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Tennessee Code Title 45. Banks and Financial Institutions § 45-2-1704

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) It is unlawful for an affiliate of a bank or for an officer, director or employee of a bank or affiliate of a bank to willfully and knowingly and without authority from the board of directors or governing body of the bank or two (2) or more of the active managing officers of the bank to receive, consent to receive, or agree to receive, any commission, emolument, gratuity or reward, or any promise of any commission, emolument, reward, property or thing of value or of personal advantage for procuring, or endeavoring to procure, for any person any loan from, or the purchase or discount of, any paper, note, draft, check or bill of exchange by the bank.

(b) As used in this section, “affiliate” includes:

(1) Any person who holds a majority of the stock of a bank, any other corporation in which the person owns a majority of the stock and any partnership in which the person has an interest;

(2) Any corporation in which the bank or an officer, director, or employee thereof holds a majority of the stock and any partnership in which the person has an interest; and

(3) Any corporation of which a majority of the directors are officers, directors, or employees of the bank or of which officers, directors, trustees or employees constitute a majority of the directors of the bank.

(c) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

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