3rd Engrossment - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to financial institutions; regulating 1.3 consumer credit; modifying rates, fees, and other 1.4 terms and conditions; providing clarifying and 1.5 technical changes; providing opportunities for state 1.6 banks to develop their Minnesota markets through 1.7 broader intrastate branching; modifying finance charge 1.8 provisions and other provisions for certain 1.9 cooperatives; providing technical corrections; 1.10 amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 9.031, 1.11 subdivision 13; 13.71, by adding a subdivision; 1.12 46.041, subdivision 1; 46.044, subdivision 1; 47.10, 1.13 subdivision 4; 47.101, subdivisions 2 and 3; 47.20, 1.14 subdivision 14; 47.201, subdivision 2; 47.51; 47.62, 1.15 subdivision 1; 48.09; 48.10; 48.301; 48.34; 48.845, 1.16 subdivision 4; 52.131; 53.01; 53.03, subdivision 1; 1.17 53.07, subdivision 2; 118.01, subdivision 1; 168.69; 1.18 168.705; 168.71; 168.72, by adding a subdivision; 1.19 168.73; 256.99; 300.025; 303.02, subdivision 2; 1.20 308A.135, subdivision 3; 308A.165, subdivision 2; 1.21 332.21; 332.50, subdivision 2; 334.02; and 334.03; 1.22 Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, sections 46.048, 1.23 subdivision 2b; 47.20, subdivisions 1 and 9; 47.52; 1.24 47.59, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and by adding a 1.25 subdivision; 47.60, subdivision 2; 47.61, subdivision 1.26 3; 48.153, subdivision 3a; 48.194; 48.65; 50.1485, 1.27 subdivision 1; 50.245, subdivisions 1 and 4; 53.04, 1.28 subdivision 3a; 53.09, subdivision 2; 55.10, 1.29 subdivision 4; 56.131, subdivisions 2, 4, and 6; 1.30 56.14; and 62B.04, subdivision 1; Laws 1995, chapter 1.31 171, section 70; proposing coding for new law in 1.32 Minnesota Statutes, chapters 49; and 334; repealing 1.33 Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 48.94; 51A.01; 1.34 51A.02, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1.35 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 1.36 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 1.37 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 1.38 55, and 56; 51A.03; 51A.04; 51A.041; 51A.05; 51A.06; 1.39 51A.065; 51A.07; 51A.08; 51A.09; 51A.10; 51A.11; 1.40 51A.12; 51A.13; 51A.131; 51A.14; 51A.15; 51A.16; 1.41 51A.17; 51A.19, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 1.42 12, and 13; 51A.20; 51A.21, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 1.43 5, 6a, 6b, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 1.44 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27; 51A.22; 51A.23, 1.45 subdivision 6; 51A.24; 51A.251; 51A.261; 51A.262; 1.46 51A.27; 51A.28; 51A.29; 51A.30; 51A.31; 51A.32; 2.1 51A.33; 51A.34; 51A.35; 51A.361; 51A.37; 51A.38; 2.2 51A.40; 51A.41; 51A.42; 51A.43; 51A.44; 51A.45; 2.3 51A.46; 51A.47; 51A.48; 51A.51; 51A.52; 51A.54; 2.4 51A.55; 51A.56; 51A.57; and 53.04, subdivision 3b; 2.5 Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, sections 47.201, 2.6 subdivision 7; 47.27, subdivision 3; 51A.02, 2.7 subdivisions 6, 7, 26, 40, and 54; 51A.19, subdivision 2.8 9; 51A.21, subdivision 28; 51A.23, subdivisions 1 and 2.9 7; 51A.386; 51A.50; 51A.53; 51A.58; and 53.04, 2.10 subdivisions 3c and 4a; Minnesota Rules, parts 2.11 2655.0100; 2655.0200; 2655.0300; 2655.0400; 2655.0500; 2.12 2655.0600; 2655.0700; 2655.0800; 2655.0900; 2655.1000; 2.13 2655.1100; 2655.1200; and 2655.1300. 2.14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 2.15 ARTICLE 1 2.16 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 2.17 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 9.031, 2.18 subdivision 13, is amended to read: 2.19 Subd. 13. [REQUIRED COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT RATING.] Banks 2.20 and trust companies designated as depositories must have 2.21 received ratings of "outstanding" or "satisfactory" as their 2.22 most recent ratingunder section 47.83 orunder United States 2.23 Code, title 12, section 2906. If a state depository receives a 2.24 rating that is below "satisfactory," the executive council shall 2.25 revoke its designation as a depository. The executive council 2.26 may delay the effective date of the revocation if necessary to 2.27 allow a reasonable period of time to arrange for a replacement 2.28 depository. 2.29 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 13.71, is amended 2.30 by adding a subdivision to read: 2.31 Subd. 21. [BANK CHARTER TRADE SECRETS DATA.] Trade secret 2.32 data provided in bank charter applications is classified under 2.33 section 46.041, subdivision 1. 2.34 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 46.041, 2.35 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 2.36 Subdivision 1. [FILING; FEE; PUBLIC INSPECTION.] The 2.37 incorporators of a bank proposed to be organized under the laws 2.38 of this state shall execute and acknowledge a written 2.39 application in the form prescribed by the commissioner of 2.40 commerce. The application must be signed by two or more of the 2.41 incorporators and request a certificate authorizing the proposed 2.42 bank to transact business at the place and in the name stated in 3.1 the application. The applicant shall file the application with 3.2 the department with a $1,000 filing fee and a $500 investigation 3.3 fee. The fees must be turned over by the commissioner to the 3.4 state treasurer and credited to the general fund. The 3.5 application file must be public, with the exception of financial 3.6 data on individuals which is private under the Minnesota 3.7 government data practices act and data defined as trade secret 3.8 information under section 13.37, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), 3.9 which must be given nonpublic classification upon written 3.10 request by the applicant. 3.11 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 46.044, 3.12 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 3.13 Subdivision 1. [CHARTERS ISSUED, CONDITIONS.] An 3.14 application for a bank charter must be granted if (1) the 3.15 applicants are of good moral character and financial integrity, 3.16 (2) there is a reasonable public demand for this bank in this 3.17 location, (3) the organization expenses being paid by the bank 3.18 do not exceed those allowed by section 46.043, (4) the probable 3.19 volume of business in this location is sufficient to insure and 3.20 maintain the solvency of the new bank and the solvency of the 3.21 then existing bank or banks in the locality without endangering 3.22 the safety of any bank in the locality as a place of deposit of 3.23 public and private money, (5) the commissioner of commerce is 3.24 satisfied that the proposed bank will be properly and safely 3.25 managed, and (6) the commissioner is satisfied that the capital 3.26 funds required pursuant to section 48.02 are available and the 3.27 commissioner may accept any reasonable demonstration including 3.28 subscription agreements supported by current financial 3.29 statements, and (7) the applicant, if it is an interstate bank3.30holding company, as defined in section 48.92, has provided3.31developmental loans as required by section 48.991, and has3.32complied with the net new funds reporting requirements of3.33section 48.93, the application must be granted; otherwise. If 3.34 the application does not satisfy the requirements of this 3.35 subdivision, it must be denied. In case of the denial of the 3.36 application, the commissioner of commerce shall specify the 4.1 grounds for the denial. A person aggrieved,may obtain judicial 4.2 review of the determination in accordance with chapter 14. 4.3 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 4.4 46.048, subdivision 2b, is amended to read: 4.5 Subd. 2b. [NOTICE.] Upon the filing ofan applicationa 4.6 notice: 4.7 (1) anapplicantacquiring party shall publish once in a 4.8 newspaper of general circulation notice of the proposed 4.9 acquisition in a form acceptable to the commissioner; and 4.10 (2) the commissioner shall accept public comment onan4.11applicationa notice for a period of not less than 30 days from 4.12 the date of the publication required by clause (1). 4.13 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 47.10, 4.14 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 4.15 Subd. 4. [APPROVAL OF CERTAIN INSIDER AGREEMENTS.] No 4.16 bank, trust company, savings bank, or savings association may 4.17 purchaseor, sell, or lease real property, personal property, 4.18 improvements or equipment of a value of $25,000 or more if the 4.19 purchaseror, seller, lessor, or lessee other than the bank, 4.20 trust company, savings bank, or savings association has an 4.21 existing direct or indirect interest in the institution without 4.22 prior written approval by the commissioner. Each bank, trust 4.23 company, savings bank, or savings association must maintain 4.24 documentation of transactions with interested parties, including 4.25 personal property leases and purchases or sales of under 4.26 $25,000, which demonstrates the commercial reasonableness and 4.27 fair market value of the transaction. 4.28 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 47.20, 4.29 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 4.30 Subdivision 1. Pursuant to rules the commissioner of 4.31 commerce finds to be necessary and proper, if any, banks, 4.32 savings banks, and savings associations organized under the laws 4.33 of this state or the United States, trust companies, trust 4.34 companies acting as fiduciaries, and other banking institutions 4.35 subject to the supervision of the commissioner of commerce, and 4.36 mortgagees or lenders approved or certified by the secretary of 5.1 housing and urban development or approved or certified by the 5.2 administrator of veterans affairs, or approved or certified by 5.3 the administrator of the farmers home administration or any 5.4 successor, or approved or certified by the federal home loan 5.5 mortgage corporation, or approved or certified by the federal 5.6 national mortgage association, are authorized: 5.7 (1) To make loans and advances of credit and purchases of 5.8 obligations representing loans and advances of credit which are 5.9 insured or guaranteed by the secretary of housing and urban 5.10 development pursuant to the national housing act, as amended, or 5.11 the administrator of veterans affairs pursuant to the 5.12 servicemen's readjustment act of 1944, as amended, or the 5.13 administrator of the farmers home administration or any 5.14 successor pursuant to the consolidated farm and rural 5.15 development act, Public Law Number 87-128, as amended, and to 5.16 obtain the insurance or guarantees; 5.17 (2) To make loans secured by mortgages on real property and 5.18 loans secured by a share or shares of stock or a membership 5.19 certificate or certificates issued to a stockholder or member by 5.20 a cooperative apartment corporation which the secretary of 5.21 housing and urban development, the administrator of veterans 5.22 affairs, or the administrator of the farmers home administration 5.23 or any successor has insured or guaranteed or made a commitment 5.24 to insure or guarantee, and to obtain the insurance or 5.25 guarantees; 5.26 (3) To make, purchase, or participate in such loans and 5.27 advances of credit; including reverse mortgage loans, 5.28 notwithstanding anything in sections 47.20, subdivision 4b, 5.29 47.58, and 334.01 and chapter 56 to the contrary; as would be 5.30 eligible for purchase, in whole or in part, by the federal 5.31 national mortgage association or the federal home loan mortgage 5.32 corporation, but without regard to any limitation placed upon 5.33 the maximum principal amount of an eligible loan; 5.34 (4) To make, purchase or participate in such loans and 5.35 advances of credit secured by mortgages on real property which 5.36 are authorized or allowed by the office of thrift supervision or 6.1 the office of the comptroller of the currency, or any successor 6.2 to these federal agencies. 6.3 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 47.20, 6.4 subdivision 9, is amended to read: 6.5 Subd. 9.(1)For purposes of this subdivision the term 6.6 "mortgagee" shall mean all state banks and trust companies, 6.7 national banking associations, state and federally chartered 6.8 savings associations, mortgage banks, savings banks, insurance 6.9 companies, credit unions or assignees of the above. 6.10 (a) Each mortgagee requiring funds of a mortgagor to be 6.11 paid into an escrow, agency or similar account for the payment 6.12 of taxes or insurance premiums with respect to a mortgaged 6.13 one-to-four family, owner occupied residence located in this 6.14 state, unless the account is required by federal law or 6.15 regulation or maintained in connection with a conventional loan 6.16 in an original principal amount in excess of 80 percent of the 6.17 lender's appraised value of the residential unit at the time the 6.18 loan is made or maintained in connection with loans insured or 6.19 guaranteed by the secretary of housing and urban development, by 6.20 the administrator of veterans affairs, or by the administrator 6.21 of the farmers home administration or any successor, shall 6.22 calculate interest on such funds at a rate of not less thanfive6.23 three percent per annum. Such interest shall be computed on the 6.24 average monthly balance in such account on the first of each 6.25 month for the immediately preceding 12 months of the calendar 6.26 year or such other fiscal year as may be uniformly adopted by 6.27 the mortgagee for such purposes and shall be annually credited 6.28 to the remaining principal balance on the mortgage, or at the 6.29 election of the mortgagee, paid to the mortgagor or credited to 6.30 the mortgagor's account. If the interest exceeds the remaining 6.31 balance, the excess shall be paid to the mortgagor or vendee. 6.32 The requirement to pay interest shall apply to such accounts 6.33 createdprior to June 1, 1976, as well as to accounts created6.34after June 1, 1976in conjunction with mortgage loans made prior 6.35 to July 1, 1996. 6.36 (b) Unless the account is exempt from the requirements of 7.1 paragraph (a), a mortgagee shall allow a mortgagor to elect to 7.2 discontinue the escrow account after the seventh anniversary of 7.3 the date of the mortgage, unless the mortgagor has been more 7.4 than 30 days delinquent in the previous 12 months. This 7.5 paragraph shall apply to accounts created prior to July 1, 1996, 7.6 as well as to accounts created on or after July 1, 1996. The 7.7 mortgagor's election shall be in writing. If the escrow account 7.8 has a negative balance or a shortage at the time the mortgagor 7.9 requests discontinuance, the mortgagee is not obligated to allow 7.10 discontinuance until the escrow account is balanced or the 7.11 shortage has been repaid. 7.12 (c) The mortgagee shall notify the mortgagor within 60 days 7.13 after the seventh anniversary of the date of the mortgage if the 7.14 right to discontinue the escrow account is in accordance with 7.15 paragraph (b). For mortgage loans entered into, on or prior to 7.16 July 1, 1989, the notice required by this paragraph shall be 7.17 provided to the mortgagor by January 1, 1997. 7.18 (d) A mortgagee may require the mortgagor to reestablish 7.19 the escrow account if the mortgagor has failed to make timely 7.20 payments for two consecutive payment periods at any time during 7.21 the remaining term of the mortgage, or if the mortgagor has 7.22 failed to pay taxes or insurance premiums when due. A payment 7.23 received during a grace period shall be deemed timely. 7.24 (e) The mortgagee shall, subject to paragraph (b), return 7.25 any funds remaining in the account to the mortgagor within 60 7.26 days after receipt of the mortgagor's written notice of election 7.27 to discontinue the escrow account. 7.28 (f) The mortgagee shall not charge a direct fee for the 7.29 administration of the escrow account, nor shall the mortgagee 7.30 charge a fee or other consideration for allowing the mortgagor 7.31 to discontinue the escrow account. 7.32(2) A mortgagee offering the following option (c) to a7.33mortgagor but not requiring maintenance of escrow accounts as7.34described in clause (1), whether or not the accounts were7.35required by the mortgagee or were optional with the mortgagor,7.36shall offer to each of such mortgagors the following options:8.1(a) the mortgagor may personally manage the payment of8.2insurance and taxes;8.3(b) the mortgagor may open with the mortgagee a passbook8.4savings account carrying the current rate of interest being paid8.5on such accounts by the mortgagee in which the mortgagor can8.6deposit the funds previously paid into the escrow account; or8.7(c) the mortgagor may elect to maintain a noninterest8.8bearing escrow account as described in clause (1) to be serviced8.9by the mortgagee at no charge to the mortgagor.8.10A mortgagee that is not a depository institution offering8.11passbook savings accounts shall instead of offering option (b)8.12above notify its mortgagors (1) that they may open such accounts8.13at a depository institution and (2) of the current maximum legal8.14interest rate on such accounts.8.15A mortgagee offering option (c) above to a mortgagor but8.16not requiring the maintenance of escrow accounts shall notify8.17its mortgagor of the options under (a), (b) and (c). The notice8.18shall state the option and state that an escrow account is not8.19required by the mortgagee, that the mortgagor is legally8.20responsible for the payment of taxes and insurance, and that the8.21notice is being given pursuant to this subdivision.8.22Notice shall be given within 30 days after the effective8.23date of the provisions of Laws 1977, chapter 350 amending the8.24subdivision, as to mortgagees offering option (c) above to8.25mortgagors but not requiring escrow accounts as of the effective8.26date, or within 30 days after a mortgagee's decision to8.27discontinue requiring escrow accounts if the mortgagee continues8.28to offer option (c) above to mortgagors. If no reply is8.29received within 30 days, option (c) shall be selected for the8.30mortgagor but the mortgagor may, at any time, select another8.31option.8.32A mortgagee making a new mortgage and offering option (c)8.33above to a prospective mortgagor shall, at the time of loan8.34application, notify the prospective mortgagor of options (a),8.35(b) and (c) above which must be extended to the prospective8.36mortgagor. The mortgagor shall select one of the options at the9.1time the loan is made.9.2Any notice required by this clause shall be on forms9.3approved by the commissioner of commerce and shall provide that9.4at any time a mortgagor may select a different option. The form9.5shall contain a blank where the current passbook rate of9.6interest shall be entered by the mortgagee. Any option selected9.7by the mortgagor shall be binding on the mortgagee.9.8This clause does not apply to escrow accounts which are9.9excepted from the interest paying requirements of clause (1).9.10(3) A mortgagee shall be prohibited from charging a direct9.11fee for the administration of the escrow account.9.12 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 47.20, 9.13 subdivision 14, is amended to read: 9.14 Subd. 14. (a) A lender requiring or offering private 9.15 mortgage insurance shall make available to the borrower or other 9.16 person paying the insurance premium the same premium payment 9.17 plans as are available to the lender in paying the private 9.18 mortgage insurance premium. 