
799with total assets exceeding $1 billion; or
800     (c)  Invested in obligations of the United States, or
801obligation for which the full faith and credit of the United
802States is pledged to provide for the payment of interest and
803principal.
804     (9)  The office may appoint one or more persons as agent or
805agents to assist in the liquidation of the business and affairs
806of any international banking corporation, or any of the
807corporation's licensed offices located in this state, in the
808office's possession. The office shall serve a copy of the file a
809certificate of such appointment to the international banking
810corporation in the headquarters of the office and shall file a
811certified copy of such certificate with a court of competent
812jurisdiction in the county in which the licensed principal
813office of such corporation is located in this state. The office
814may employ such counsel and expert assistants under such titles
815that the office shall assign to them, and may retain such
816officers or employees of such corporation as the office deems
817necessary in the liquidation and distribution of the
818corporation's assets. The office may require such security as it
819may deem proper from the agents and assistants appointed
820pursuant to the provisions of this subsection.
821     (10)  When the office has taken possession of and is
822liquidating the business and property in this state of any
823international banking corporation under the provisions of this
824part, the office shall be entitled to the appointment of a
825single judge to supervise the liquidation in the judicial
826circuit in which the licensed principal office of such
827corporation is located. Such judge shall have the power to order
828expedited or simplified procedures or order a reference whenever
829necessary to resolve a matter in such liquidation.
830     (11)  The compensation of agents and any other employees
831appointed by the office to assist in the liquidation of an
832international banking corporation, or any of the corporation's
833licensed offices located in this state bank agency, the
834distribution of its assets, or the expenses of supervision,
835shall be paid out of the assets of the corporation agency in the
836hands of the office. Expenses of liquidation and approved claims
837for fees and assessments due the office shall be given first
838priority among unsecured creditors.
839     Section 17.  Section 663.171, Florida Statutes, is amended
840to read:
841     663.171  Liquidation; repudiation of contracts.-
842     (1)  Except as otherwise provided in this section, when the
843office has taken possession of the business and property in this
844state of an international banking corporation, or any of the
845corporation's licensed offices located in this state, the office
846may assume or repudiate any contract, including an unexpired
847lease, of the corporation:
848     (a)  To which such corporation is a party.
849     (b)  The performance of which the office, in its
850discretion, determines to be burdensome.
851     (c)  The repudiation of which the office, in its
852discretion, determines will promote the orderly administration
853of the corporation's affairs.
854     (2)  After the expiration of 90 days after the date the
855office takes possession of the business and property of an
856international banking corporation, or any of the corporation's
857licensed offices located in this state, any party to a contract
858with such corporation may demand in writing that the office
859assume or repudiate such contract. If the office has not assumed
860or repudiated the contract within 15 calendar days after the
861date of receipt of such demand, the affected party may bring an
862action in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in
863which the licensed principal office of the corporation is
864located to obtain an order requiring the office to assume or
865repudiate the contract. If the office has not assumed or
866repudiated the contract by at least 1 month before the last date
867for filing claims against the corporation, such contract shall
868be deemed repudiated.
869     (3)  Notwithstanding subsection (2), with respect to an
870unexpired lease of the corporation for rental of real property
871under which the corporation was a lessee, if the office remains
872in possession of the leasehold, the office shall not be required
873to assume or repudiate such lease and may continue in possession
874of such leasehold for the remainder of the term of the lease in
875accordance with the terms of the lease; provided, if the office
876later repudiates the lease before the end of the lease term, any
877amounts that may be due the lessor with respect to such lease
878shall be calculated as provided by law.
879     (4)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section
880relating to liquidating an international banking corporation, or
881any of the corporation's licensed offices located in this state,
882the office shall not assume or repudiate any qualified financial
883contract that the international banking corporation bank agency
884entered into which is subject to a multibranch or multiagency
885netting agreement or arrangement that provides for netting
886present or future payment obligations or payment entitlements,
887including termination or closeout values relating to the
888obligations or entitlements, among the parties to the contract
889and agreement or arrangement and the office may, but shall not
890be required to, assume or repudiate any other qualified
891financial contract an international banking corporation bank
892agency entered into; provided, upon the repudiation of any
893qualified financial contract or the termination or liquidation
894of any qualified financial contract in accordance with its
895terms, the liability of the office under such qualified
896financial contract shall be determined in accordance with s.
