transactions in mutual fund shares, and all transactions involving in the aggregate $10,000 or less during the calendar quarter. For purposes of this paragraph (k)(iv) of this section, the term "securities" does not include U.S. Government or Federal agency obligations.

(6) Exceptions: The following exceptions to subparagraph (k) shall apply: (i) The requirements of paragraphs (k)(2)(ii) through (k)(2)(iv) and paragraphs (k)(5)(i) through (k)(5)(iii) of this section shall not apply to banks having an average of less than 200 securities transactions per year for customers over the prior three calendar year period, exclusive of transactions in U.S. government and federal agency obligations;

(ii) Activities of a State member bank that are subject to regulations promulgated by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board shall not be subject to the requirements of this paragraph (k); and

(iii) Activities of foreign branches of a State member bank shall not be subject to the requirements of this paragraph (k).

APPENDIX A-SAMPLE NOTICES

(1) Notice to Borrower of Special FloodHazards-Notice is hereby given to that the improved real estate or mobile home described in the attached instrument is or will be located in an area designated by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards. This area is delineated on -'s Flood Insurance Rate Map ("FIRM”) or, if the FIRM is unavailable, on the community's Flood Hazard Boundary Map (“FHBM”). This area has a 1 percent chance of being flooded within any given year. The risk of exceeding the 1 percent chance increases with time periods longer than 1 year. For example, during the life of a 30-year mortgage, a structure located in a special flood-hazardous area has a 26 percent chance of being flooded.

(2) Notice to Borrower about Federal Disaster Relief Assistance-(a) Notice in participating communities. The improved real estate or mobile home securing your loan is or will be located in a community that is now participating in the National Flood Insurance program. In the event such property is damaged by flooding in a federally-declared disaster, Federal disaster relief assistance may be available. However, such assistance will be unavailable if your community has been identified as a special flood-haz

ardous area for one year or longer and is not participating in the National Flood Insurance Program at the time assistance would be approved. This assistance, usually in the form of a loan with a favorable interest rate, may be available for damages incurred in excess of your flood insurance.

(b) Notice in non-participating communities. The improved real estate or mobile home securing your loan is or will be located in a community that is not participating in the National Flood Insurance program. This means that such property is not eligible for Federal flood insurance. In the event such property is damaged by flooding in a federally-declared disaster, Federal disaster relief assistance will be unavailable if your community has been identified as a special flood-hazardous area for 1 year or longer. Such assistance may be available only if at the time assistance would be approved your community is participating in the National Flood Insurance program or has been identified as a special flood-hazardous area for less than 1 year.

(15 U.S.C. 78b, 780-4(c)(5), 78q, 78q-1, 78w) (12 U.S.C. 248(a))

[39 FR 5482, Feb. 13, 1974]

EDITORIAL NOTE: For FEDERAL REGISTER Citations affecting § 208.8, see the List of CFR Sections Affected in the Finding Aids section of this volume.

§ 208.9 Establishment or maintenance of

branches.

(a) In general. Every State bank which is or hereafter becomes a member of the Federal Reserve System is subject to the provisions of section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act relating to the establishment and maintenance of branches' in the United States or in a dependency or insular possession thereof or in a foreign country. Under the provisions of section 9, member State banks establishing and operating branches in the United States beyond the corporate limits of the city, town, or village in which the parent bank is situated must conform to the same terms, con

7Section 5155 of the Revised Statutes of the United States provides that: “(f) The term 'branch' as used in this section shall be held to include any branch bank, branch office, branch agency, additional office, or any branch place of business located in any State or territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia at which deposits are received, or checks paid, or money lent."

ditions, limitations, and restrictions as are applicable to the establishment of branches by national banks under the provisions of section 5155 of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the establishment of branches in the United States, except that the approval of any such branches must be obtained from the Board rather than from the Comptroller of the Currency. The approval of the Board must likewise be obtained before any member State bank establishes any branch after July 15, 1952, within the corporate limits of the city, town, or village in which the parent bank is situated (except within the District of Columbia). Under the provisions of section 9, member State banks establishing and operating branches in a dependency or insular possession of the United States or in a foreign country must conform to the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions contained in section 25 of the Federal Reserve Act relating to the establishment by national banks of branches in such places.

(b) Branches in the United States. (1) Before a member State bank establishes a branch (except within the District of Columbia), it must obtain the approval of the Board.

(2) Before any nonmember State bank having a branch or branches established after February 25, 1927, beyond the corporate limits of the city, town, or village in which the bank is situated is admitted to membership in the Federal Reserve System, it must obtain the approval of the Board for the retention of such branches.

(3) A member State bank located in a State which by statute law permits the maintenance of branches within county or greater limits may, with the approval of the Board, establish and operate, without regard to the capital requirements of section 5155 of the Revised Statutes, a seasonal agency in any resort community within the limits of the county in which the main office of such bank is located for the purpose of receiving and paying out deposits, issuing and cashing checks and drafts, and doing business incident thereto, if no bank is located and doing business in the place where the

proposed agency is to be located; and any permit issued for the establishment of such an agency shall be revoked upon the opening of a State or national bank in the community where the agency is located.

