California Code, Financial Code - FIN § 4826.5

(a) The provisions of Chapter 19 (commencing with Section 1670) of Division 1.1 apply to any transaction that is subject to this division. Whenever any provision of Chapter 19 (commencing with Section 1670) of Division 1.1 or of any regulation or order issued under Chapter 19 (commencing with Section 1670) of Division 1.1 is inconsistent with any provision of this division or of any regulation or order issued under this division, the provision of Chapter 19 (commencing with Section 1670) of Division 1.1 or of the regulation or order issued under Chapter 19 (commencing with Section 1670) of Division 1.1 applies, and the provision or this division or of the regulation or order issued under this division does not apply.

(b) Nothing in this division authorizes any sale or merger in a case where the purchasing or surviving depository corporation is a foreign depository corporation if the sale or merger is prohibited by Chapter 19 (commencing with Section 1670) of Division 1.1.

(c) Nothing in this division constitutes an election by this state under federal law to prohibit or permit interstate sales or mergers between banks or industrial loan companies.