9.19 (b) Any refund or rebate for unearned private mortgage 9.20 insurance premiums shall be paid to the borrower or other person 9.21 actually providing the funds for payment of the premium. 9.22 (c) With regard to first mortgage loans made on or after 9.23 January 1, 1997, the mortgagor shall have the right to elect, in 9.24 writing, to cancel borrower-purchased private mortgage insurance 9.25 if all of the following terms and conditions have been met: 9.26 (1) if the current unpaid principal balance of a first 9.27 mortgage is 75 percent or less of the current fair market 9.28 appraised value of the property. "Current fair market appraised 9.29 value" shall be based upon a current appraisal by a real estate 9.30 appraiser licensed or certified by the appropriate state or 9.31 federal agency and reasonably acceptable to the lender. The 9.32 lender may require the mortgagor to pay for the appraisal; 9.33 (2) the mortgagor's monthly installments of principal, 9.34 interest, and escrow obligations have not been more than 30 days 9.35 past due over the 24-month period immediately preceding the 9.36 request for cancellation and all accrued late charges have been 10.1 paid; 10.2 (3) the mortgage was made at least 24 months prior to the 10.3 receipt of a request for cancellation of private mortgage 10.4 insurance; 10.5 (4) the property securing the mortgage is owner-occupied; 10.6 and 10.7 (5) the mortgage has not been pooled with other mortgages 10.8 in order to constitute, in whole or in part, collateral for 10.9 bonds issued by the state of Minnesota or any political 10.10 subdivision of the state of Minnesota or of any agency of any 10.11 political subdivision of the state of Minnesota. 10.12 (d) Other than the appraisal fee allowed pursuant to 10.13 paragraph (c), clause (1), the lender shall not charge the 10.14 borrower a fee or other consideration for cancellation of the 10.15 private mortgage insurance. 10.16 (e) A lender requiring private mortgage insurance shall, 10.17 after the payment of the 24th monthly premium installment of 10.18 private mortgage insurance, provide an annual written notice to 10.19 each mortgagor currently paying premiums for private mortgage 10.20 insurance. The notice may be included in the annual statement 10.21 or may be included in other regular mailings to the mortgagor. 10.22 The annual notice shall be on its own page, unless included in a 10.23 private mortgage insurance notice required under the federal 10.24 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, and shall appear 10.25 substantially as follows: 10.26 "NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CANCEL PRIVATE MORTGAGE INSURANCE 10.27 If you currently pay private mortgage insurance premiums, 10.28 you may have the right to cancel the insurance and cease paying 10.29 premiums. This would permit you to make a lower total monthly 10.30 mortgage payment. In most cases, you have the right to cancel 10.31 private mortgage insurance if the principal balance of your loan 10.32 is 80 percent or less of the current fair market appraised value 10.33 of your home. If you wish to learn whether you are eligible to 10.34 cancel this insurance, please contact us at (address/phone)." 10.35 (f) If a mortgage loan governed by paragraph (c) is 10.36 serviced in accordance with the guidelines of either the Federal 11.1 National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 11.2 Corporation, the lender shall cancel private mortgage insurance 11.3 in accordance with the cancellation guidelines of the applicable 11.4 entity in effect at the time the request for cancellation is 11.5 received. 11.6 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 47.201, 11.7 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 11.8 Subd. 2. [AUTHORIZATION.] Notwithstanding the provisions 11.9 ofsectionssection 334.01, subdivision 1,and 51A.37,11.10subdivision 3, clause (d),any financial institution is 11.11 authorized to make graduated payment home loans and purchases 11.12 representing graduated payment home loans pursuant to such rules 11.13 as the commissioner of commerce finds to be necessary and 11.14 proper, if any, at an interest rate not in excess of the maximum 11.15 lawful interest rate prescribed in section 47.20, subdivision 4a. 11.16 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 334.01, subdivision 1, 11.17 where initial repayments of a graduated payment home loan are 11.18 less than the total accrued outstanding interest, the excess 11.19 accrued and unpaid interest may be added to the outstanding loan 11.20 balance on which interest accrues at the contracted rate. 11.21 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 11.22 47.61, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 11.23 Subd. 3. (a) "Electronic financial terminal" means an 11.24 electronic information processing device that is established to 11.25 do either or both of the following: 11.26 (1) capture the data necessary to initiate financial 11.27 transactions; or 11.28 (2) through its attendant support system, store or initiate 11.29 the transmission of the information necessary to consummate a 11.30 financial transaction. 11.31 (b) "Electronic financial terminal" does not include: 11.32 (1) a telephone; 11.33 (2) an electronic information processing device that is 11.34 used internally by a financial institution to conduct the 11.35 business activities of the institution; or 11.36 (3) an electronic point-of-sale terminal operated by a 12.1 retailer that is used to process payments for the purchase of 12.2 goods and services by consumers, and which also may be used to 12.3 obtain cash advances or cash back not to exceed $25 and only if 12.4 incidental to the retail sale transactions, through the use of 12.5 credit cards or debit cards, provided that the payment 12.6 transactions using debit cards are subject to the federal 12.7 Electronic Funds Transfer Act, United States Code, title 12, 12.8 sections 1693 et seq., and Regulation E of the Federal Reserve 12.9 Board, Code of Federal Regulations, title 12, subpart 205.2; 12.10 this clause does not exempt the retailer from liability for 12.11 negligent conduct or intentional misconduct of the operator 12.12 under section 47.69, subdivision 5. 12.13 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 48.09, is 12.14 amended to read: 12.15 48.09 [DIVIDENDS; SURPLUS.] 12.16 Subdivision 1. [CREATION OF SURPLUS FUND.] At the end of 12.17 each dividend period, after deducting all necessary expenses, 12.18 losses, amounts receivable more than one year overdue and not 12.19 well secured, interest, and taxes due or levied, all of the 12.20 remaining net profits for the period shall be set aside as a 12.21 surplus fund, if the surplus fund of the banking institution is 12.22 not then equal to one-fifth of the capital stock. If the 12.23 surplus fund is more than one-fifth of the capital stock, ten 12.24 percent of the remaining net profits for the period shall be set 12.25 aside as a surplus fund until it equals 50 percent of the 12.26 capital stock. The directors may then declare a dividend of so 12.27 much of the remainder as they may think expedient, subject to 12.28 the commissioner's approval. When in any way impaired the 12.29 surplus fund shall be raised to this percentage in like manner. 12.30 Subd. 2. [UNDECLARED NET PROFITS, PRIOR DIVIDEND PERIODS.] 12.31 Any amount of remaining net profits qualifying for dividend 12.32 declaration in subdivision 1 and not declared at the end of each 12.33 annual dividend period may be subject to dividend declaration 12.34 under the requirements of subdivision 1 during any of the three 12.35 subsequent annual dividend periods. 12.36 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 48.10, is 13.1 amended to read: 13.2 48.10 [ANNUAL AUDIT; REPORT.] 13.3 The board of directors of a bank, bank and trust, or trust 13.4 company shall annually examinetheits booksof,a bank,13.5 either in person, or by appointing an examining committee, or an 13.6 auditor, who may be an independent auditor or accountant. The 13.7 examining committee or auditor shall be solely responsible to 13.8 the directors. A report shall be made to the directors as to 13.9 the scope of the examination or audit, and also to show those 13.10 assets, excluding marketable securities and fixed assets, which 13.11 are carried on the books for more than actual value. This 13.12 report shall be retained as a permanent record or incorporated 13.13 in the minutes of the meeting, and a copy of the report shall be 13.14 sent to the commissioner of commerce. 13.15 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 13.16 48.153, subdivision 3a, is amended to read: 13.17 Subd. 3a. A savings bank organized under chapter 50, a13.18savings association subject to the provisions of sections 51A.0113.19to 51A.57,or a savings association chartered under the laws of 13.20 the United States, that has its principal place of business in 13.21 this state, may make a loan for consumer purposes to a natural 13.22 person in an amount not exceeding $25,000 repayable in 13.23 installments, and may charge a rate of interest upon the unpaid 13.24 principal balance of the amount financed of 12 percent a year, 13.25 or the rate of interest authorized by section 48.195, whichever 13.26 is greater. If the rate of interest charged is permitted by 13.27 section 48.195 at the time the loan is made, the rate does not 13.28 later become usurious because of a fluctuation in the federal 13.29 discount rate. 13.30 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 13.31 48.194, is amended to read: 13.32 48.194 [INSTALLMENT SALES CONTRACTS; LOANS.] 13.33 A person may enter into a credit sale or service contract 13.34 for sale to a state or national bank doing business in this 13.35 state, and a bank may purchase and enforce the contract under 13.36 the terms and conditions set forth insectionssection 47.59, 14.1 subdivisions 2 and 4 to 14; and 51A.386, subdivision 4. A state 14.2 bank or national bank may extend credit pursuant to the terms 14.3 and conditions set forth in sections 47.59,and 47.60, and14.451A.386, subdivision 4. 14.5 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 48.301, is 14.6 amended to read: 14.7 48.301 [MULTIPARTY ACCOUNTS.] 14.8 When any deposit is made in the names of two or more 14.9 persons jointly, or by any person payable on death (P.O.D.) to 14.10 another, or by any person in trust for another, the rights of 14.11 the parties and the financial institution are determined by 14.12 chapter528524. 14.13 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 14.14 48.65, is amended to read: 14.15 48.65 [TRUST COMPANIES TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN LAWS.] 14.16 No trust company of this state shall conduct a banking 14.17 business, as defined in section 47.02, exercising deposit taking 14.18 powers, without fully complying with the provisions of section 14.19 48.221 relating to the reserve requirements of the state banks. 14.20 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 48.845, 14.21 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 14.22 Subd. 4. "Affiliated bank" with respect to another bank or 14.23 a trust company means any bank which is owned or controlled by 14.24 the corporation which owns or controls that other bank or trust 14.25 company, including a wholly owned subsidiary of the other bank 14.26 or trust company. 14.27 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 14.28 50.1485, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 14.29 Subdivision 1. [GENERALLY.] In addition to other 14.30 investments authorized by law, a savings bank may make, 14.31 purchase, or invest in: 14.32 (a) loans secured by the pledge of policies of life 14.33 insurance, the assignment of which is properly acknowledged by 14.34 the insurer; 14.35 (b) consumer loans, which may be unsecured or secured by 14.36 personal or real property. Consumer loans include, but are not 15.1 limited to, closed-end installment loans, single payment loans, 15.2 nonamortizing loans, open-end revolving line of credit loans, 15.3 credit card loans and extensions of credit, and overdraft 15.4 protection loans. For the purpose of this paragraph, "consumer 15.5 loan" means a loan made by the savings bank in which: (1) the 15.6 debtor is a person other than an organization; (2) the debt is 15.7 incurred primarily for personal, family, or household purpose; 15.8 and (3) the debt is payable in installments or a finance charge 15.9 is made; 15.10 (c) secured and unsecured loans to organizations and 15.11 natural persons for business or commercial purposes. For the 15.12 purpose of this paragraph, "organization" means a corporation, 15.13 government or governmental subdivision, or agency, trust, 15.14 estate, partnership, limited liability partnership, limited 15.15 liability company, joint venture, cooperative, or association. 15.16 "Business or commercial purpose" means a purpose other than 15.17 personal, family, household, or agricultural purpose; 15.18 (d) secured and unsecured loans for agricultural purposes. 15.19 For the purpose of this paragraph, "agricultural purpose" means 15.20 a purpose relating to the production, harvest, exhibition, 15.21 marketing, transportation, processing, or manufacture of 15.22 agricultural products. "Agricultural products" includes 15.23 agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, and dairy products, 15.24 livestock, wildlife, poultry, bees, and forest products, and 15.25 products raised or produced on farms, including processed or 15.26 manufactured products; 15.27 (e) credit sale contracts, which means a sale of goods, 15.28 services, or an interest in land in which credit is granted by a 15.29 seller who regularly engages as a seller in credit transactions 15.30 of the same kind, and the debt is payable in installments or a 15.31 finance charge is made; 15.32 (f) loans on the security of deposit accounts; 15.33 (g) real estate loans,subject to the conditions applicable15.34to savings associations under section 51A.38 and Minnesota15.35Statutes 1994, section 51A.385. "Real estate loans"which 15.36 include a loan or other obligation secured by a first lien on 16.1 real estate in fee or in a leasehold extending or renewable 16.2 automatically for a period of at least ten years beyond the date 16.3 scheduled for the final principal payment of the loan or 16.4 obligation, or a transaction out of which a first lien or claim 16.5 is created against the real estate, including the purchase of 16.6 the real estate in fee by a savings bank and the concurrent or 16.7 immediate sale of it on installment contract; 16.8 (h) secured or unsecured loans for the purpose of repair, 16.9 improvement, rehabilitation, or furnishing of real estate; 16.10 (i) loans for the purpose of financing or refinancing an 16.11 ownership interest in certificates of stock, certificates of 16.12 beneficial interest, or other evidence of an ownership interest 16.13 in, or a proprietary lease from, a corporation, limited 16.14 liability company, trust, limited liability partnership, or 16.15 partnership formed for the purpose of the cooperative ownership 16.16 of real estate, secured by the assignment or transfer of 16.17 certificates or other evidence of ownership of the borrower; 16.18 (j) loans guaranteed or insured, in whole or in part, by 16.19 the United States or any of its instrumentalities; 16.20 (k) issuance of letters of credit or other similar 16.21 arrangements; and 16.22 (l) any other type of loan authorized by rules adopted by 16.23 the commissioner. 16.24 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 16.25 50.245, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 16.26 Subd. 4. [PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.] Procedural 16.27 requirements equivalent to those contained in sections 48.90 to 16.2848.99148.995 apply to reciprocal interstate branching and 16.29 acquisitions by savings banks and savings bank holding companies. 16.30 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 52.131, is 16.31 amended to read: 16.32 52.131 [MULTIPARTY ACCOUNTS.] 16.33 When any deposit is made in the names of two or more 16.34 persons jointly, or by any person payable on death (P.O.D.) to 16.35 another, or by any person in trust for another, the rights of 16.36 the parties and the financial institution are determined by 17.1 chapter528524. 17.2 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 53.01, is 17.3 amended to read: 17.4 53.01 [ORGANIZATION.] 17.5 It is lawful for three or more persons, who desire to form 17.6 a corporation for the purpose of carrying on primarily the 17.7 business of loaning money to persons within the conditions set 17.8 forth in this chapter, to organize, under this chapter, an 17.9 industrial loan and thrift company, by filing with the secretary 17.10 of state articles of incorporation, and upon paying the fees 17.11 prescribed bysections 301.07 and 301.071 orchapter 302A and 17.12 upon compliance with the procedure provided for the organization 17.13 and government of ordinary corporations under the laws of this 17.14 state, and upon compliance with the additional requirements of 17.15 this chapter prior to receiving authorization to do business. 