§ 1132

Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.

Neither a bank nor any majority-owned subsidiary of a bank shall make any distribution to the shareholders of such bank in an amount which exceeds the lesser of:

(a)The retained earnings of the bank; or
(b)The net income of the bank for its last three fiscal years, less the amount of any distributions made by the bank or by any majority-owned subsidiary of

the bank to the shareholders of the bank during such period.

Other sections in Article 3 - Distributions to Shareholders

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