§ 215b. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 12USC215b]
TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL BANKS
SUBCHAPTER XVI--CONSOLIDATION AND MERGER
Sec. 215b. Definitions
As used in this subchapter, the term--
(1) ``State bank'' means any bank, banking association, trust
company, savings bank (other than a mutual savings bank), or other
banking institution which is engaged in the business of receiving
deposits and which is incorporated under the laws of any State, or
which is operating under the Code of Law for the District of
Columbia (except a national banking association located in the
District of Columbia);
(2) ``State'' means the several States and Territories, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of
Columbia;
(3) ``Comptroller'' means the Comptroller of the Currency; and
(4) ``Receiving association'' means the national banking
association into which one or more national banking associations or
one or more State banks, located within the same State, merge.
(Nov. 7, 1918, ch. 209, Sec. 7, formerly Sec. 3, as added Pub. L. 86-
230, Sec. 20, Sept. 8, 1959, 73 Stat. 465; renumbered Sec. 5, Pub. L.
103-328, title I, Sec. 102(b)(4)(B), Sept. 29, 1994, 108 Stat. 2351;
renumbered Sec. 7, Pub. L. 106-569, title XII, Sec. 1204(1), Dec. 27,
2000, 114 Stat. 3033.)
Codification
Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained
in section 5 of act Nov. 7, 1918, ch. 209, as added July 14, 1952, ch.
722, Sec. 1, 66 Stat. 601 (formerly classified to section 34c of this
title), prior to the complete amendment and renumbering of act Nov. 7,
1918, by Pub. L. 86-230.
