Whenever conditions affecting the demand for and supply of money, the extension of credit or any other pertinent banking operations make such action necessary or desirable in the public interest, the commissioner may, by regulation adopted in accordance with chapter 54: (1) Establish a maximum rate of dividends or interest on deposits, certificates or accounts which may be paid by any one or more groups of Connecticut banks; (2) change or eliminate the reserve requirements against demand or time deposits of the United States government, but the amount of such reserve shall not be higher for such deposits than the then current reserve requirements against other demand or other time deposits; (3) change the reserve requirements against demand deposits other than those of the United States government to not less than twelve per cent nor more than twenty-four per cent of such deposits; (4) change the reserve requirements against time deposits other than those of the United States government to not less than five per cent nor more than ten per cent of such deposits; (5) provide that any part of the reserves required by it in excess of the statutory minimum may consist of net balances, subject to demand draft, with approved reserve agents.

(1949 Rev., S. 5749; P.A. 77-614, S. 154, 610; P.A. 92-12, S. 14; P.A. 94-122, S. 92, 340.)

History: P.A. 77-614 deleted requirement that advisory council on banking must authorize commissioner to establish rates, etc. by two-thirds vote of its members and required that commissioner's actions be in accordance with provisions of chapter 54, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 92-12 redesignated Subdivs. and made a technical change; P.A. 94-122 made technical changes, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-26 transferred to Sec. 36a-217 in 1995.