17.16 Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 53.03, 17.17 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 17.18 Subdivision 1. [APPLICATION, FEE, NOTICE.] Any corporation 17.19 hereafter organized as an industrial loan and thrift company, 17.20 shall, after compliance with the requirements set forth in 17.21 sections 53.01 and 53.02, file a written application with the 17.22 department of commerce for a certificate of authorization. A 17.23 corporation that will not sell or issue thrift certificates for 17.24 investment as permitted by this chapter need not comply with 17.25 subdivision 2b. The application must be in the form prescribed 17.26 by the department of commerce. The application must be made in 17.27 the name of the corporation, executed and acknowledged by an 17.28 officer designated by the board of directors of the corporation, 17.29 requesting a certificate authorizing the corporation to transact 17.30 business as an industrial loan and thrift company, at the place 17.31 and in the name stated in the application. At the time of 17.32 filing the application the applicant shall pay a $1,000 filing 17.33 fee and a $500 investigation fee. The fees must be turned over 17.34 by the commissioner to the state treasurer and credited to the 17.35 general fund. The applicant shall also submit a copy of the 17.36 bylaws of the corporation, its articles of incorporation and all 18.1 amendments thereto at that time.If the application is18.2contested, 50 percent of an additional fee equal to the actual18.3costs incurred by the department of commerce in approving or18.4disapproving the application, payable to the state treasurer and18.5credited to the general fund shall be paid by the applicant and18.650 percent equally by the intervening parties.An application 18.7 for powers under subdivision 2b must also require that a notice 18.8 of the filing of the application must be published once within 18.9 30 days of the receipt of the form prescribed by the department 18.10 of commerce, at the expense of the applicant, in a qualified 18.11 newspaper published in the municipality in which the proposed 18.12 industrial loan and thrift company is to be located, or, if 18.13 there be none, in a qualified newspaper likely to give notice in 18.14 the municipality in which the company is proposed to be 18.15 located. If the department of commerce receives a written 18.16 objection to the application from any person within2021 days 18.17 of the notice having been fully publisheda contested case18.18hearing must be conducted on the application. Notice of a18.19hearing in connection with this section must be published once18.20in the form prescribed by the department of commerce, at the18.21expense of the applicant, in the same manner as a notice of18.22application, the commissioner shall proceed in the same manner 18.23 as required under section 46.041, subdivisions 3 and 4, relating 18.24 to state banks. 18.25 Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 53.07, 18.26 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 18.27 Subd. 2. [TEMPORARY RESERVE MINIMUM.] Until an industrial 18.28 loan and thrift company obtains a commitment for insurance or 18.29 guarantee of accounts acceptable to the commissioner as required 18.30 by section 53.10, it shall establish a minimum reserve against 18.31 the certificates of indebtedness, savings accounts, and savings 18.32 deposits described in section 53.04, subdivision 5, of not less 18.33 than ten percent of the amount of indebtedness thus created. 18.34 Three percent of this indebtedness shall be in cash in the 18.35 actual possession of the industrial loan company or on demand 18.36 deposit in approved banks of this state, and seven percent of 19.1 the total indebtedness may be in bonds admissible for investment 19.2 bymutualsavings banks under the laws of this state. 19.3 Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 19.4 53.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 19.5 Subd. 2. [REPORT TO COMMISSIONER.] (1) Each industrial 19.6 loan and thrift company shall annually on or before the first 19.7 day of March file a report with the commissioner stating in 19.8 detail, under appropriate heads, its assets and liabilities at 19.9 the close of business on the last day of the preceding calendar 19.10 year. This report shall be made under oath in the form 19.11 prescribed by the commissioner. 19.12 (2) Each industrial loan and thrift company which holds 19.13 authority to accept accounts pursuant to section 53.04, 19.14 subdivision 5, shall in place of the requirement in clause (1) 19.15 submit the reportsand make the publicationrequired of state 19.16 banks pursuant to section 48.48. 19.17 (3) Within 30 days following a change in controlling 19.18 ownership of the capital stock of an industrial loan and thrift 19.19 company, it shall file a written report with the commissioner 19.20 stating in detail the nature of such change in ownership. 19.21 Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 19.22 55.10, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 19.23 Subd. 4. [WILL SEARCHES, BURIAL DOCUMENTS PROCUREMENT, AND 19.24 INVENTORY OF CONTENTS.] (a) Upon being furnished with 19.25 satisfactory proof of death of a sole lessee or the last 19.26 surviving co-lessee of a safe deposit box, an employee of the 19.27 safe deposit company shall open the box and examine the contents 19.28 in the presence ofan employee of the safe deposit company and19.29 an individual who appears in person and furnishes an affidavit 19.30 stating that the individual believes: 19.31 (1) the box may contain the will or deed to a burial lot or 19.32 a document containing instructions for the burial of the 19.33 lessee or that the box may contain property belonging to the 19.34 estate of the lessee; and 19.35 (2) the individual is an interested person as defined in 19.36 this section and wishes to open the box for any one or more of 20.1 the following purposes: 20.2 (i) to conduct a will search; 20.3 (ii) to obtain a document required to facilitate the 20.4 lessee's wishes regarding body, funeral, or burial arrangements; 20.5 or 20.6 (iii) to obtain an inventory of the contents of the box. 20.7 (b) The safe deposit company may not open the box under 20.8 this section if it has received a copy of letters of office of 20.9 the representative of the deceased lessee's estate or other 20.10 applicable court order. 20.11 (c) The safe deposit company need not open the box if: 20.12 (1) the box has previously been opened under this section 20.13 for the same purpose; 20.14 (2) the safe deposit company has received notice of a 20.15 written or oral objection from any person or has reason to 20.16 believe that there would be an objection; or 20.17 (3) the lessee's key or combination is not available. 20.18 (d) For purposes of this section, the term "interested 20.19 person" means any of the following: 20.20 (1) a person named as personal representative in a 20.21 purported will of the lessee; 20.22 (2) a person who immediately prior to the death of the 20.23 lessee had the right of access to the box as a deputy; 20.24 (3) the surviving spouse of the lessee; 20.25 (4) a devisee of the lessee; 20.26 (5) an heir of the lessee; or 20.27 (6) a person designated by the lessee in a writing 20.28 acceptable to the safe deposit company which is filed with the 20.29 safe deposit company before death. 20.30 (e) For purposes of this section, the term "will" includes 20.31 a will or a codicil. 20.32 (f) If the box is opened for the purpose of conducting a 20.33 will search, the safe deposit company shall remove any document 20.34 that appears to be a will and make a true and correct machine 20.35 copy thereof, replace the copy in the box, and then deliver the 20.36 original thereof to the clerk of court for the county in which 21.1 the lessee resided immediately before the lessee's death, if 21.2 known to the safe deposit company, otherwise to the clerk of the 21.3 court for the county in which the safe deposit box is located. 21.4 The will must be personally delivered or sent by registered 21.5 mail. If the interested person so requests, any deed to burial 21.6 lot or document containing instructions for the burial of the 21.7 lessee may be copied by the safe deposit box company and the 21.8 copy or copies thereof delivered to the interested person. 21.9 (g) If the box is opened for the purpose of obtaining a 21.10 document required to facilitate the lessee's wishes regarding 21.11 the body, funeral, or burial arrangements, any such document may 21.12 be removed from the box and delivered to the interested person 21.13 with a true and correct machine copy retained in the box. If 21.14 the safe deposit box company discovers a document that appears 21.15 to be a will, the safe deposit company shall act in accordance 21.16 with paragraph (f). 21.17 (h) If the box is opened for the purpose of obtaining an 21.18 inventory of the contents of the box, the employee of the safe 21.19 deposit company shall make, or cause to be made, an inventory of 21.20 the contents of the box, to which the employee and the 21.21 interested person shall attest under penalty of perjury to be 21.22 correct and complete. Within ten days of opening the box 21.23 pursuant to this subdivision, the safe deposit company shall 21.24 deliver the original inventory of the contents to the court 21.25 administrator for the county in which the lessee resided 21.26 immediately before the lessee's death, if known to the safe 21.27 deposit company, otherwise to the court administrator for the 21.28 county in which the safe deposit box is located. The inventory 21.29 must be personally delivered or sent by registered mail. If the 21.30 interested person so requests, the safe deposit company shall 21.31 make a true and correct copy of any document in the box and 21.32 deliver that copy to the interested person. If the contents of 21.33 the box include a document that appears to be a will, the safe 21.34 deposit company shall act in accordance with paragraph (f). 21.35 (i) The safe deposit company need not ascertain the truth 21.36 of any statement in the affidavit required to be furnished under 22.1 this subdivision and when acting in reliance upon an affidavit, 22.2 it is discharged as if it dealt with the personal representative 22.3 of the lessee. The safe deposit company is not responsible for 22.4 the adequacy of the description of any property included in an 22.5 inventory of the contents of a safe deposit box, nor for 22.6 conversion of the property in connection with actions performed 22.7 under this subdivision, except for conversion by intentional 22.8 acts of the company or its employees, directors, officers, or 22.9 agents. If the safe deposit company is not satisfied that the 22.10 requirements of this subdivision have been met, it may decline 22.11 to open the box. 22.12 (j) No contents of a box other than a will and a document 22.13 required to facilitate the lessee's wishes regarding body, 22.14 funeral, or burial arrangements may be removed pursuant to this 22.15 subdivision. The entire contents of the box, however, may be 22.16 removed pursuant to section 524.3-1201. 22.17 Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 22.18 56.131, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 22.19 Subd. 4. [ADJUSTMENT OF DOLLAR AMOUNTS.](a)The dollar 22.20 amounts in this section, sections 53.04, subdivision 3a, 22.21 paragraph (c), 56.01, 56.12, and 56.125 shall change 22.22 periodically, as provided inthissection, according to and to22.23the extent of changes in the implicit price deflator for the22.24gross domestic product, 1987 = 100, compiled by the United22.25States Department of Commerce, and hereafter referred to as the22.26index. The index for December 1991 is the reference base index22.27for adjustments of dollar amounts47.59, subdivision 3. 22.28(b) The designated dollar amounts shall change on July 1 of22.29each even-numbered year if the percentage of change, calculated22.30to the nearest whole percentage point, between the index for22.31December of the preceding year and the reference base index is22.32ten percent or more, but;22.33(1) the portion of the percentage change in the index in22.34excess of a multiple of ten percent shall be disregarded and the22.35dollar amounts shall change only in multiples of ten percent of22.36the amounts appearing in Laws 1995, chapter 202, on the date of23.1enactment; and23.2(2) the dollar amounts shall not change if the amounts23.3required by this section are those currently in effect pursuant23.4to Laws 1995, chapter 202, as a result of earlier application of23.5this section.23.6(c) If the index is revised, the percentage of change23.7pursuant to this section shall be calculated on the basis of the23.8revised index. If a revision of the index changes the reference23.9base index, a revised reference base index shall be determined23.10by multiplying the reference base index then applicable by the23.11rebasing factor furnished by the department of commerce. If the23.12index is superseded, the index referred to in this section is23.13the one represented by the department of commerce as reflecting23.14most accurately changes in the purchasing power of the dollar23.15for consumers.23.16(d) The commissioner shall announce and publish:23.17(1) on or before April 30 of each year in which dollar23.18amounts are to change, the changes in dollar amounts required by23.19paragraph (b); and23.20(2) promptly after the changes occur, changes in the index23.21required by paragraph (c) including, if applicable, the23.22numerical equivalent of the reference base index under a revised23.23reference base index and the designation or title of any index23.24superseding the index.23.25(e) A person does not violate this chapter with respect to23.26a transaction otherwise complying with this chapter if that23.27person relies on dollar amounts either determined according to23.28paragraph (b), clause (2) or appearing in the last publication23.29of the commissioner announcing the then current dollar amounts.23.30(f) The adjustments provided in this section shall not be23.31affected unless explicitly provided otherwise by law.23.32 Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 23.33 56.14, is amended to read: 23.34 56.14 [DUTIES OF LICENSEE.] 23.35 Every licensee shall: 23.36 (1) deliver to the borrower (or if there are two or more 24.1 borrowers to one of them) at the time any loan is made a 24.2 statement making the disclosures and furnishing the information 24.3 required by the federal Truth-in-Lending Act, United States 24.4 Code, title 15, sections 1601 to 1667e, as amended from time to 24.5 time, with respect to the contract of loan. A copy of the loan 24.6 contract may be delivered in lieu of a statement if it discloses 24.7 the required information; 24.8 (2) deliver or mail to the borrower without request, a 24.9 written receipt within 30 days following payment for each 24.10 payment by coin or currency made on account of any loan wherein 24.11 charges are computed and paid on unpaid principal balances for 24.12 the time actually outstanding, specifying the amount applied to 24.13 charges and the amount, if any, applied to principal, and 24.14 stating the unpaid principal balance, if any, of the loan; and 24.15 wherein precomputed charges have been added to the principal of 24.16 the loan specifying the amount of the payment applied to 24.17 principal and charges combined, the amount applied to default or 24.18 extension charges, if any, and stating the unpaid balance, if 24.19 any, of the precomputed loan contract. A periodic statement 24.20 showing a payment received by mail complies with this clause; 24.21 (3) permit payment to be made in advance in any amount on 24.22 any contract of loan at any time, but the licensee may apply the 24.23 payment first to all charges in full at the agreed rate up to 24.24 the date of the payment; 24.25 (4) upon repayment of the loan in full, mark indelibly 24.26 every obligation and security, other than a mortgage or security 24.27 agreement which secures a new loan to the licensee, signed by 24.28 the borrower with the word "Paid" or "Canceled," and release any 24.29 mortgage or security agreement which no longer secures a loan to 24.30 the licensee, restore any pledge, and cancel and return any 24.31 note, and any assignment given to the licensee which does not 24.32 secure a new loan to the licensee within 20 days after the 24.33 repayment. For purposes of this requirement, the document 24.34 including actual evidence of an obligation or security may be 24.35 maintained, stored, and retrieved in a form or format acceptable 24.36 to the commissioner under section 46.04, subdivision 3; 25.1 (5) display prominently in each licensed place of business 25.2 a full and accurate schedule, to be approved by the 25.3 commissioner, of the charges to be made and the method of 25.4 computing the same; furnish a copy of the contract of loan to 25.5 any person obligated on it or who may become obligated on it at 25.6 any time upon the request of that person; 25.7 (6) show in the loan contract or statement of loan the rate 25.8 or rates of charge on which the charge in the contract is based, 25.9 expressed in terms of rate or rates per annum. The rate 25.10 expression shall be printed in at least 8-point type on the loan 25.11 statement or copy of the loan contract given to the borrower; 25.12 (7) if a payment results in the prepayment of three or more 25.13 installment payments on a precomputed loan,at the same time the25.14receipt required by clause (2) is delivered or mailedwithin 15 25.15 days of receipt of the prepayment, deliver or mail to the 25.16 borrower a notice in at least eight-point typeas part of the25.17receipt or together with the receipt. The notice must contain 25.18 the following statement: 25.19 "You have substantially prepaid the installment payments on 25.20 your loan and may experience an interest savings over the 25.21 remaining term only if you refinance the balance within the 25.22 next 30 days." 25.23 Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 25.24 62B.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 25.25 Subdivision 1. [CREDIT LIFE INSURANCE.] (1) The initial 25.26 amount of credit life insurance shall not exceed the amount of 25.27 principal repayable under the contract of indebtedness plus an 25.28 amount equal to one monthly payment. Thereafter, if the 25.29 indebtedness is repayable in substantially equal installments 25.30 according to a predetermined schedule, the amount of insurance 25.31 on which the premium is calculated shallnot exceedbe equal to 25.32 the scheduled indebtedness plus one monthly paymentor actual25.33amount of indebtedness, whichever is greater. If the contract of 25.34 indebtedness provides for a variable rate of finance charge or 25.35 interest, the initial rate or the scheduled rates based on the 25.36 initial index must be used in determining the scheduled amount 26.1 of indebtedness and subsequent changes to the rate must be 26.2 disregarded in determining whether the contract is repayable in 26.3 substantially equal installments according to a predetermined 26.4 schedule. 