Utah Admin. Code R331-23-1 - Authority, Scope, and Purpose

(1) The Department of Financial Institutions enacts this rule under authority granted by Sections 7-1-301, 7-3-19, and 7-8-20.

(2) The rule applies to all loans and extensions of credit, including credit exposure to a derivative transaction, made by banks and industrial loan corporations chartered in the state and their subsidiaries.

(3) The rule is intended to prevent one person from borrowing an unduly large amount of a given bank's or industrial loan corporation's funds, thereby exposing the bank's or industrial loan corporation's depositors, creditors and stockholders to excessive risk.

(4) The rule provides exceptions to the general lending limits set forth in Sections 7-3-19 and 7-8- 20.

(5) The rule does not apply to loans, extensions of credit and the credit exposure to a derivative transaction made by a bank or an industrial loan corporation to a subsidiary. The rule does not apply to loans, extensions of credit and the credit exposure to a derivative transaction that are subject to, or expressly exempted from, a federal statute or regulation limiting the amount of total loans and credit that may be extended to any person or group of persons.

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Utah Admin. Code R331-23-1