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S.B. 215 Enrolled

                 

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AS LIMITED

                 
LIABILITY COMPANIES

                 
2005 GENERAL SESSION

                 
STATE OF UTAH

                 
Chief Sponsor: Lyle W. Hillyard

                 
House Sponsor: Fred R. Hunsaker

                 
                  LONG TITLE
                  General Description:
                      This bill modifies the Financial Institutions Act to address limited liability companies.
                  Highlighted Provisions:
                      This bill:
                      .    addresses dissolution of a limited liability company;
                      .    exempts a financial institution formed as a limited liability company from specified
                  provisions of the Utah Revised Limited Liability Company Act under certain
                  circumstances;
                      .    addresses how limited liability companies are treated under the Financial
                  Institutions Act for purposes of transferring a member's interest;
                      .    addresses what constitutes a "board of directors"; and
                      .    makes technical changes.
                  Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
                      None
                  Other Special Clauses:
                      This bill provides an immediate effective date.
                  Utah Code Sections Affected:
                  AMENDS:
                      7-1-810, as enacted by Chapter 92, Laws of Utah 2004
                 
                  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:


                      Section 1. Section 7-1-810 is amended to read:
                       7-1-810. Limited liability companies.
                      (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, if the conditions of this section are
                  met, the following may be organized as or convert to a limited liability company under Title 48,
                  Chapter 2c, Utah Revised Limited Liability Company Act:
                      (a) an industrial bank chartered under Chapter 8, Industrial Banks;
                      (b) an industrial loan company as defined in Section 7-8-21 ; or
                      (c) any of the following if the institution is an S Corporation, as defined in Section 1361,
                  Internal Revenue Code, immediately before becoming a limited liability company:
                      (i) a bank chartered under Chapter 3, Banks;
                      (ii) a savings and loan association chartered under Chapter 7, Savings and Loan
                  Associations Act; or
                      (iii) a depository institution holding company.
                      (2) (a) Before an institution described in Subsection (1) may organize as or convert to a
                  limited liability company, the institution shall obtain approval of the commissioner.
                      (b) (i) To obtain the approval under this section from the commissioner, the institution
                  shall file a request for approval with the commissioner at least 30 days before the day on which
                  the institution becomes a limited liability company.
                      (ii) If the commissioner does not disapprove the request for approval within 30 days from
                  the day on which the commissioner receives the request, the request is considered approved.
                      (iii) When taking action on a request for approval filed under this section, the
                  commissioner may:
                      (A) approve the request;
                      (B) approve the request subject to terms and conditions the commissioner considers
                  necessary; or
                      (C) disapprove the request.
                      (3) To approve a request for approval, the commissioner shall find:
                      (a) for an institution described in Subsection (1) that is required to be insured by a federal


                  deposit insurance agency, that the institution:
                      (i) will operate in a safe and sound manner;
                      (ii) has the following characteristics:
                      (A) the institution is not subject to automatic termination, dissolution, or suspension
                  upon the happening of some event other than the passage of time;
                      (B) the exclusive authority to manage the institution is vested in a board of managers or
                  directors that:
                      (I) is elected or appointed by the owners;
                      (II) is not required to have owners of the institution included on the board;
                      (III) possesses adequate independence and authority to supervise the operation of the
                  institution; and
                      (IV) operates with substantially the same rights, powers, privileges, duties, and
                  responsibilities as the board of directors of a corporation;
                      (C) neither state law, nor the institution's operating agreement, bylaws, or other
                  organizational documents provide that an owner of the institution is liable for the debts,
                  liabilities, and obligations of the institution in excess of the amount of the owner's investment;
                  and
                      (D) (I) neither state law, nor the institution's operating agreement, bylaws, or other
                  organizational documents require the consent of any other owner of the institution in order for
                  any owner to transfer an ownership interest in the institution, including voting rights; and
                      (II) the institution is able to obtain new investment funding if needed to maintain
                  adequate capital; and
                      (iii) is able to comply with all legal and regulatory requirements for an insured depository
                  institution under applicable federal and state law; and
                      (b) for an institution described in Subsection (1) that is not required to be insured by a
                  federal deposit insurance agency, that the institution will operate in a safe and sound manner.
                      (4) [(a)] An institution [listed] described in Subsection (3)(a) that is organized as a
                  limited liability company shall maintain the characteristics listed in Subsection (3)(a)(ii) during