26.5 (2) Notwithstanding clause (1), the amount of credit life 26.6 insurance written in connection with credit transactions 26.7 repayable over a specified term exceeding 63 months shall not 26.8 exceed the greater of: (i) the actual amount of unpaid 26.9 indebtedness as it exists from time to time; or (ii) where an 26.10 indebtedness is repayable in substantially equal installments 26.11 according to a predetermined schedule, the scheduled amount of 26.12 unpaid indebtedness, less any unearned interest or finance 26.13 charges, plus an amount equal to two monthly payments. If the 26.14 credit transaction provides for a variable rate of finance 26.15 charge or interest, the initial rate or the scheduled rates 26.16 based on the initial index must be used in determining the 26.17 scheduled amount of unpaid indebtedness and subsequent changes 26.18 in the rate must be disregarded in determining whether the 26.19 contract is repayable in substantially equal installments 26.20 according to a predetermined schedule. 26.21 (3) Notwithstanding clauses (1) and (2), insurance on 26.22 educational, agricultural, and horticultural credit transaction 26.23 commitments may be written on a nondecreasing or level term plan 26.24 for the amount of the loan commitment. 26.25 (4) If the contract of indebtedness provides for a variable 26.26 rate of finance charge or interest, the initial rate or the 26.27 scheduled rates based on the initial index shall be used in 26.28 determining the scheduled amount of indebtedness, and subsequent 26.29 changes to the rate shall be disregarded in determining whether 26.30 the contract is repayable in substantially equal installments 26.31 according to a predetermined schedule. 26.32 Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 118.01, 26.33 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 26.34 Subdivision 1. Any bank, trust company or thrift 26.35 institution authorized to do business in this state may, in lieu 26.36 of the corporate or personal surety bond required to be 27.1 furnished to secure deposited funds, deposit with the custodian 27.2 of the funds as collateral security: (1) certificates of 27.3 deposit that are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance 27.4 Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance 27.5 Corporation; (2) notes secured by first mortgages of future 27.6 maturity, upon which interest is not past due, on improved real 27.7 estate free from delinquent taxes, within the county wherein the 27.8 depository is located, or within counties immediately adjoining 27.9 the county in the state of Minnesota; (3) obligations which are 27.10 legally authorized investments for debt service funds under 27.11 section 475.66, subdivision 3;and(4) qualified state or local 27.12 government obligations acceptable to the treasurer or chief 27.13 financial officer; and (5) irrevocable standby letters of credit 27.14 issued by Federal Home Loan Banks to a municipality accompanied 27.15 by written evidence of the bank's public debt rating 27.16 contemplated by this subdivision. Qualified obligations under 27.17 clause (4) must be general obligations rated "A" or better by 27.18 Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's 27.19 Corporation; and Federal Home Loan Banks issuing letters of 27.20 credit under clause (5) must have a rating of "AA" or better by 27.21 Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or Standard & Poor's 27.22 Corporation. 27.23 Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 168.69, is 27.24 amended to read: 27.25 168.69 [COMPLAINT ALLEGING VIOLATION.] 27.26 Any retail buyer having reason to believe that sections 27.27 168.66 to 168.77 relating to the buyer's retail installment 27.28 contract has been violated may file with the administrator a 27.29 written complaint setting forth the details of such alleged 27.30 violation and the administrator, upon receipt of such complaint, 27.31 may inspect the pertinent books, records, letters and contracts 27.32 of the licensee, assignee of the licensee or retail seller, and 27.33 of the retail seller involved, relating to such specific written 27.34 complaint. 27.35 Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 168.705, is 27.36 amended to read: 28.1 168.705 [EXAMINATIONS, SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS, COSTS.] 28.2 For the purpose of discovering violations of sections 28.3 168.66 to 168.77 or securing information lawfully required by 28.4 the administrator hereunder, the administrator may, at any time, 28.5 either personally or by a person or persons duly designated by 28.6 the administrator, investigate the conditional sales contracts 28.7 and business related to the conditional sales contracts and 28.8 examine the books, accounts, records, and files used therein, of 28.9 every licensee, assignee of the licensee, and of every person 28.10 who shall be engaged in the business of a sales finance company, 28.11 including the retail seller and assignee of the retail seller, 28.12 whether the person shall act as principal or agent, or under or 28.13 without the authority of sections 168.66 to 168.77. For that 28.14 purpose, the administrator and the administrator's duly 28.15 designated representative shall have free access to the offices 28.16 and places of business, books, accounts, papers, records, files, 28.17 safes, and vaults of all these persons. The administrator and 28.18 all persons duly designated by the administrator shall have 28.19 authority to require the attendance of and to examine, under 28.20 oath, all persons whomsoever whose testimony the administrator 28.21 may require relative to the conditional sales contract or the 28.22 business or to the subject matter of any examination, 28.23 investigation, or hearing. 28.24 The administrator may make an examination of the affairs, 28.25 business, office, and records of licensees, and of other persons 28.26 subject to examination under this section, as often as 28.27 considered necessary. The administrator may assess a fee 28.28 covering the necessary costs of an examination or special 28.29 investigation under this section, section 168.69, or reports 28.30 filed under section 168.706. The fee is payable to the 28.31 administrator on the administrator's request for payment. The 28.32 administrator may maintain an action for the recovery of the 28.33 costs in any court of competent jurisdiction. 28.34 Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 168.71, is 28.35 amended to read: 28.36 168.71 [RETAIL INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS.] 29.1 (a)(1) Every retail installment contract shall be in 29.2 writing, shall contain all the agreements of the parties, shall 29.3 be signed by the retail buyer and seller, and a copythereof29.4 signed by the retail buyer shall be furnished to such retail 29.5 buyer at the timeoftheexecution ofretail buyer executes the 29.6 contract. The copy signed by both the retail buyer and retail 29.7 seller shall be provided to the retail buyer within seven days 29.8 after delivery of the vehicle. With respect to any contract 29.9 executed prior to August 1, 1996, which has not been paid in 29.10 full by the retail buyer, the retail seller shall provide such 29.11 retail buyer a copy signed by both the retail buyer and retail 29.12 seller within 120 days after August 1, 1996. 29.13 (2) No provisions for confession of judgment or power of 29.14 attorney therefor contained in any retail installment contract 29.15 or contained in a separate agreement relating thereto, shall be 29.16 valid or enforceable. 29.17 (3) The holder of a precomputed retail installment contract 29.18 may, if the contract so provides, collect a delinquency and 29.19 collection charge on each installment in arrears for a period 29.20 not less than ten days in an amount not in excess of five 29.21 percent of each installment or $5, whichever is greater. In 29.22 addition to such delinquency and collection charge, the retail 29.23 installment contract, whether interest-bearing or precomputed, 29.24 may provide for the payment of attorneys' fees not exceeding 15 29.25 percent of the amount due and payable under such contract where 29.26 such contract is referred to an attorney not a salaried employee 29.27 of the holder of the contract for collection plus the court 29.28 costs. 29.29 (4) Unless written notice has been given to the retail 29.30 buyer of actual or intended assignment of a retail installment 29.31 contract, payment thereunder or tender thereof made by the 29.32 retail buyer to the last known holder of such contract shall be 29.33 binding upon all subsequent holders or assignees. 29.34 (5) Upon written request from the retail buyer, the holder 29.35 of the retail installment contract shall give or forward to the 29.36 retail buyer a written statement of the dates and amounts of 30.1 payments and the total amount unpaid under such contract. A 30.2 retail buyer shall be given a written receipt for any payment 30.3 when made in cash. 30.4 (b) The retail installment contract shall contain the 30.5 following items: 30.6 (1) The cash sale price of the motor vehicle which is the 30.7 subject matter of the retail installment contract; 30.8 (2) The total amount of the retail buyer's down payment, 30.9 whether made in money or goods, or partly in money or partly in 30.10 goods; 30.11 (3) The difference between items one and two; 30.12 (4) The charge, if any, included in the transaction for any 30.13 insurance and other benefits not included in clause (1), 30.14 specifying the types of coverage and taxes, fees, and charges 30.15 that actually are or will be paid to public officials or 30.16 government agencies, including those for perfecting, releasing, 30.17 or satisfying a security interest if such taxes, fees, or 30.18 charges are not included in clause (1); 30.19 (5) Principal balance, which is the sum of items three and 30.20 four; 30.21 (6) The amount of the finance charge; 30.22 (7) The total of payments payable by the retail buyer to 30.23 the retail seller and the number of installment payments 30.24 required and the amount of each installment expressed in dollars 30.25 or percentages, and date of each payment necessary finally to 30.26 pay the total of payments which is the sum of item five and item 30.27 six. 30.28 Provided, however, that said items one to seven inclusive 30.29 need not be stated in the terms, sequence or order set forth 30.30 above. Provided further, that clauses (6) and (7) may be 30.31 disclosed on the assumption that all scheduled payments under 30.32 the contract will be made when due. 30.33 In lieu of the above clauses, the retail seller may give 30.34 the retail buyer disclosures which satisfy the requirements of 30.35 the Federal Truth-In-Lending Act in effect as of the time of the 30.36 contract, notwithstanding whether or not that act applies to the 31.1 transaction. 31.2 (c) Every retail seller or sales finance company, if a 31.3 charge for insurance on the motor vehicle is included in a 31.4 retail installment contract shall within 30 days after execution 31.5 of the retail installment contract send or cause to be sent to 31.6 the retail buyer a policy or policies or certificate of 31.7 insurance, which insurance shall be written by a company 31.8 authorized to do business in this state, clearly setting forth 31.9 the amount of the premium, the kind or kinds of insurance and 31.10 the scope of the coverage and all the terms, exceptions, 31.11 limitations, restrictions and conditions of the contract or 31.12 contracts of the insurance. The buyer of a motor vehicle under 31.13 a retail installment contract shall have the privilege of 31.14 purchasing such insurance from an agent or broker of the buyer's 31.15 own selection and selecting an insurance company mutually 31.16 acceptable to the seller and the buyer; provided, however, that 31.17 the inclusion of the cost of the insurance premium in the retail 31.18 installment contract when the buyer selects the agent, broker or 31.19 company, shall be optional with the seller. 31.20 (d) Any sales finance company hereunder may purchase or 31.21 acquire from any retail seller any retail installment contract 31.22 on such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon 31.23 between them. 31.24 (e) An acknowledgment by the retail buyer of the delivery 31.25 of any such copy or notice as required in subsection (a) 31.26 contained in the body of the statement or contract shall be 31.27 conclusive proof of delivery in any action or proceeding by or 31.28 against any assignee of a retail installment contract. 31.29 Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 168.73, is 31.30 amended to read: 31.31 168.73 [PREPAYMENTIN FULL, REFUND CREDITS, ALLOWANCE.] 31.32 Subdivision 1. [PREPAYMENT IN FULL.] Notwithstanding the 31.33 provisions of any retail installment contract to the contrary, 31.34 any retail buyer may pay in full at any time before maturity the 31.35 debt of any retail installment contract without penalty. In 31.36 paying a precomputed retail installment contract in full, the 32.1 retail buyer shall receive a refund credit thereon for such 32.2 anticipation of payments. For contracts with substantially 32.3 equal scheduled monthly payments remaining after the date of 32.4 prepayment in full, the refund must be calculated for all fully 32.5 unexpired monthly payment periods following the date of payment 32.6 in full. For all other contracts, the refund must be calculated 32.7 as of the date in the month following prepayment which 32.8 corresponds to the original contract date. The refund shall be 32.9 calculated according to the actuarial method, less an 32.10 acquisition cost of $15 which may be deducted from the refund so 32.11 calculated. 32.12 Where the amount of the credit for anticipation of payment 32.13 is less than $1, no refund need be made. 32.14 The actuarial method means the method of allocating 32.15 payments on a contract between the principal amount and finance 32.16 charge at the contract rate charged under section 168.72, 32.17 whereby a payment is applied first to the accumulated finance 32.18 charge and then to the unpaid principal balance based on the 32.19 original terms of the contract and based on the assumption that 32.20 all payments are made on the due date as originally scheduled or 32.21 deferred. 32.22 Subd. 2. [PARTIAL PREPAYMENT; NOTICE.] If a payment 32.23 results in the prepayment of three or more installment payments 32.24 on a precomputed contract, the retail seller or assignee of the 32.25 retail seller shall within 15 days of receipt of the prepayment, 32.26 deliver or mail to the retail buyer a notice in a least 32.27 eight-point type. The notice must contain the following 32.28 statement: 32.29 "You have substantially prepaid the installment payments on 32.30 your contract and may experience an interest savings over 32.31 the remaining term only if you refinance the balance within 32.32 the next 30 days." 32.33 Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 256.99, is 32.34 amended to read: 32.35 256.99 [REVERSE MORTGAGE PROCEEDS DISREGARDED.] 32.36 All reverse mortgage loan proceeds receivedpursuant to33.1section 47.58, including interest or earnings thereon, shall be 33.2 disregarded and shall not be considered available to the 33.3 borrower for purposes of determining initial or continuing 33.4 eligibility for, or amount of, medical assistance, Minnesota 33.5 supplemental assistance, general assistance, general assistance 33.6 medical care, or a federal or state low interest loan or grant. 33.7 This section applies regardless of the time elapsed since the 33.8 loan was made or the disposition of the proceeds. 33.9 For purposes of medical assistance eligibility provided 33.10 under sections 256B.055, 256B.056, and 256B.06, proceeds from a 33.11 reverse mortgage must be disregarded as income in the month of 33.12 receipt but are a resource if retained after the month of 33.13 receipt. 33.14 Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 300.025, is 33.15 amended to read: 33.16 300.025 [ORGANIZATION OF FINANCIAL CORPORATIONS.] 33.17 (a) Three or more persons may form a corporation for any of 33.18 the purposes specified in section 47.12 by applying to the 33.19 department of commerce and complying with all applicable 33.20 organizational requirements and the conditions set out in 33.21 clauses (1) to (7). However, no corporation may be formed under 33.22 this section if it may be formed under the Minnesota business 33.23 corporation act. The incorporators must subscribe a certificate 33.24 specifying: 33.25 (1) the corporation's name, which must distinguish it from 33.26 all other corporations authorized to do business in this state, 33.27 and must contain the word "company," "corporation," "bank," 33.28 "association," or "incorporated"; 33.29 (2) the general nature of the corporation's business and 33.30 its principal place of business; 33.31 (3) the period of its duration, if limited; 33.32 (4) the names and places of residence of the incorporators; 33.33 (5) the board in which the management of the corporation 33.34 will be vested, the date of the annual meeting at which it will 33.35 be elected, and the names and addresses of the board members 33.36 until the first election, a majority of whom must always be 34.1 residents of this state; 34.2 (6) the amount of capital stock, if any, how the capital 34.3 stock is to be paid in, the number of shares into which it is to 34.4 be divided, and the par value of each share; and, if there is to 34.5 be more than one class, a description and the terms of issue of 34.6 each class, and the method of voting on each class; and 34.7 (7) the highest amount of indebtedness or liability to 34.8 which the corporation will at any time be subject. 34.9 The certificate may contain any other lawful provision 34.10 defining and regulating the powers and business of the 34.11 corporation, its officers, directors, trustees, members, and 34.12 stockholders. However, a corporation subject tosections34.13 section 48.27and 51A.22, subdivision 2,may show its highest 34.14 amount of indebtedness to be 30 times the amount of its capital 34.15 and actual surplus. 34.16 (b) A person doing business in this state may contest the 34.17 subsequent registration of a name with the office of the 34.18 secretary of state as provided in section 5.22. 