17:9A-27.3 - Definitions

17:9A-27.3.  Definitions
    As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,

    (a)  "commissioner"  means the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance of New  Jersey;

    (b)  "bank"  includes banks and savings banks;

     (c)  "board of directors"  includes the board of directors of a bank, and the board of managers, or the board of trustees, of a savings bank, but excludes the executive committee of a bank or savings bank:

    (d)  "predecessor bank"  includes

     (1) a predecessor bank and a predecessor savings bank as defined in section  16 of the act to which this act is a supplement;  and

     (2) a bank, savings bank and national bank which has been or shall be merged into or consolidated with a bank or savings bank, as the case may be; and

     (3) a bank, savings bank and national bank all or a part of whose business  has been or shall be taken over by a bank or savings bank, as the case may be;

    (e)  "successor bank"  includes

     (1) a successor bank and a successor savings bank as defined in section 16  of the act of which this act is a supplement;  and

     (2) a bank and a savings bank into which or with which a bank or banks, savings bank or savings banks, and national bank or national banks have merged or consolidated, or shall merge or consolidate;  and

     (3) a bank and a savings bank which has taken over or shall take over all or a part of the business of a bank or banks, savings bank or savings banks, or  national bank or national banks;

    (f)  "plan"  and  "retirement plan"  mean a plan which provides for the retirement of officers and employees of a bank or a savings bank, and for the payment to them for life, or for a stated time, of retirement benefits;

    (g)  "fund"  and  "retirement fund"  mean,

     (1) a fund accumulated or set aside pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) of section 8 of this act;  and

     (2) a fund to which contributions are made pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) of section 8 of this act;  and

     (3) group annuity or insurance contracts, or both, purchased pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (e) of section 8 of this act;

    (h)  "employee"  means persons employed by a bank, and includes officers of  a bank;

    (i)  "subsidiary"  means a corporation at least two-thirds of whose outstanding capital stock or securities having voting rights are owned by a bank, and also means an association, trust or other entity in which a bank owns  at least a two-thirds interest.

     L.1953, c. 124, p. 1311, s. 3.