New York Consolidated Laws, Banking Law - BNK § 413. Reciprocal interstate acquisitions

(a) the term “savings association” shall have the same meaning as in section 10 of an Act of Congress entitled Home Owners Loan Act   1 as amended from time to time;

(b) the term “savings and loan holding company” shall have the same meaning as in section 10 of an Act of Congress entitled Home Owners Loan Act   1 as amended from time to time;

(c) the term “New York savings association” shall mean a savings association whose principal office is located in this state and the term “out-of-state savings association” shall mean a savings association whose principal office is located in a state other than this state or the District of Columbia;  and

(d) the term “New York savings and loan holding company” shall mean a savings and loan holding company which controls one or more New York savings associations and the term “out-of-state savings and loan holding company” shall mean a savings and loan holding company other than a New York savings and loan holding company which conducts its principal banking business in a state other than this state or the District of Columbia.  The jurisdiction in which an out-of-state savings and loan holding company conducts its principal banking business is that state or the District of Columbia in which the total deposits of such company and its banking subsidiaries are largest.