(4) Except as stated in paragraph (b)(3) of this section, in order for a member State bank to establish a branch beyond the corporate limits of the city, town, or village in which it is situated, the aggregate capital stock of the member State bank and its branches shall at no time be less than the aggregate minimum capital stock required by law for the establishment of an equal number of national banking associations situated in the various places where such member State bank and its branches are situated.

(5) A member State bank may not establish a branch beyond the corporate limits of the city, town, or village in which it is situated unless such establishment and operation are at the time authorized to State banks by the statute law of the State in question by language specifically granting such authority affirmatively and not merely by implication or recognition.

(6) Any member State bank which, on February 25, 1927, had established and was actually operating a branch or branches in conformity with the State law is permitted to retain and operate the same while remaining a member of the Federal Reserve System, regardless of the location of such branch or branches.

(7) The removal of a branch of a member State bank from one town to another town constitutes the establishment of a branch in such other town and, accordingly, requires the approval of the Board. The removal of a

The requirement of this paragraph is met if the aggregate capital stock of a member State bank having branches is not less than the total amount of capital stock which would be required for the establishment of one national bank in each of the places in which the head office and branches of the member State banks are located, irrespective of the number of offices which the bank may have in any such place. There are no additional capital requirements for additional branches within the city, town, or village in which the head office is located.

branch of a member State bank from one location in a town to another location in the same town will require the approval of the Board if the circumstances of the removal are such that the effect thereof is to constitute the establishment of a new branch as distinguished from the mere relocation of an existing branch in the immediate neighborhood without affecting the nature of its business or customers served.

(c) Application for approval of branches in United States. Any member State bank desiring to establish a branch should submit a request for the approval by the Board of any such branch to the Federal Reserve Bank of the district in which the bank is located. Any nonmember State bank applying for membership and desiring to retain any branch established after February 25, 1927, beyond the corporate limits of the city, town, or village in which the bank is situated should submit a similar request. Any such request should be accompanied by advice as to the scope of the functions and the character of the business which are or will be performed by the branch and detailed information regarding the policy followed or proposed to be followed with reference to supervision of the branch by the head office; and the bank may be required in any case to furnish additional information which will be helpful to the Board in determining whether to approve such request.

(d) Foreign branches. With prior Board approval, a member state bank having capital and surplus of $1,000,000 or more may establish branches in "foreign countries", as defined in § 211.2(f) of Regulation K (12 CFR 211.2(f)). If a member State bank has established a branch in such a country, it may, unless otherwise advised by the Board, establish other branches therein after 30 days' notice to the Board with respect to each such branch.

[Reg. H, 17 FR 8006, Sept. 4, 1952, as amended at 28 FR 8361, Aug. 15, 1963. Redesignated at 39 FR 5482, Feb. 13, 1974 and amended at 47 FR 19321, May 5, 1982]

§ 208.10 Publication of reports of member banks and their affiliates."

(a) Reports of member banks. (1) Each report of condition made by a member State bank to its Federal Reserve Bank pursuant to a call therefor by the Board shall be published by such member bank within 20 days from the date the call is issued, unless such time is extended by the Reserve Bank as provided in § 265.2(f)(16) of this chapter (Rules Regarding Delegation of Authority).

(2) The report shall be printed in a newspaper published in the place where the bank is located or, if there be no newspaper published in the place where the bank is located, then in a newspaper published in the same or in an adjoining country and in general circulation in the place where the bank is located. The term "newspaper", for the purpose of this part, means a publication with a general circulation published not less frequently than once a week, one of the primary functions of which is the dissemination of news of general interest.

(3) The copy of the report for the use of the printer for publication should be prepared on the form supplied or authorized for the purpose by the Federal Reserve Bank. Except as permitted in the instructions for preparation of reports of condition (Form FR 105a), the published information

Under the provisions of section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act, reports of condition of member State banks which, under that section, must be made to the respective Federal Reserve Banks on call dates fixed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System "shall be published by the reporting banks in such manner and in accordance with such regulations as the said Board may prescribe."

Section 9 also provides that the reports of affiliates of a member State bank which are required by that section to be furnished to the respective Federal Reserve Banks "shall be published by the Bank under the same conditions as govern its own condition reports". The term "affiliates", as used in this provision of section 9, under the express terms of that section, includes "holding company affiliates as well as other affiliates", but a member State bank is not required to furnish to a Federal Reserve Bank the report of an affiliated member bank.

shall agree in every respect with that shown on the face of the report of condition submitted to the Federal Reserve Bank. All signatures shall be the same in the published statement as in the original report submitted to the Federal Reserve Bank, but the signatures may be typewritten or otherwise copied on the report for publication.

(4) A copy of the printed report shall be submitted to the Federal Reserve Bank attached to the certificate on the form supplied or authorized for the purpose by the Federal Reserve Bank.

(b) Reports of affiliates. 10 (1) If reports of affiliates are requested by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, each report of an affiliate of a member State bank, including a holding company affiliate, shall be published at the same time and in the same newspaper as the affiliated bank's own condition report submitted to the Federal Reserve Bank, unless an extension of time for submission of the report of the affiliate has been granted under authority of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. When such extension of time has been granted, the report of the affiliate must be submitted and published before the expiration of such extended period in the same newspaper as the condition report of the bank was published.