34.19 Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 303.02, 34.20 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 34.21 Subd. 2. [CORPORATION.] In addition to the meaning set 34.22 forth in section 300.02, subdivision 2, "corporation" means a 34.23 corporation formed for profit and includes a cooperative. 34.24 Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 308A.135, 34.25 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 34.26 Subd. 3. [CERTIFICATE.] (a) A certificate must be prepared 34.27 stating: 34.28 (1) the vote and meeting of the board adopting a resolution 34.29 of the proposed amendment; 34.30 (2) the notice given to members of the meetingthatat 34.31 which the amendment was adopted; 34.32 (3) the quorum registered at the meeting; and 34.33 (4) the vote cast adopting the amendment. 34.34 (b) The certificate must be signed by the chair, 34.35 vice-chair, president, vice-president, secretary, or assistant 34.36 secretary and filed with the records of the cooperative. 35.1 Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 308A.165, 35.2 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 35.3 Subd. 2. [ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT.] (a) Except as provided 35.4 in paragraph (b), the bylaws of a cooperative may be adopted or 35.5 amended at a regular or special members' meeting if: 35.6 (1) the notice of the meeting contains a summary statement 35.7 of the proposed bylaws or amendment; 35.8 (2) a quorum is registered as being present or represented 35.9 by mail vote if authorized by the board; and 35.10 (3) the bylaws or amendment is approved by a majority of 35.11 the votes cast, or for a cooperative with articles or bylaws 35.12 requiring more than majority approval or other conditions for 35.13 approval, the bylaws or amendment is approved by a proportion of 35.14 the votes cast or a number of the total members as required by 35.15 the articles or bylaws and the conditions for approval in the 35.16 articles or bylaws have been satisfied. 35.17 (b) Until the first annual members meeting, the majority of 35.18 directors may adopt and amend bylaws for the cooperative that 35.19 are consistent with subdivision 3 if the cooperative does not 35.20 have any members or stockholders with voting rights. 35.21 Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 332.21, is 35.22 amended to read: 35.23 332.21 [CONTRACTS.] 35.24 Each contract entered into by the licensee and the debtor 35.25 shall be in writing and signed by both parties. The licensee 35.26 shall furnish the debtor with a copy of the signed contract. 35.27 Each such contract shall set forth (1) the dollar charges agreed 35.28 upon for the services of the licensee, clearly disclosing to 35.29 such debtor the total amount which may be retained by licensee 35.30 for services if the contract is fully performed, which maximum 35.31 amount would be the origination fee together with 15 percent of 35.32 the amount scheduled to be liquidated by such contract, (2) the 35.33 terms upon which the debtor may cancel the contract as set out 35.34 in section 332.23, (3) all debts which are to be managed by the 35.35 licensee, including the name of the creditor and the amount of 35.36 the debt, and (4) such other matter as the commissioner may 36.1 require by rule. A contract shall not be effective until a 36.2 payment has been made to the licensee for distribution to 36.3 creditors or until three business days after the signing 36.4 thereof, whichever is later. Within such period an individual 36.5 may disaffirm said contract and upon such disaffirmance said 36.6 contract shall be null and void. Total fees contained in the 36.7 contract may be exceeded in relation to creditors under open-end 36.8 agreements if it is agreed to in the contract and the additional 36.9 debts so contracted to be prorated do not exceed ten percent of 36.10 the original debts in the contract or written revisions to the 36.11 original contract. 36.12 Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 332.50, 36.13 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 36.14 Subd. 2. [ACTS CONSTITUTING.] (a) Whoever issues any check 36.15 that is dishonored and is not paid within 30 days after mailing 36.16 a notice of dishonor that includes a citation to this section 36.17 and section 609.535, and a description of the penalties 36.18 contained in these sections, in compliance with subdivision 3, 36.19 is liable to the payee, holder, or agent of the holder for: (1) 36.20 the amount of the check plus a civil penalty of up to $100 or up 36.21 to 100 percent of the value of the check, whichever is greater; 36.22 (2) interest at the rate payable on judgments pursuant to 36.23 section 549.09 on the face amount of the check from the date of 36.24 dishonor; and (3) reasonable attorney fees if the aggregate 36.25 amount of dishonored checks issued by the issuer to all payees 36.26 within a six-month period is over $1,250. 36.27 (b) If the amount of the dishonored check plus any service 36.28 charges that have been incurred under paragraph (d) or (e) have 36.29 not been paid within 30 days after having mailed a notice of 36.30 dishonor in compliance with subdivision 3 but before bringing an 36.31 action, a payee, holder, or agent of the holder may make a 36.32 written demand for payment for the liability imposed by 36.33 paragraph (a) by sending a copy of this section and a 36.34 description of the liability contained in this section to the 36.35 issuer's last known address. 36.36 (c) After notice has been sent but before an action under 37.1 this section is heard by the court, the plaintiff shall settle 37.2 the claim if the defendant gives the plaintiff the amount of the 37.3 check plus court costs, any service charge owed under paragraph 37.4 (d), and reasonable attorney fees if provided for under 37.5 paragraph (a), clause (3). 37.6 (d) A service charge may be imposed immediately on any 37.7 dishonored check, regardless of mailing a notice of dishonor, if 37.8 written notice of the service charge was conspicuously displayed 37.9 on the premises when the check was issued. The service charge 37.10 may not exceed $20, except that if the payee uses the services 37.11 of a law enforcement agency to obtain payment of a dishonored 37.12 check, a service charge of up to $25 may be imposed if the 37.13 service charge is used to reimburse the law enforcement agency 37.14 for its expenses. A payee may impose only one service charge 37.15 under this paragraph for each dishonored check. 37.16 (e) This subdivision prevails over any provision of law 37.17 limiting, prohibiting, or otherwise regulating service charges 37.18 authorized by this subdivision, but does not nullify charges for 37.19 dishonored checks, which do not exceed the charges in paragraph 37.20 (d) or the actual cost of collection, but in no case more than 37.21 $30, or terms or conditions for imposing the charges which have 37.22 been agreed to by the parties to an express contract. 37.23 Sec. 42. Laws 1995, chapter 171, section 70, is amended to 37.24 read: 37.25 Sec. 70. [REPEALER.] 37.26 Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 47.095; 47.30, 37.27 subdivisions 4 and 6;48.67;50.02; 50.07; 50.08; 50.09; 50.10; 37.28 50.12; 50.15; 50.16; 50.21; and 50.22, are repealed. 37.29 Sec. 43. [CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUST COMPANIES; 37.30 REENACTMENT OF REPEALED SECTION.] 37.31 Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 645.36, 37.32 Minnesota Statutes, section 48.67, inadvertently repealed in 37.33 Laws 1995, chapter 171, section 70, is reenacted as of the 37.34 effective date of Laws 1995, chapter 171, section 70. 37.35 Sec. 44. [REPEALER.] 37.36 (a) Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 51A.01; 51A.02, 38.1 subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 38.2 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 38.3 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 38.4 51, 52, 53, 55, and 56; 51A.03; 51A.04; 51A.041; 51A.05; 51A.06; 38.5 51A.065; 51A.07; 51A.08; 51A.09; 51A.10; 51A.11; 51A.12; 51A.13; 38.6 51A.131; 51A.14; 51A.15; 51A.16; 51A.17; 51A.19, subdivisions 1, 38.7 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 13; 51A.20; 51A.21, subdivisions 38.8 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6a, 6b, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 38.9 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27; 51A.22; 51A.23, subdivision 38.10 6; 51A.24; 51A.251; 51A.261; 51A.262; 51A.27; 51A.28; 51A.29; 38.11 51A.30; 51A.31; 51A.32; 51A.33; 51A.34; 51A.35; 51A.361; 51A.37; 38.12 51A.38; 51A.40; 51A.41; 51A.42; 51A.43; 51A.44; 51A.45; 51A.46; 38.13 51A.47; 51A.48; 51A.51; 51A.52; 51A.54; 51A.55; 51A.56; and 38.14 51A.57; Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, sections 47.201, 38.15 subdivision 7; 47.27, subdivision 3; 51A.02, subdivisions 6, 7, 38.16 26, 40, and 54; 51A.19, subdivision 9; 51A.21, subdivision 28; 38.17 51A.23, subdivisions 1 and 7; 51A.386; 51A.50; 51A.53; and 38.18 51A.58, are repealed. 38.19 (b) Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 48.94, is repealed. 38.20 (c) Minnesota Rules, parts 2655.0100; 2655.0200; 2655.0300; 38.21 2655.0400; 2655.0500; 2655.0600; 2655.0700; 2655.0800; 38.22 2655.0900; 2655.1000; 2655.1100; 2655.1200; and 2655.1300, are 38.23 repealed. 38.24 Sec. 45. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 38.25 Sections 1 to 5, 7 to 9, 11, 12, 16, 20 to 27, 30, 33, 35, 38.26 42, 43, and 44, paragraphs (b) and (c), are effective the day 38.27 following final enactment. Section 44, paragraph (a), is 38.28 effective July 1, 1998. 38.29 Sections 10, 14, 15, 19, and 36 are effective on the 38.30 effective date of the repeals in section 44, paragraph (a). 38.31 ARTICLE 2 38.32 CONSUMER CREDIT UNIFORM CODE 38.33 CLARIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 38.34 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 38.35 47.59, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 38.36 Subd. 2. [APPLICATION.]This section does not apply to39.1loans and otherExtensions of credit or purchases of extensions 39.2 of credit by financial institutions under sections 47.20, 47.21, 39.3 47.201, 47.204, 47.58, 47.60, 48.153, 48.185, 48.195, 59A.01 to 39.4 59A.15,168.66 to 168.77,334.01, 334.011, 334.012, 334.021, 39.5 334.06, and 334.061 to 334.19.may, but need not, be made 39.6 according to those sections in lieu of the authority set forth 39.7 in this section to the extent those sections authorize the 39.8 financial institution to make extensions of credit or purchase 39.9 extensions of credit under those sections. If a financial 39.10 institution elects to make an extension of credit or to purchase 39.11 an extension of credit under those other sections, the extension 39.12 of credit or the purchase of an extension of credit is subject 39.13 to those sections and not this section, except this subdivision, 39.14 and except as expressly provided in those sections. A financial 39.15 institution may also charge an organization a rate of interest 39.16 and any charges agreed to by the organization and may calculate 39.17 and collect finance and other charges in any manner agreed to by 39.18 that organization. Except for extensions of credit a financial 39.19 institution elects to make under section 334.01, 334.011, 39.20 334.012, 334.021, 334.06, or 334.061 to 334.19, chapter 334 does 39.21 not apply to extensions of credit made according to this section 39.22 or the sections listed in this subdivision. This subdivision 39.23 does not authorize a financial institution to extend credit or 39.24 purchase an extension of credit under any of the sections listed 39.25 in this subdivision if the financial institution is not 39.26 authorized to do so under those sections. A financial 39.27 institution extending credit under any of the sections listed in 39.28 this subdivision shall specify in the promissory note, contract, 39.29 or other loan document the section under which the extension of 39.30 credit is made. 39.31 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 47.59, 39.32 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 39.33 Subd. 3. [FINANCE CHARGE FOR LOANS.] (a) With respect to a 39.34 loan, including a loan pursuant to open-end credit but excluding 39.35 open-end credit pursuant to a credit card, a financial 39.36 institution may contract for and receive a finance charge on the 40.1 unpaid balance of the principal amount not to exceed the greater 40.2 of: 40.3 (1) an annual percentage rate not exceeding 21.75 percent; 40.4 or 40.5 (2) the total of: 40.6 (i) 33 percent per year on that part of the unpaid balance 40.7 of the principal amount not exceeding $750; and 40.8 (ii) 19 percent per year on that part of the unpaid balance 40.9 of the principal amount exceeding $750. 40.10 With respect to open-end credit pursuant to a credit card, 40.11 the financial institution may contract for and receive a finance 40.12 charge on the unpaid balance of the principal amount at an 40.13 annual percentage rate not exceeding 18 percent per year. 40.14 (b) On a loan where the finance charge is calculated 40.15 according to the method provided for in paragraph (a), clause 40.16 (2), the finance charge must be contracted for and earned as 40.17 provided in that provision or at the single annual percentage 40.18 rate computed to the nearest.001one-tenth of one percent that 40.19 would earn the same total finance charge at maturity of the 40.20 contract as would be earned by the application of the graduated 40.21 rates provided in paragraph (a), clause (2), when the debt is 40.22 paid according to the agreed terms and the calculations are made 40.23 according to the actuarial method. 40.24 (c) With respect to a loan, the finance charge must be 40.25 considered not to exceed the maximum annual percentage rate 40.26 permitted under this section if the finance charge contracted 40.27 for and received does not exceed the equivalent of the maximum 40.28 annual percentage rate calculated in accordance with Code of 40.29 Federal Regulations, title 12, part 226, but using the 40.30 definition of finance charge provided in this section. 40.31 (d) This subdivision does not limit or restrict the manner 40.32 of calculating the finance charge, whether by way of add-on, 40.33 discount, discount points, precomputed charges, single annual 40.34 percentage rate, variable rate, interest in advance, 40.35 compounding, average daily balance method, or otherwise, if the 40.36 annual percentage rate does not exceed that permitted by this 41.1 section. Discount points permitted by this paragraph and not 41.2 collected but included in the principal amount must not be 41.3 included in the amount on which credit insurance premiums are 41.4 calculated and charged. 41.5 (e) With respect to a loan secured by real estate, if a 41.6 finance charge is calculated or collected in advance, or 41.7 included in the principal amount of the loan, and the borrower 41.8 prepays the loan in full, the financial institution shall credit 41.9 the borrower with a refund of the charge to the extent that the 41.10 annual percentage rate yield on the loan would exceed the 41.11 maximum rate permitted under paragraph (a), taking into account 41.12 the prepayment. The refund need not be made if it would be less 41.13 than $5. 41.14 (f) With respect to all other loans, if the finance charge 41.15 is calculated or collected in advance, or included in the 41.16 principal amount of the loan, and the borrower prepays the loan 41.17 in full, the financial institution shall credit the borrower 41.18 with a refund of the charge to the extent the annual percentage 41.19 rate yield on the loan would exceed the annual percentage rate 41.20 on the loan as originally determined under paragraph (a) and 41.21 taking into account the prepayment. The refund need not be made 41.22 if it would be less than $5. 41.23 (g) For the purpose of calculating the refund under this 41.24 subdivision, the financial institution may assume that the 41.25 contract was paid before the date of prepayment according to the 41.26 schedule of payments under the loan and that all payments were 41.27 paid on their due dates. 41.28 (h) For loans repayable in substantially equal successive 41.29 monthly installments, the financial institution may calculate 41.30 the refund under paragraph (f) as the portion of the finance 41.31 charge allocable on an actuarial basis to all wholly unexpired 41.32 payment periods following the date of prepayment, based on the 41.33 annual percentage rate on the loan as originally determined 41.34 under paragraph (a), and for the purpose of calculating the 41.35 refund may assume that all payments are made on the due date. 41.36 (i) The dollar amounts in this subdivision and subdivision 42.1 6, paragraph (a), clause (4), shall change periodically, as 42.2 provided in this section, according to and to the extent of 42.3 changes in the implicit price deflator for the gross domestic 42.4 product, 1987 = 100, compiled by the United States Department of 42.5 Commerce, and hereafter referred to as the index. The index for 42.6 December 1991 is the reference base index for adjustments of 42.7 dollar amounts. 42.8 (j) The designated dollar amounts shall change on July 1 of 42.9 each even-numbered year if the percentage of change, calculated 42.10 to the nearest whole percentage point, between the index for 42.11 December of the preceding year and the reference base index is 42.12 ten percent or more; but 42.13 (1) the portion of the percentage change in the index in 42.14 excess of a multiple of ten percent shall be disregarded and the 42.15 dollar amounts shall change only in multiples of ten percent of 42.16 the amounts appearing in Laws 1995, chapter 202, on May 24, 42.17 1995; and 42.18 (2) the dollar amounts shall not change if the amounts 42.19 required by this section are those currently in effect pursuant 42.20 to Laws 1995, chapter 202, as a result of earlier application of 42.21 this section. 42.22 (k) If the index is revised, the percentage of change 42.23 pursuant to this section shall be calculated on the basis of the 42.24 revised index. If a revision of the index changes the reference 42.25 base index, a revised reference base index shall be determined 42.26 by multiplying the reference base index then applicable by the 42.27 rebasing factor furnished by the department of commerce. If the 42.28 index is superseded, the index referred to in this section is 42.29 the one represented by the department of commerce as reflecting 42.30 most accurately changes in the purchasing power of the dollar 42.31 for consumers. 