                  such time as it is authorized to conduct business under this title as a limited liability company.
                      [(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a)(ii)(A), an institution listed in Subsection (3)(a)
                  that is a limited liability company may be voluntarily dissolved by its members:]
                      [(i) in accordance with Title 48, Chapter 2c, Part 12, Dissolution; and]
                      [(ii) with the prior written approval of the commissioner.]
                      (5) (a) All rights, privileges, powers, duties, and obligations of an institution described in
                  Subsection (1) that is organized as a limited liability company and its members and managers
                  shall be governed by Title 48, Chapter 2c, Utah Revised Limited Liability Company Act, except:
                      (i) the following sections do not apply to an institution that is described in Subsection
                  (3)(a):
                      (A) Subsection 48-2c-402 (2)(a)(ii);
                      (B) Section 48-2c-604 ;
                      (C) Section 48-2c-703 ;
                      (D) Section 48-2c-708 ;
                      (E) Subsection 48-2c-801 (2);
                      (F) Section 48-2c-1102 ;
                      (G) Section 48-2c-1104 ; and
                      (H) Subsections 48-2c-1201 (2) through (5); and
                      (ii) as otherwise provided in this title.
                      (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (5)(a), for an institution that is described in Subsection
                  (3)(a):
                      (i) for purposes of transferring a member's interests in the institution, a member's interest
                  in the institution shall be treated like a share of stock in a corporation; and
                      (ii) if a member's interest in the institution is transferred voluntarily or involuntarily to
                  another person, the person who receives the member's interest shall obtain the member's entire
                  rights associated with the member's interest in the institution including:
                      (A) all economic rights; and
                      (B) all voting rights.


                      (c) An institution described in Subsection (3)(a) may not by agreement or otherwise
                  change the application of Subsection (5)(a) to the institution.
                      (6) Unless the context requires otherwise, for the purpose of applying this title to an
                  institution described in Subsection (1) that is organized as a limited liability company:
                      (a) a citation to Title 16, Chapter 10a, Utah Revised Business Corporation Act, includes
                  the equivalent citation to Title 48, Chapter 2c, Utah Revised Limited Liability Company Act;
                      (b) "articles of incorporation" includes a limited liability company's articles of
                  organization as that term is used in Section 48-2c-403 ;
                      (c) "board of directors" includes [any of the following of a limited liability company: (i)
                  all managers; (ii) all directors; or (iii)] one or more persons who have, with respect to an
                  institution described in Subsection (1), authority substantially similar to that of a board of
                  directors of a corporation;
                      (d) "bylaws" includes a limited liability company's operating agreement as that term is
                  defined in Section 48-2c-102 ;
                      (e) "corporation" includes a limited liability company organized under Title 48, Chapter
                  2c, Utah Revised Limited Liability Company Act;
                      (f) "director" includes any of the following of a limited liability company:
                      (i) a manger;
                      (ii) a director; or
                      (iii) other person who has with respect to the institution described in Subsection (1),
                  authority substantially similar to that of a director of a corporation;
                      (g) "dividend" includes distributions made by a limited liability company under Title 48,
                  Chapter 2c, Part 10, Distributions;
                      (h) "incorporator" includes the organizers of a limited liability company as provided in
                  Title 48, Chapter 2c, Part 4, Formation;
                      (i) "officer" includes any of the following of an institution described in Subsection (1):
                      (i) an officer; or
                      (ii) other person who has with respect to the institution described in Subsection (1)


                  authority substantially similar to that of an officer of a corporation;
                      (j) "security," "shares," or "stock" of a corporation includes:
                      (i) a membership interest in a limited liability company as provided in Title 48, Chapter
                  2c, Part 7, Members; and
                      (ii) any certificate or other evidence of an ownership interest in a limited liability
                  company; and
                      (k) "stockholder" or "shareholder" includes an owner of an interest in an institution
                  described in Subsection (1) including a member as provided in Title 48, Chapter 2c, Part 7,
                  Members.
                      (7) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
                  commissioner shall make rules governing the form of a request for approval filed under this
                  section.
                      Section 2. Effective date.
                      If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
                  upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
                  Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the
                  date of veto override.


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