897663.172.
898     Section 18.  Section 663.172, Florida Statutes, is amended
899to read:
900     663.172  Liability on repudiation or termination of
901contracts.-
902     (1)  Except as otherwise provided in this section, upon the
903repudiation or termination of any contract pursuant to s.
904663.171, the liability of the office shall be limited to the
905actual direct compensatory damages of the parties to the
906contract, determined as of the date the office took possession
907of the business and property of the international banking
908corporation or the corporation's licensed offices located in
909this state. The office shall not be liable for any future wages
910other than severance payments, to the extent such payments are
911reasonable standards, or for payments for future service, costs
912of cover, or any consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages,
913damages for lost profits or lost opportunity, or damages for
914pain and suffering.
915     (2)  Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
916liability of the office, upon the repudiation of any qualified
917financial contract or in connection with the termination or
918liquidation of any qualified financial contract in accordance
919with the terms of such contract, shall be limited as provided in
920subsection (1), except compensatory damages shall be deemed to
921include normal and reasonable costs of cover or other reasonable
922measures of damages used among participants in the market for
923qualified financial contract claims, calculated as of the date
924of repudiation or the date of the termination of such qualified
925financial contract in accordance with the terms of the contract.
926Upon the repudiation of any qualified financial contract or in
927connection with the termination or liquidation of any qualified
928financial contract in accordance with the terms of such
929contract, the office shall be entitled to damages and such
930damages shall be paid to the office upon written demand from the
931office to the other party or parties to the contract.
932     (3)  In the case of the liquidation of the business and
933property of an international banking corporation, or any of the
934corporation's licensed offices located in this state, bank
935agency of an international banking corporation by the office,
936with respect to qualified financial contracts subject to netting
937agreements or arrangements that provide for netting present or
938future payment obligations or payment entitlements, including
939termination or closeout values relating to the obligations or
940entitlements, among the parties to the contracts and agreements
941or arrangements, the liability of the office to any party to any
942such qualified financial contract upon the repudiation or in any
943connection with the termination or liquidation of such qualified
944financial contract in accordance with the terms of such contract
945shall be limited to the lesser of:
946     (a)  The global net payment obligation; or
947     (b)  The licensed office branch-to-agency or agency-to-
948agency net payment obligation.
949     (4)  The liability of the office to a party under this
950section shall be reduced by any amount otherwise paid or
951received by the party with respect to the global net payment
952obligation pursuant to such qualified financial contract which,
953if added to the liability of the office under subsection (1),
954would exceed the global net payment obligation. The liability of
955the office under this section to a party to a qualified
956financial contract also shall be reduced by the fair market
957value or the amount of any proceeds of collateral that secures
958and has been applied to satisfy the obligations of the
959international banking corporation to the party pursuant to such
960qualified financial contract. If netting under the applicable
961netting agreement or arrangement results in a licensed office
962branch-to-agency net payment entitlement, notwithstanding any
963provision in any such contract that purports to effect a
964forfeiture of such entitlement, the office may make written
965demand for and shall be entitled to receive from the party to
966such contract an amount not to exceed the lesser of the global
967net payment entitlement or the licensed office branch-to-agency
968net payment entitlement.
969     (5)  The liability of a party under this section shall be
970reduced by any amount otherwise paid to or received by the
971office or any other liquidator or receiver of the international
972banking corporation or licensed office with respect to the
973global net payment entitlement pursuant to such qualified
974financial contract which, if added to the liability of the party
975under this section, would exceed the global net payments
976entitlement. The liability of a party under this section to the
977office pursuant to such qualified financial contract also shall
978be reduced by the fair market value of the amount of any
979proceeds of the collateral that secures and has been applied to
980satisfy the obligations of the party to the international
981banking corporation pursuant to such qualified financial
982contract.
983     Section 19.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.


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