Section 384:57 Definitions.
In this subdivision:
I. ""Acquisition'' or ""acquire'' means any act or action with respect to the ownership or control of a bank or the purchase of its assets and the assumption of its liabilities which would require the approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System under the federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, or the Office of Thrift Supervision under the federal Savings and Loan Holding Company Act, as amended.
II. ""Bank'' means any bank, commercial bank, savings bank, trust company, building and loan association, savings and loan association, savings association, cooperative bank, or similar banking organization.
III. ""New Hampshire bank'' means any bank chartered by the state of New Hampshire.
IV. ""New Hampshire bank holding company'' means a bank holding company with respect to which the largest amount of total deposits of all banking subsidiaries of such company is located in New Hampshire.
V. ""Out-of-state bank'' means:
(a) A national bank or a federal savings association having its main office located in a state other than New Hampshire; or
(b) A bank chartered by a state other than New Hampshire.
VI. ""Out-of-state bank holding company'' means a bank holding company with respect to which the largest amount of total deposits of all banking subsidiaries of such company is located in a state other than New Hampshire.
Source. 1995, 304:1, eff. Sept. 29, 1995.