2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 11 - Financial Institutions
Banks
Article 105 - Banking Practices
Part 6 - Financial Institutions, Operation of Branches, Organizational and Operational Equality
§ 11-105-602. Financial branches allowed - conversion of financial institutions to branches - acquisitions

(1) Any financial institution may convert any affiliate financial institution to a branch.

(2) Any financial institution, no matter the location of its principal place of business, may acquire any other financial institution for conversion to a branch or branches in this or another state.

(3) (a) Any bank, no matter the location of its principal place of business, upon thirty days' prior written notice to the banking board or the commissioner, may establish one or more de novo branches anywhere in this or another state.

(b) Any bank or savings and loan association may, upon thirty days' written notice to the banking board or commissioner, be converted to a branch of any bank or savings and loan association.

(b.5) (I) No financial institution may directly or indirectly establish or maintain or cause to be established or maintained its principal office, a loan production office, a deposit production office, an electronic communications device, or a branch in this state on or within one and one-half miles from premises or property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, by an affiliate that engages in commercial activities.

(II) Repealed.

(c) The banking board and the financial services board shall adopt policies and procedures by rule no more restrictive than federal regulatory policies and procedures relative to notice of branches to be established under this subsection (3).