42.32 (l) The commissioner shall announce and publish: 42.33 (1) on or before April 30 of each year in which dollar 42.34 amounts are to change, the changes in dollar amounts required by 42.35 paragraph (j); and 42.36 (2) promptly after the changes occur, changes in the index 43.1 required by paragraph (k) including, if applicable, the 43.2 numerical equivalent of the reference base index under a revised 43.3 reference base index and the designation or title of any index 43.4 superseding the index. 43.5 (m) A person does not violate this chapter with respect to 43.6 a transaction otherwise complying with this chapter if that 43.7 person relies on dollar amounts either determined according to 43.8 paragraph (j), clause (2), or appearing in the last publication 43.9 of the commissioner announcing the then current dollar amounts. 43.10 (n) The adjustments provided in this section shall not be 43.11 affected unless explicitly provided otherwise by law. 43.12 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 47.59, 43.13 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 43.14 Subd. 4. [FINANCE CHARGE FOR CREDIT SALES MADE BY A THIRD 43.15 PARTY.] (a) A person may enter into a credit sale contract for 43.16 sale to a financial institution and a financial institution may 43.17 purchase and enforce the contract, if the annual percentage rate 43.18 provided for in the contract does not exceed that permitted in 43.19 this section, or, in the case of contracts governed by sections 43.20 168.66 to 168.77, the rates permitted bythose43.21sectionssubdivision 4a. 43.22 (b) The annual percentage rate may not exceed the 43.23 equivalent of the greater of either of the following: 43.24 (1) the total of: 43.25 (i) 36 percent per year on that part of the unpaid balances 43.26 of the amount financed that is $300 or less; 43.27 (ii) 21 percent per year on that part of the unpaid 43.28 balances of the amount financed which exceeds $300 but does not 43.29 exceed $1,000; and 43.30 (iii) 15 percent per year on that part of the unpaid 43.31 balances of the amount financed which exceeds $1,000; or 43.32 (2) 19 percent per year on the unpaid balances of the 43.33 amount financed. 43.34 (c) This subdivision does not limit or restrict the manner 43.35 of calculating the finance charge whether by way of add-on, 43.36 discount, discount points, single annual percentage rate, 44.1 precomputed charges, variable rate, interest in advance, 44.2 compounding, or otherwise, if the annual percentage rate 44.3 calculated under paragraph (d) does not exceed that permitted by 44.4 this section. The finance charge may be contracted for and 44.5 earned at the single annual percentage rate that would earn the 44.6 same finance charge as the graduated rates when the debt is paid 44.7 according to the agreed terms and the finance charge is 44.8 calculated under paragraph (d). If the finance charge is 44.9 calculated and collected in advance, or included in the 44.10 principal amount of the contract, and the borrower prepays the 44.11 contract in full, the financial institution shall credit the 44.12 borrower with a refund of the charge to the extent the annual 44.13 percentage rate yield on the contract would exceed the annual 44.14 percentage rate on the contract as originally determined under 44.15 paragraph (d) and taking into account the prepayment. For the 44.16 purpose of calculating the refund under this subdivision, the 44.17 financial institution may assume that the contract was paid 44.18 before the date of prepayment according to the schedule of 44.19 payments under the contract and that all payments were paid on 44.20 their due dates. For contracts repayable in substantially equal 44.21 successive monthly installments, the financial institution may 44.22 calculate the refund as the portion of the finance charge 44.23 allocable on an actuarial basis to all wholly unexpired payment 44.24 periods following the date of prepayment, based on the annual 44.25 percentage rate on the contract as originally determined under 44.26 paragraph (d), and for the purpose of calculating the refund may 44.27 assume that all payments are made on the due date. 44.28 (d) The annual percentage rate must be calculated in 44.29 accordance with Code of Federal Regulations, title 12, part 226, 44.30 except that the following will not in any event be considered a 44.31 finance charge: 44.32 (1) a charge as a result of delinquency or default under 44.33 subdivision 6 if made for actual unanticipated late payment, 44.34 delinquency, default, or other similar occurrence, and a charge 44.35 made for an extension or deferment under subdivision 5, unless 44.36 the parties agree that these charges are finance charges; 45.1 (2) an additional charge under subdivision 6; or 45.2 (3) a discount, if a financial institution purchases a 45.3 contract evidencing a credit sale at less than the face amount 45.4 of the obligation or purchases or satisfies obligations of a 45.5 cardholder according to a credit card and the purchase or 45.6 satisfaction is made at less than the face amount of the 45.7 obligation. 45.8 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 47.59, 45.9 is amended by adding a subdivision to read: 45.10 Subd. 4a. [FINANCE CHARGE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE RETAIL 45.11 INSTALLMENT SALES.] A retail installment contract evidencing the 45.12 retail installment sale of a motor vehicle as defined in section 45.13 168.66 is subject to the finance charge limitations in 45.14 paragraphs (a) and (b). 45.15 (a) The finance charge authorized by this subdivision in a 45.16 retail installment sale may not exceed the following annual 45.17 percentage rates: 45.18 (1) Class 1. A motor vehicle designated by the 45.19 manufacturer by a year model of the same or not more than one 45.20 year before the year in which the sale is made, 18 percent per 45.21 year. 45.22 (2) Class 2. A motor vehicle designated by the 45.23 manufacturer by a year model of two to three years before the 45.24 year in which the sale is made, 19.75 percent per year. 45.25 (3) Class 3. Any motor vehicle not in Class 1 or Class 2, 45.26 23.25 percent per year. 45.27 (b) A sale of a manufactured home made after July 31, 1983, 45.28 is governed by this subdivision for purposes of determining the 45.29 lawful finance charge rate, except that the maximum finance 45.30 charge for a Class 1 manufactured home may not exceed 14.5 45.31 percent per year. A retail installment sale of a manufactured 45.32 home that imposes a finance charge that is greater than the rate 45.33 permitted by this subdivision is lawful and enforceable in 45.34 accordance with its terms until the indebtedness is fully 45.35 satisfied if the rate was lawful when the sale was made. 45.36 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 47.59, 46.1 subdivision 5, is amended to read: 46.2 Subd. 5. [EXTENSIONSAND, DEFERMENTS, AND CONVERSION TO 46.3 INTEREST BEARING.] (a) The parties may agree in writing, either 46.4 in the loan contract or credit sale contract or in a subsequent 46.5 agreement, to a deferment of wholly unpaid installments. For 46.6 precomputed loans and credit sale contracts, the manner of 46.7 deferment charge shall be determined as provided for in this 46.8 section. A deferment postpones the scheduled due date of the 46.9 earliest unpaid installment and all subsequent installments as 46.10 originally scheduled, or as previously deferred, for a period 46.11 equal to the deferment period. The deferment period is that 46.12 period during which no installment is scheduled to be paid by 46.13 reason of the deferment. The deferment charge for a one-month 46.14 period may not exceed the applicable charge for the installment 46.15 period immediately following the due date of the last undeferred 46.16 payment. A proportionate charge may be made for deferment 46.17 periods of more or less than one month. A deferment charge is 46.18 earned pro rata during the deferment period and is fully earned 46.19 on the last day of the deferment period. If a loan or credit 46.20 sale is prepaid in full during a deferment period, the financial 46.21 institution shall make or credit to the borrower a refund of the 46.22 unearned deferment charge in addition to any other refund or 46.23 credit made for prepayment of the loan or credit sale in full. 46.24 For the purpose of this subdivision, "applicable charge" 46.25 means the amount of finance charge attributable to each monthly 46.26 installment period for the loan or credit sale contract. The 46.27 applicable charge is computed as if each installment period were 46.28 one month and any charge for extending the first installment 46.29 period beyond the one month, or reduction in charge for a first 46.30 installment less than one month, is ignored. The applicable 46.31 charge for any installment period is that which would have been 46.32 made for the period had the loan been made on an 46.33 interest-bearing basis at the single annual percentage rate 46.34 provided for in the contract based upon the assumption that all 46.35 payments were made according to schedule. For convenience in 46.36 computation, the financial institution may round the single 47.1 annual rate to the nearest one quarter of one percent. 47.2 (b) Subject to a refund of unearned finance or deferment 47.3 charge required by this section, a financial institution may 47.4 convert a loan or credit sale contract to an interest bearing 47.5 balance, if: 47.6 (1) the loan contract or credit sale contract so provides 47.7 and is subject to a change of the terms of the written agreement 47.8 between the parties; or 47.9 (2) the loan contract so provides and two or more 47.10 installments are delinquent one full month or more on any due 47.11 date. 47.12 Thereafter, and in lieu of any other default, extension, or 47.13 deferment charges, the single annual percentage rate must be 47.14 determined under the applicable charge provisions of this 47.15 subdivision. 47.16 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 47.59, 47.17 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 47.18 Subd. 6. [ADDITIONAL CHARGES.] (a) In addition to the 47.19 finance charges permitted by this section, a financial 47.20 institution may contract for and receive the following 47.21 additional charges that may be included in the principal amount 47.22financedof the loan or credit sale unpaid balances: 47.23 (1) official fees and taxes; 47.24 (2) charges for insurance as described in paragraph (b); 47.25 (3) with respect to a loan or credit sale contract secured 47.26 by real estate, the following "closing costs," if they are bona 47.27 fide, reasonable in amount, and not for the purpose of 47.28 circumvention or evasion of this section: 47.29 (i) fees or premiums for title examination, abstract of 47.30 title, title insurance, surveys, or similar purposes; 47.31 (ii) fees for preparation of a deed, mortgage, settlement 47.32 statement, or other documents, if not paid to the financial 47.33 institution; 47.34 (iii) escrows for future payments of taxes, including 47.35 assessments for improvements, insurance, and water, sewer, and 47.36 land rents; 48.1 (iv) fees for notarizing deeds and other documents; 48.2 (v) appraisal and credit report fees; and 48.3 (vi) fees for determining whether any portion of the 48.4 property is located in a flood zone and fees for ongoing 48.5 monitoring of the property to determine changes, if any, in 48.6 flood zone status; 48.7 (4) a delinquency charge on a payment, including the 48.8 minimum payment due in connection with the open-end credit, not 48.9 paid in full on or before the tenth day after its due date in an 48.10 amount not to exceed five percent of the amount of the payment 48.11 or $5.20, whichever is greater; 48.12 (5) for a returned check or returned automatic payment 48.13 withdrawal request, an amount not in excess of the service 48.14 charge limitation in section 332.50; and 48.15 (6) charges for other benefits, including insurance, 48.16 conferred on the borrower that are of a type that is not for 48.17 credit. 48.18 (b) An additional charge may be made for insurance written 48.19 in connection with the loan or credit sale contract, which may 48.20 be included in the principal amountfinancedof the loan or 48.21 credit sale unpaid balances: 48.22 (1) with respect to insurance against loss of or damage to 48.23 property, or against liability arising out of the ownership or 48.24 use of property, if the financial institution furnishes a clear, 48.25 conspicuous, and specific statement in writing to the borrower 48.26 setting forth the cost of the insurance if obtained from or 48.27 through the financial institution and stating that the borrower 48.28 may choose the person through whom the insurance is to be 48.29 obtained; 48.30 (2) with respect to credit insurance or mortgage insurance 48.31 providing life, accident, health, or unemployment coverage, if 48.32 the insurance coverage is not required by the financial 48.33 institution, and this fact is clearly and conspicuously 48.34 disclosed in writing to the borrower, and the borrower gives 48.35 specific, dated, and separately signed affirmative written 48.36 indication of the borrower's desire to do so after written 49.1 disclosure to the borrower of the cost of the insurance; and 49.2 (3) with respect to the vendor's single interest insurance, 49.3 but only (i) to the extent that the insurer has no right of 49.4 subrogation against the borrower; and (ii) to the extent that 49.5 the insurance does not duplicate the coverage of other insurance 49.6 under which loss is payable to the financial institution as its 49.7 interest may appear, against loss of or damage to property for 49.8 which a separate charge is made to the borrower according to 49.9 clause (1); and (iii) if a clear, conspicuous, and specific 49.10 statement in writing is furnished by the financial institution 49.11 to the borrower setting forth the cost of the insurance if 49.12 obtained from or through the financial institution and stating 49.13 that the borrower may choose the person through whom the 49.14 insurance is to be obtained. 49.15 (c) In addition to the finance charges and other additional 49.16 charges permitted by this section, a financial institution may 49.17 contract for and receive the following additional charges in 49.18 connection with open-end credit, which may be included in the 49.19 principal amountfinancedof the loan or balance upon which the 49.20 finance charge is computed: 49.21 (1) annual charges, not to exceed $50 per annum, payable in 49.22 advance, for the privilege of opening and maintaining open-end 49.23 credit; 49.24 (2) charges for the use of an automated teller machine; 49.25 (3) charges for any monthly or other periodic payment 49.26 period in which the borrower has exceeded or, except for the 49.27 financial institution's dishonor would have exceeded, the 49.28 maximum approved credit limit, in an amount not in excess of the 49.29 service charge permitted in section 332.50; 49.30 (4) charges for obtaining a cash advance in an amount not 49.31 to exceed the service charge permitted in section 332.50; and 49.32 (5) charges for check and draft copies and for the 49.33 replacement of lost or stolen credit cards. 49.34 (d) In addition to the finance charges and other additional 49.35 charges permitted by this section, a financial institution may 49.36 contract for and receive a one-time loan administrative fee not 50.1 exceeding $25 in connection with closed-end credit, which may be 50.2 included in theamount financed orprincipal balance upon which 50.3 the finance charge is computed. This paragraph applies only to 50.4 closed-end credit in an original principal amount of $4,320 or 50.5 less. The determination of an original principal amount must 50.6 exclude the administrative fee contracted for and received 50.7 according to this paragraph. 50.8 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 47.60, 50.9 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 50.10 Subd. 2. [AUTHORIZATION, TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND 50.11 PROHIBITIONS.] (a) In lieu of the interest, finance charges, or 50.12 fees in any other law, a consumer small loan lender may charge 50.13 the following: 50.14(i)(1) on any amount up to and including $50, a charge of 50.15 $5.50 may be added; 50.16(ii)(2) on amounts in excess of $50, but not more than 50.17 $100, a charge may be added equal to ten percent of the loan 50.18 proceeds plus a $5 administrative fee; 50.19(iii)(3) on amounts in excess of $100, but not more than 50.20 $250, a charge may be added equal to seven percent of the loan 50.21 proceeds with a minimum of $10 plus a $5 administrative fee; 50.22(iv)(4) for amounts in excess of $250 and not greater than 50.23 the maximum in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), a charge may be 50.24 added equal to six percent of the loan proceeds with a minimum 50.25 of $17.50 plus a $5 administrative fee. 50.26 (b) The term of a loan made under this section shall be for 50.27 no more than 30 calendar days. 50.28 (c) After maturity, the contract rate must not exceed 2.75 50.29 percent per month of the remaining loan proceeds after the 50.30 maturity date calculated at a rate of 1/30 of the monthly rate 50.31 in the contract for each calendar day the balance is outstanding. 50.32 (d) No insurance charges or other charges must be permitted 50.33 to be charged, collected, or imposed on a consumer small loan 50.34 except as authorized in this section. 50.35 (e) On a loan transaction in which cash is advanced in 50.36 exchange for a personal check, a return check charge may be 51.1 charged as authorized by section 332.50, subdivision 2, 51.2 paragraph (d). 51.3 (f) A loan made under this section must not be repaid by 51.4 the proceeds of another loan made under this section by the same 51.5 lender or related interest. The proceeds from a loan made under 51.6 this section must not be applied to another loan from the same 51.7 lender or related interest. No loan to a single borrower made 51.8 pursuant to this section shall be split or divided and no single 51.9 borrower shall have outstanding more than one loan with the 51.10 result of collecting a higher charge than permitted by this 51.11 section or in an aggregate amount of principal exceed at any one 51.12 time the maximum of $350. 