(a) In this section:

(1) “Assessment provision” means the provision in the articles of a bank that complies with the requirements of Section 600.2, as in effect immediately before the effective date of this section, or any predecessor statute.

(2) “Bank” means any (A) California state bank or (B) corporation organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of transacting business pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 1850) of Chapter 21.

(b) On and after the effective date of this section, the assessment provision in the articles of a bank shall no longer be of any force or effect.

(c) Notwithstanding Sections 902 and 903 of the Corporations Code, a bank may, on or after the effective date of this section, amend its articles by deleting the assessment provision with the approval of its board alone and without any approval of its outstanding shares.

(d) (1) Any order issued before the effective date of this section by the commissioner pursuant to Section 662, as in effect immediately before the effective date of this section or any predecessor statute, shall, if and to the extent that the bank has not before that date levied and collected through sale of shares or otherwise, an assessment on its common shares, be deemed rescinded.

(2) Any proceeding commenced before the effective date of this section by a bank to assess its common shares in accordance with an order issued by the commissioner pursuant to Section 662, as in effect immediately before the effective date of this section or any predecessor statute, shall be terminated on the effective date of this section. On and after the effective date of this section, the bank shall take no further action to levy or collect the assessment on its common shares, and any lien on the common shares created by the assessment shall be deemed extinguished.

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