Sec. 431.

(1) A savings bank may accept drafts or bills of exchange drawn upon it having not more than 6 months' sight to run, exclusive of days of grace, if 1 or more of the following apply:

(a) The drafts or bills of exchange grow out of transactions involving the importation or exportation of goods.

(b) The drafts or bills of exchange grow out of transactions involving the domestic shipment of goods.

(c) The drafts or bills of exchange are secured at the time of acceptance by a warehouse receipt or other such document conveying or securing title covering readily marketable staples.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a savings bank shall not accept bills of exchange, or be obligated for a participation share in such bills, in an amount equal at any time in the aggregate to more than 150% of the capital and surplus of a stock savings bank and more than 150% of the total capital of a mutual savings bank.

(3) Under conditions as the commissioner may prescribe, the commissioner may authorize, by rule, order, or declaratory ruling, a savings bank to accept bills of exchange, or be obligated for a participation share in such bills, in an amount not exceeding at any time in the aggregate 200% of the capital and surplus of a stock savings bank and more than 200% of the total capital of a mutual savings bank.

(4) Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3), with respect to any savings bank, the aggregate acceptances, including obligations for a participation share in the acceptances, growing out of domestic transactions shall not exceed 50% of the aggregate of all acceptances, including obligations for a participation share in the acceptances, authorized for the savings bank under this section.

(5) A savings bank shall not accept bills of exchange, or be obligated for a participation share in such bills, whether in a foreign or domestic transaction, for any 1 person, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity in an amount equal at any time in the aggregate to more than 10% of the capital and surplus of a stock savings bank and more than 10% of the total capital of a mutual savings bank, unless the savings bank is secured either by attached documents or by some other actual security growing out of the same transaction as the acceptance.

(6) If a savings bank issues an acceptance, the limitations of this section do not apply to that portion of an acceptance that is issued by the savings bank and is covered by a participation agreement sold to a bank, out-of-state bank, national bank, association, or other savings bank.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996