51.13 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 53.04, 51.14 subdivision 3a, is amended to read: 51.15 Subd. 3a. (a) The right to make loans, secured or 51.16 unsecured, at the rates and on the terms and other conditions 51.17 permittedin section 47.59under chapters 47 and 334. Loans 51.18 made under this authority must be in amounts in compliance with 51.19 section 53.05, clause (7).The right to extend credit or lend51.20money and to collect and receive charges therefor as provided by51.21chapter 334. The provisions of sections 47.20 and 47.21 do not51.22apply to loans made under this subdivision, except as51.23specifically provided in this subdivision. Nothing in this51.24subdivision is deemed to supersede, repeal, or amend any51.25provision of section 53.05.A licensee making a loan under this 51.26 chapter secured by a lien on real estate shall comply with the 51.27 requirements of section 47.20, subdivision 8. 51.28 (b) Loans made under this subdivisionat a rate of interest51.29not in excess of that provided for in paragraph (a)may be 51.30 secured by real or personal property, or both. If the proceeds 51.31 of a loan secured by a first lien on the borrower's primary 51.32 residence are used to finance the purchase of the borrower's 51.33 primary residence, the loan must comply with the provisions of 51.34 section 47.20. 51.35 (c)A loan made under this subdivision that is secured by51.36real estate and that is in a principal amount of $12,000 or more52.1and a maturity of 60 months or more may contain a provision52.2permitting discount points, if the loan does not provide a loan52.3yield in excess of the maximum rate of interest permitted by52.4this subdivision.52.5(d)An agency or instrumentality of the United States 52.6 government or a corporation otherwise created by an act of the 52.7 United States Congress or a lender approved or certified by the 52.8 secretary of housing and urban development, or approved or 52.9 certified by the administrator of veterans affairs, or approved 52.10 or certified by the administrator of the farmers home 52.11 administration, or approved or certified by the federal home 52.12 loan mortgage corporation, or approved or certified by the 52.13 federal national mortgage association, that engages in the 52.14 business of purchasing or taking assignments of mortgage loans 52.15 and undertakes direct collection of payments from or enforcement 52.16 of rights against borrowers arising from mortgage loans, is not 52.17 required to obtain a certificate of authorization under this 52.18 chapter in order to purchase or take assignments of mortgage 52.19 loans from persons holding a certificate of authorization under 52.20 this chapter. 52.21 (d) This subdivision does not authorize an industrial loan 52.22 and thrift company to make loans under an overdraft checking 52.23 plan. 52.24 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 52.25 56.131, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 52.26 Subd. 2. [ADDITIONAL CHARGES.] In addition to the charges 52.27 provided for by this section and section 56.155, and 52.28 notwithstanding section 47.59, subdivision56, to the contrary, 52.29 no further or other amount whatsoever, shall be directly or 52.30 indirectly charged, contracted for, or received for the loan 52.31 made, except actual out of pocket expenses of the licensee to 52.32 realize on a security after default, and except for the 52.33 following additional charges which may be included in the 52.34 principal amount of the loan: 52.35 (a) lawful fees and taxes paid to any public officer to 52.36 record, file, or release security; 53.1 (b) with respect to a loan secured by an interest in real 53.2 estate, the following closing costs, if they are bona fide, 53.3 reasonable in amount, and not for the purpose of circumvention 53.4 or evasion of this section; provided the costs do not exceed one 53.5 percent of the principal amount or $400, whichever is greater: 53.6 (1) fees or premiums for title examination, abstract of 53.7 title, title insurance, surveys, or similar purposes; 53.8 (2) fees, if not paid to the licensee, an employee of the 53.9 licensee, or a person related to the licensee, for preparation 53.10 of a mortgage, settlement statement, or other documents, fees 53.11 for notarizing mortgages and other documents, and appraisal 53.12 fees; 53.13 (c) the premium for insurance in lieu of perfecting and 53.14 releasing a security interest to the extent that the premium 53.15 does not exceed the fees described in paragraph (a); 53.16 (d) discount points and appraisal fees may not be included 53.17 in the principal amount of a loan secured by an interest in real 53.18 estate when the loan is a refinancing for the purpose of 53.19 bringing the refinanced loan current and is made within 24 53.20 months of the original date of the refinanced loan. For 53.21 purposes of this paragraph, a refinancing is not considered to 53.22 be for the purpose of bringing the refinanced loan current if 53.23 new funds advanced to the customer, not including closing costs 53.24 or delinquent installments, exceed $1,000; 53.25 (e) the one-time loan administrative fee in section 47.59, 53.26 subdivision 6, paragraph (d). 53.27 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 53.28 56.131, subdivision 6, is amended to read: 53.29 Subd. 6. [DISCOUNT POINTS.] A loan made under this section 53.30 that is secured by real estate and that is in a principal amount 53.31 of $12,000 or more and has a maturity of 60 months or more may 53.32 contain a provision permitting discount points, if the loan does 53.33 not provide a loan yield in excess of the maximum rate of 53.34 interest permitted by this section. Loan yield means the annual 53.35 rate of return obtained by a licensee computed as the annual 53.36 percentage rate is computed under Federal Regulation Z. If the 54.1 loan is prepaid in full, the licensee must make a refund to the 54.2 borrower to the extent that the loan yield will exceed the 54.3 maximum rate of interest provided by this section when the 54.4 prepayment is taken into account. Discount points permitted by 54.5 this subdivision and not collected but included in the principal 54.6 amount must not be included in the amount on which credit 54.7 insurance premiums are calculated and charged. 54.8 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 168.72, is 54.9 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 54.10 Subd. 5. In lieu of this section and sections 168.66, 54.11 subdivisions 9, 10, and 11; 168.71; 168.73; and 168.74, a retail 54.12 seller may proceed under section 47.59 relating to credit sales 54.13 made by a third party. In cases where the retail seller 54.14 proceeds under section 47.59, the remaining provisions of 54.15 sections 168.66 to 168.77 apply notwithstanding section 47.59. 54.16 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 334.02, is 54.17 amended to read: 54.18 334.02 [USURIOUS INTEREST; RECOVERY.] 54.19 Every person who for any such loan or forbearance shall 54.20 have paid or delivered any greater sum or value than in section 54.21 334.01 allowed to be received may, personally or through 54.22 personal representatives, recover in an action against the 54.23 person who shall have received the same, or the receiver's 54.24 personal representatives, the full amount of interest or premium 54.25 so paid, with costs, if action is brought within two years after 54.26 such payment or delivery. This section does not apply when the 54.27 loan or forbearance is made by a lender and the lender isliable54.28for the penalty provided insubject to section 47.59 or 48.196 54.29 or chapter 56 in connection with the loan or forbearance. For 54.30 purposes of this section, the term "lender" means a bank or 54.31 savings bank organized under the laws of this state, a federally 54.32 chartered savingsand loanassociation or savings bank, a 54.33 savings association organized under chapter 51A, a federally 54.34 chartered credit union, a credit union organized under chapter 54.35 52, an industrial loan and thrift company organized under 54.36 chapter 53, a licensed lender under chapter 56, or a mortgagee 55.1 or lender approved or certified by the secretary of housing and 55.2 urban development or approved or certified by the administrator 55.3 of veterans affairs. 55.4 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 334.03, is 55.5 amended to read: 55.6 334.03 [USURIOUS CONTRACTS INVALID; EXCEPTIONS.] 55.7 All bonds, bills, notes, mortgages, and all other contracts 55.8 and securities, and all deposits of goods, or any other thing, 55.9 whereupon or whereby there shall be reserved, secured, or taken 55.10 any greater sum or value for the loan or forbearance of any 55.11 money, goods, or things in action than prescribed, except such 55.12 instruments which are taken or received in accordance with and 55.13 in reliance upon the provisions of any statute, shall be void 55.14 except as to a holder in due course. No merely clerical error 55.15 in the computation of interest, made without intent to avoid the 55.16 provisions of this chapter, shall constitute usury. Interest at 55.17 the rate of 1/12 of eight percent for every 30 days shall not be 55.18 construed to exceed eight percent per annum; nor shall the 55.19 payment of interest in advance of one year, or any less time, at 55.20 a rate not exceeding eight percent per annum constitute usury; 55.21 and nothing herein shall prevent the purchase of negotiable 55.22 mercantile paper, usurious or otherwise, for a valuable 55.23 consideration, by a purchaser without notice, at any price 55.24 before the maturity of the same, when there has been no intent 55.25 to evade the provisions of this chapter, or where such purchase 55.26 has not been a part of the original usurious transactions; but 55.27 where the original holder of a usurious note sells the same to 55.28 an innocent purchaser, the maker thereof, or the maker's 55.29 representatives, may recover back from the original holder the 55.30 amount of principal and interest paid on the note. This section 55.31 does not apply when the loan or forbearance is made by a lender 55.32 and the lender isliable for the penalty provided insubject to 55.33 section 47.59 or 48.196 or chapter 56 in connection with the 55.34 loan or forbearance. For purposes of this section, the term 55.35 "lender" means a bank or savings bank organized under the laws 55.36 of this state, a federally chartered savingsand loan56.1 association or savings bank, a savings association organized 56.2 under chapter 51A, a federally chartered credit union, a credit 56.3 union organized under chapter 52, an industrial loan and thrift 56.4 company organized under chapter 53, a licensed lender under 56.5 chapter 56, or a mortgagee or lender approved or certified by 56.6 the secretary of housing and urban development or approved or 56.7 certified by the administrator of veterans affairs. 56.8 Sec. 14. [334.062] [AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES AND FARM 56.9 SUPPLY.] 56.10 Notwithstanding sections 334.01 and 334.011, a cooperative 56.11 organized for agricultural purposes under chapter 308A, or a 56.12 similar statute of another state and registered to conduct 56.13 business in this state, and other persons or entities engaged in 56.14 an agricultural retail or farm supply business, may impose, 56.15 charge, and collect a finance charge on goods, products, and 56.16 services, including sales and open- and closed-end credit 56.17 transactions that do not exceed a monthly rate of 1-1/2 percent 56.18 or an annual rate of 18 percent, and the delinquency and 56.19 collection charge authorized under section 334.171, provided, 56.20 however, for a cooperative, the finance, delinquency, and 56.21 collection charge is the same for member and nonmember patrons. 56.22 Sec. 15. [REPEALER.] 56.23 Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 53.04, subdivision 3b; and 56.24 Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 53.04, subdivisions 56.25 3c and 4a, are repealed. 56.26 Sec. 16. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 56.27 Sections 1, 3 to 9, 11 to 13, and 15 are effective the day 56.28 following final enactment. 56.29 ARTICLE 3 56.30 BANKING SERVICES DEVELOPMENT ACT 56.31 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 47.101, 56.32 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 56.33 Subd. 2. [BANKING INSTITUTIONS; CERTAIN RELOCATIONS, 56.34 APPLICATIONS, NOTICE, APPROVAL.] A banking institution defined 56.35 in section 48.01, subdivision 2, desiring to relocate its main 56.36 office within the lesser of a radius of three miles measured in 57.1 a straight line or the municipality, as defined in section 57.2 47.51, in which it is located shallsubmit an applicationnotify 57.3 the commissioner of commerce in a form prescribed by the 57.4 commissioner of commerce., an investigation fee of $500 and57.5additional fees as prescribed in section 46.041 if subsequently57.6processed under subdivision 3. After the application is deemed57.7to be complete and accepted by the commissioner of commerce,The 57.8 applicant shall publish once in a form prescribed by the 57.9 commissioner a notice of thefiling of the57.10applicationrelocation in a qualified newspaper published in the 57.11municipalitiesmunicipality where the banking institution is 57.12 locatedand relocating if different. If there are no such 57.13 newspapers, then noticeof the filingshall be published in 57.14 qualified newspapers likely to give notice in theexisting and57.15proposed municipalitiesmunicipality. The applicant shall cause 57.16 the notice to be publicly displayed in its lobby and sent by 57.17 certified mail to all banking institutions within three miles of 57.18 the proposed location measured in a straight line.Upon57.19expiration of a period of 21 days for comment, the commissioner,57.20after considering the applicable conditions for issuance of the57.21bank charter defined in section 46.044, shall within 60 days57.22approve or disapprove the application.57.23 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 47.101, 57.24 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 57.25 Subd. 3. [APPLICATIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.] An 57.26 application by a banking institution to relocate its main office 57.27outside a radius of three miles measured in a straight line57.28 other than those provided for in subdivision 2 shall be approved 57.29 or disapproved by the commissioner of commerce as provided for 57.30 in sections 46.041 and 46.044. 57.31 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 47.51, is amended 57.32 to read: 57.33 47.51 [DETACHED BANKING FACILITIES; DEFINITIONS.] 57.34 As used in sections 47.51 to 47.57: 57.35 "Extension of the main banking house" means any structure 57.36 or stationary mechanical device serving as a drive-in or walk-up 58.1 facility, or both, which is located within1501,500 feet of the 58.2 main banking house or detached facility, the distance to be 58.3 measured in a straight line from the closest points of the 58.4 closest structures involved and which performs one or more of 58.5 the functions described in section 47.53. 58.6 "Detached facility" means any permanent structure, office 58.7 accommodation located within the premises of any existing 58.8 commercial or business establishment, stationary automated 58.9 remote controlled teller facility, stationary unstaffed cash 58.10 dispensing or receiving device, located separate and apart from 58.11 the main banking house which is not an "extension of the main 58.12 banking house" as above defined, that serves as a drive-in or 58.13 walk-up facility, or both, with one or more tellers windows, or 58.14 as a remote controlled teller facility or a cash dispensing or 58.15 receiving device, and which performs one or more of those 58.16 functions described in section 47.53. 58.17 "Bank" means a bank as defined in section 46.046 and any 58.18 banking office established prior to the effective date of Laws 58.19 1923, chapter 170, section 1. 58.20 "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce. 58.21 "Municipality" means the geographical area encompassing the 58.22 boundaries of any home rule charter or statutory city located in 58.23 this state, and any detached area, pursuant to section 473.625, 58.24 operated as a major airport by the metropolitan airports 58.25 commission pursuant to sections 473.601 to 473.679. When a bank 58.26 is located in a township, the term municipality is expanded to 58.27 mean the geographical area encompassing the boundaries of the 58.28 township. 58.29 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 47.52, 58.30 is amended to read: 58.31 47.52 [AUTHORIZATION.] 58.32 (a) With the prior approval of the commissioner, any bank 58.33 doing business in this state may establish and maintainnot more58.34than fivedetached facilities provided the facilities are 58.35 located within: (1) the municipality in which the principal 58.36 office of the applicant bank is located; orwithin(2) 5,000 59.1 feet of its principal office measured in a straight line from 59.2 the closest points of the closest structures involved; orwithin59.3100 miles of its principal office measured in a straight line59.4from the closest points of the closest structures involved, if59.5the detached facility is within any(3) a municipality in which 59.6 no bank is located at the time of application; orif the59.7detached facility is in(4) a municipality having a population 59.8 of more than 10,000,; orif the detached facility is located in59.9 (5) a municipality having a population of 10,000 or less, as 59.10 determined by the commissioner from the latest available data 59.11 from the state demographer, or for municipalities located in the 59.12 seven-county metropolitan area from the metropolitan council, 59.13 and all the banks having a principal office in the municipality 59.14 have consented in writing to the establishment of the facility. 59.15 (b) A detached facility shall not be closer than 50 feet to 59.16 a detached facility operated by any other bank and shall not be 59.17 closer than 100 feet to the principal office of any other bank, 59.18 the measurement to be made in the same manner as provided 59.19 above. This paragraph shall not be applicable if the proximity 59.20 to the facility or the bank is waived in writing by the other 59.21 bank and filed with the application to establish a detached 59.22 facility. 59.23 (c)Any bank is allowed, in addition to other facilities,59.24one drive-in or walk-up facility located between 150 to 1,50059.25feet of the main banking house or within 1,500 feet from a59.26detached facility. The drive-in or walk-up facility permitted59.27by this clause is subject to paragraph (b) and section 47.53.59.28(d)A bank is allowed, in addition to other facilities, 59.29 part-time deposit-taking locations at elementary and secondary 59.30 schools located within the municipality in which the main 59.31 banking house or a detached facility is located if they are 59.32 established in connection with student education programs 59.33 approved by the school administration and consistent with safe, 59.34 sound banking practices. 59.35(e)(d) A bank whose home state is Minnesota as defined in 59.36 section 48.92 is allowed, in addition to facilities otherwise 60.1 permitted, to establish and operate a de novo detached facility 60.2 in a location in the host states of Iowa, North Dakota, South 60.3 Dakota, and Wisconsin not more than 30 miles from its principal 60.4 office measured in a straight line from the closest points of 60.5 the closest structures involved and subject to requirements of 60.6 sections 47.54 and 47.561 and the following additional 60.7 requirements and conditions: 60.8 (1) there is in effect in the host state a law, rule, or 60.9 ruling that permits Minnesota home state banks to establish de 60.10 novo branches in the host state under conditions substantially 60.11 similar to those imposed by the laws of Minnesota as determined 60.12 by the commissioner; and 60.13 (2) there is in effect a cooperative agreement between the 60.14 home and host state banking regulators to facilitate their 60.15 respective regulation and supervision of the bank including the 60.16 coordination of examinations. 60.17 For purposes of this paragraph, "host state" means a state 60.18 other than the home state, as defined in section 48.92. 60.19 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 47.62, 60.20 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 60.21 Subdivision 1. Any person may establish and maintain one 60.22 or more electronic financial terminals. Any financial 60.23 institution may provide for its customers the use of an 60.24 electronic financial terminal by entering into an agreement with 60.25 any person who has established and maintains one or more 60.26 electronic financial terminals if that person authorizes use of 60.27 the electronic financial terminal to all financial institutions 60.28 on a nondiscriminatory basis pursuant to section 60.29 47.64. Electronic financial terminals to be established and 60.30 maintained in this state by financial institutions located in 60.31 states other than Minnesota must file a notification to the 60.32 commissioner as required in this section. The notification may 60.33 be in the form lawfully required by the state regulator 60.34 responsible for the examination and supervision of that 60.35 financial institution. If there is no such requirement, then 60.36 notification must be in the form required by this section for 61.1 Minnesota financial institutions. 61.2 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 48.34, is amended 61.3 to read: 61.4 48.34 [BRANCH BANKS PROHIBITED.] 61.5 No bank or trust company organized under the laws of this 61.6 state shall maintain a branch bank or receive deposits or pay 61.7 checks within this state, except at its own banking house, and 61.8 except as authorized by sections 47.51 to 47.57and, 47.61 to 61.9 47.74, and 49.411. The commissioner shall take possession of 61.10 and liquidate the business and affairs of any state bank or 61.11 trust company violating the provisions of this section, in the 61.12 manner prescribed by law for the liquidation of insolvent state 61.13 banks and trust companies. 61.14 Sec. 7. [49.411] [INTERSTATE BANK MERGERS AFFECTING 61.15 INTERSTATE BRANCHING.] 61.16 Subdivision 1. [PURPOSE.] It is the express intent of this 61.17 section to permit interstate branching by mergers under section 61.18 102 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching 61.19 Efficiency Act of 1994, Public Law Number 103-328, according to 61.20 this section. 61.21 Subd. 2. [DEFINITIONS.] As used in this section, unless 61.22 the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms 61.23 have the meanings given them. 61.24 (a) "Bank" has the meaning given in United States Code, 61.25 title 12, section 1813(h) with the following exceptions: (1) 61.26 the term does not include a foreign bank as defined in United 61.27 States Code, title 12, section 3101(7); and (2) the term 61.28 includes a foreign bank organized under the laws of a territory 61.29 of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the 61.30 Virgin Islands, the deposits of which are insured by the Federal 61.31 Deposit Insurance Corporation. 61.32 (b) "Bank holding company" has the meaning given in United 61.33 States Code, title 12, section 1841(a)(1). 61.34 (c) "Bank supervisory agency" means: 61.35 (1) an agency of another state with the primary 61.36 responsibility for chartering and supervising banks; and 62.1 (2) the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the 62.2 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of 62.3 the Federal Reserve System, and any successor to these agencies. 62.4 (d) "Branch" has the meaning given in United States Code, 62.5 title 12, section 1813(o). 62.6 (e) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce. 62.7 (f) "Control" has the meaning given in section 46.048, 62.8 subdivision 1. 62.9 (g) "Home state" has the meaning given in section 48.92, 62.10 subdivision 6, except in relation to foreign banks, for which 62.11 home state means the state determined to be the home state of 62.12 the foreign bank under United States Code, title 12, section 62.13 3103(c). 62.14 (h) "Home state regulator" means, with respect to an 62.15 out-of-state state bank, the bank supervisory agency of the 62.16 state in which the bank is chartered. 62.17 (i) "Host state" means a state other than the home state of 62.18 a bank in which the bank maintains or seeks to establish and 62.19 maintain a branch. 62.20 (j) "Interstate merger transaction" means: 62.21 (1) the merger or consolidation of banks with different 62.22 home states, and the conversion of branches of any bank involved 62.23 in the merger or consolidation into branches of the resulting 62.24 bank; or 62.25 (2) the purchase of all or substantially all of the assets 62.26 including all or substantially all of the branches of a bank 62.27 whose home state is different from the home state of the 62.28 acquiring bank. 62.29 (k) "Out-of-state bank" has the meaning given in section 62.30 48.92, subdivision 11. 62.31 (l) "Out-of-state state bank" means a bank chartered under 62.32 the laws of any state other than Minnesota. 62.33 (m) "Resulting bank" means a bank that has resulted from an 62.34 interstate merger transaction under this section. 62.35 (n) "State" means any state of the United States, the 62.36 District of Columbia, or any territory of the United States, 63.1 Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the 63.2 Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana 63.3 Islands. 63.4 (o) "Minnesota bank" means a bank whose home state is 63.5 Minnesota. 63.6 (p) "Minnesota state bank" means a bank chartered under the 63.7 laws of Minnesota. 63.8 Subd. 3. [AUTHORITY OF STATE BANKS TO ESTABLISH INTERSTATE 63.9 BRANCHES BY MERGER.] With the prior approval of the 63.10 commissioner, a Minnesota state bank may establish, maintain, 63.11 and operate one or more branches in a state other than Minnesota 63.12 as a result of an interstate merger transaction in which the 63.13 Minnesota state bank is the resulting bank. Not later than the 63.14 date on which the required application for the interstate merger 63.15 transaction is filed with the responsible federal bank 63.16 supervisory agency, the applicant Minnesota state bank shall 63.17 file with the commissioner an application on a form prescribed 63.18 by the commissioner and pay the fee prescribed by section 63.19 49.36. The applicant shall also comply with the applicable 63.20 provisions of sections 49.33 to 49.41. After considering the 63.21 criteria in section 49.36, subdivision 3, the commissioner may 63.22 approve the interstate merger transaction and the operation of 63.23 branches outside of Minnesota by the Minnesota state bank. Such 63.24 an interstate merger transaction may be consummated only after 63.25 the applicant has received the commissioner's written approval. 63.26 Subd. 4. [INTERSTATE MERGER TRANSACTIONS AND BRANCHING 63.27 PERMITTED.] (a) One or more Minnesota banks may enter into an 63.28 interstate merger transaction with one or more out-of-state 63.29 banks under this section, and an out-of-state bank resulting 63.30 from the transaction may maintain and operate the branches in 63.31 Minnesota of a Minnesota bank that participated in the 63.32 transaction if the conditions and filing requirements of this 63.33 section are met. 63.34 (b) An interstate merger transaction resulting in the 63.35 acquisition by an out-of-state bank of a Minnesota state bank, 63.36 or all or substantially all of the branches of a Minnesota state 64.1 bank, shall not be permitted under this section unless the 64.2 Minnesota state bank has been in continuous operation, on the 64.3 date of the acquisition, for at least five years. For purposes 64.4 of this paragraph, a bank that has been chartered solely for the 64.5 purpose of, and does not open for business before, acquiring 64.6 control of, or acquiring all or substantially all of the assets 64.7 of, an existing bank is considered to have been in existence for 64.8 the same period of time as the bank to be acquired. For 64.9 determining the time period of existence of a bank, the time 64.10 period begins after the issuance of a certificate of 64.11 authorization and from the date the approved bank actually opens 64.12 for business. 64.13 Subd. 5. [NOTICE AND FILING REQUIREMENT.] An out-of-state 64.14 bank that will be the resulting bank under an interstate merger 64.15 transaction involving a Minnesota state bank shall notify the 64.16 commissioner of the proposed merger not later than the date on 64.17 which it files an application for an interstate merger 64.18 transaction with the responsible federal bank supervisory 64.19 agency, and shall submit a copy of that application to the 64.20 commissioner and pay the filing fee, if any, required by the 64.21 commissioner. A Minnesota state bank that is a party to an 64.22 interstate merger transaction shall comply with sections 49.33 64.23 to 49.41 and with other applicable state and federal laws. An 64.24 out-of-state bank that is the resulting bank in such an 64.25 interstate merger transaction shall provide satisfactory 64.26 evidence to the commissioner of compliance with applicable 64.27 requirements of the bank's home state. 64.28 Subd. 6. [POWERS; ADDITIONAL BRANCHES.] (a) An 64.29 out-of-state state bank that establishes and maintains one or 64.30 more branches in Minnesota under this section may conduct any 64.31 activities at the branch or branches that are authorized under 64.32 the laws of this state for Minnesota state banks. 64.33 (b) A Minnesota state bank may conduct any activities at or 64.34 in connection with a branch outside Minnesota that are 64.35 permissible for a bank chartered by the host state where the 64.36 branch is located, except to the extent that the activities are 65.1 expressly prohibited by the laws of this state or by any rule or 65.2 order of the commissioner applicable to the Minnesota state 65.3 bank. The commissioner may waive the prohibition if the 65.4 commissioner determines, by rule or order, that the involvement 65.5 of out-of-state branches of Minnesota state banks in particular 65.6 activities would not threaten the safety or soundness of the 65.7 banks. 65.8 (c) An out-of-state bank that has established or acquired a 65.9 branch in Minnesota under this section may establish or acquire 65.10 additional branches in Minnesota to the same extent that a 65.11 Minnesota bank may establish or acquire a branch in Minnesota 65.12 under applicable federal and state law where a bank involved in 65.13 the transaction could have established, acquired, or operated 65.14 the additional branches if the bank had not been a party to the 65.15 merger transaction. 65.16 Subd. 7. [EXAMINATIONS; PERIODIC REPORTS; COOPERATIVE 65.17 AGREEMENTS; ASSESSMENT OF FEES.] (a) To the extent consistent 65.18 with paragraph (c), the commissioner may make examinations of a 65.19 branch established and maintained in this state under this 65.20 section by an out-of-state state bank as the commissioner 65.21 considers necessary to determine whether the branch is being 65.22 operated in compliance with the laws of this state and according 65.23 to safe and sound banking practices. Section 46.04 applies to 65.24 the examinations. 65.25 (b) The commissioner may prescribe requirements for 65.26 periodic reports regarding an out-of-state bank that operates a 65.27 branch in Minnesota under this section. The required reports 65.28 must be provided by the bank or by the bank supervisory agency 65.29 having primary responsibility for the bank. Reporting 65.30 requirements prescribed by the commissioner under this paragraph 65.31 must be: (1) consistent with the reporting requirements 65.32 applicable to Minnesota state banks; and (2) appropriate for the 65.33 purpose of enabling the commissioner to carry out 65.34 responsibilities under this section. 65.35 (c) The commissioner may enter into cooperative, 65.36 coordinating, and information-sharing agreements with any other 66.1 bank supervisory agencies or any organization affiliated with or 66.2 representing one or more bank supervisory agencies with respect 66.3 to the periodic examination or other supervision of a branch in 66.4 Minnesota of an out-of-state state bank, or a branch of a 66.5 Minnesota state bank in a host state. The commissioner may 66.6 accept the parties' reports of examination and reports of 66.7 investigation in lieu of conducting the commissioner's own 66.8 examinations or investigations. 66.9 (d) The commissioner may enter into contracts with a bank 66.10 supervisory agency that has concurrent jurisdiction over a 66.11 Minnesota state bank or an out-of-state state bank operating a 66.12 branch in this state under this section to engage the services 66.13 of the agency's examiners at a reasonable rate of compensation, 66.14 or to provide the services of the commissioner's examiners to 66.15 the agency at a reasonable rate of compensation. 66.16 (e) The commissioner may enter into joint examinations or 66.17 joint enforcement actions with other bank supervisory agencies 66.18 having concurrent jurisdiction over a branch in Minnesota of an 66.19 out-of-state state bank or a branch of a Minnesota state bank in 66.20 a host state. However, the commissioner may at any time take 66.21 the actions independently if the commissioner considers the 66.22 actions to be necessary or appropriate to carry out 66.23 responsibilities under this section or to ensure compliance with 66.24 the laws of this state. In the case of an out-of-state state 66.25 bank, the commissioner shall recognize the exclusive authority 66.26 of the home state regulator over corporate governance matters 66.27 and the primary responsibility of the home state regulator with 66.28 respect to safety and soundness matters. 66.29 (f) Each out-of-state state bank that maintains one or more 66.30 branches in this state may be assessed and charged according to 66.31 section 46.131 as if it were a Minnesota state bank and, if 66.32 assessed, shall pay supervisory and examination fees according 66.33 to the laws of this state and rules of the commissioner. The 66.34 fees may be shared with other bank supervisory agencies or an 66.35 organization affiliated with or representing one or more bank 66.36 supervisory agencies according to agreements between the parties 67.1 and the commissioner. 67.2 Subd. 8. [ENFORCEMENT.] If the commissioner determines 67.3 that a branch maintained by an out-of-state state bank in this 67.4 state is being operated in violation of the laws of this state, 67.5 or that the branch is being operated in an unsafe and unsound 67.6 manner, the commissioner has the authority to take all 67.7 enforcement actions the commissioner would be empowered to take 67.8 if the branch were a Minnesota state bank. The commissioner 67.9 shall promptly give notice to the home state regulator of each 67.10 enforcement action taken against an out-of-state state bank and, 67.11 to the extent practicable, shall consult and cooperate with the 67.12 home state regulator in pursuing and resolving enforcement 67.13 action. 67.14 Subd. 9. [NOTICE OF SUBSEQUENT MERGER.] Each out-of-state 67.15 state bank that has established and maintains a branch in this 67.16 state under this section shall give at least 60 days' prior 67.17 written notice or, in the case of an emergency transaction, 67.18 shorter notice as is consistent with applicable state or federal 67.19 law to the commissioner of any merger, consolidation, or other 67.20 transaction that would cause a change of control with respect to 67.21 the bank or any bank holding company that controls the bank, 67.22 with the result that an application would be required to be 67.23 filed under United States Code, title 12, section 1817(j), or 67.24 the federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, United 67.25 States Code, title 12, section 1841, et seq. 67.26 Subd. 10. [SEVERABILITY.] If a provision of this section, 67.27 or the application of the provision, is found by any court of 67.28 competent jurisdiction in the United States to be invalid as to 67.29 a bank, bank holding company, foreign bank, or other person or 67.30 circumstances, or to be superseded by federal law, the remaining 67.31 provisions of this section shall not be affected and shall 67.32 continue to apply to a bank, bank holding company, foreign bank, 67.33 or other person or circumstance. 67.34 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 67.35 50.245, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 67.36 Subdivision 1. [AUTHORITY FOR BRANCH OFFICES.] A savings 68.1 bank may establishfiveany number of detached facilities as may 68.2 be approved by the commissioner of commerce pursuant to sections 68.3 47.51 to 47.57in the territories of Hennepin and Anoka68.4counties. The savings bank shall not change the location of a 68.5 detached facility without prior written approval of the 68.6 commissioner of commerce. A savings bank may establish a loan 68.7 production office, without restriction as to geographical 68.8 location, upon written notice to the commissioner of commerce. 68.9 Sec. 9. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 68.10 Sections 1 to 5 and 8 are effective the day following final 68.11 enactment. Sections 6 and 7 are effective June 1, 1997.