(2) The copy of the report for the use of the printer for publication should be prepared on Form FR 220a. The published information shall agree in every respect with that shown on

10 Section 21 of the Federal Reserve Act, among other things, provides as follows: "Whenever member banks are required to obtain reports from affiliates, or whenever affiliates of member banks are required to submit to examination, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Comptroller of the Currency, as the case may be, may waive such requirements with respect to any such report or examination of any affiliate if in the judgment of the said Board or Comptroller, respectively, such report or examination is not necessary to disclose fully the relations between such affiliate and such bank and the effect thereof upon the affairs of such bank." In any case where the Board has waived the filing of a report of an affiliate, no publication of a report of an affiliate is required.

the face of the report of the affiliate furnished to the Federal Reserve Bank by the affiliated member bank, except that any item appearing under the caption "Financial relations with bank" against which the word "none" appears on the report furnished to the Federal Reserve Bank may be omitted in the published statement of the affiliate: Provided, That if the word "none" is shown against all of the items appearing under such caption in the report furnished to the Federal Reserve Bank the caption "Financial relations with bank" shall appear in the published statement followed by the word "none."

(3) A copy of the printed report shall be submitted to the Federal Reserve Bank attached to the certificate on Form FR 220a.

(c) Waiver of reports of affiliates. Pursuant to section 21 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 486), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System waives the requirement for the submission of reports of affiliates of State bank members of the Federal Reserve System, unless such reports are specifically requested by the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System may require the submission of reports which are necessary to disclose fully relations between member banks and their affiliates and the effect thereof upon the affairs of member banks.

[Reg. H, 17 FR 8006, Sept. 4, 1952, as amended at 34 FR 5928, Mar. 29, 1969; 39 FR 788, Jan. 3, 1974; 39 FR 1974, Jan. 16, 1974. Redesignated at 39 FR 5482, Feb. 13, 1974]

§ 208.11 Voluntary withdrawal from Federal Reserve System.

(a) General. Any State bank desiring to withdraw from membership in a Federal Reserve Bank may do so after six months' written notice has been filed with the Board; 11 and the Board,

11 Under specific provisions of section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act, however, no Federal Reserve Bank shall, except upon express authority of the Board, cancel within the same calendar year more than twenty-five percent of its capital stock for the purpose of effecting voluntary withdrawals during Continued

in its discretion, may waive such six months' notice in any individual case and may permit such bank to withdraw from membership in a Federal Reserve Bank, subject to such conditions as the Board may prescribe, prior to the expiration of six months from the date of the written notice of its intention to withdraw.

(b) Notice of intention of withdrawal. (1) Any State bank desiring to withdraw from membership in a Federal Reserve Bank should signify its intention to do so, with the reasons therefor, in a letter addressed to the Board and mailed to the Federal Reserve Bank of which such bank is a member. Any such bank desiring to withdraw from membership prior to the expiration of six months from the date of written notice of its intention to withdraw should so state in the letter signifying its intention to withdraw and should state the reason for its desire to withdraw prior to the expiration of six months.

(2) Every notice of intention of a bank to withdraw from membership in the Federal Reserve System and every application for the waiver of such notice should be accompanied by a certified copy of a resolution duly adopted by the board of directors of such bank authorizing the withdrawal of such bank from membership in the Federal Reserve System and authorizing a certain officer or certain officers of such bank to file such notice or application, to surrender for cancellation the Federal Reserve Bank stock held by such bank, to receive and receipt for any moneys or other property due to such bank from the Federal Reserve Bank and to do such other things as may be necessary to effect the withdrawal of such bank from membership in the Federal Reserve System.

(3) Notice of intention to withdraw or application for waiver of six months' notice of intention to withdraw by any bank which is in the hands of a conservator or other State official acting in a capacity similar to

that year. All applications for voluntary withdrawals are required by the law to be dealt with in the order in which they are filed with the Board.

that of a conservator should be accompanied by advice from the conservator or other such State official that he joins in such notice or application.

(c) Time and method of effecting actual withdrawal. Upon the expiration of six months after notice of intention to withdraw or upon the waiving of such six months' notice by the Board, such bank may surrender its stock and its certificate of membership to the Federal Reserve Bank and request that same be canceled and that all amounts due to it from the Federal Reserve Bank be refunded. 12 Unless withdrawal is thus effected within eight months after notice of intention to withdraw is first given, or unless the bank requests and the Board grants an extension of time, such bank will be presumed to have abandoned its intention of withdrawing from membership and will not be permitted to withdraw without again giving six months' written notice or obtaining the waiver of such notice.

(d) Withdrawal of notice. Any bank which has given notice of its intention to withdraw from membership in a Federal Reserve Bank may withdraw such notice at any time before its stock has been canceled and upon doing so may remain a member of the

12 A bank's withdrawal from membership in the Federal Reserve System is effective on the date on which the Federal Reserve Bank stock held by it is duly canceled. Until such stock has been canceled, such bank remains a member of the Federal Reserve System, is entitled to all the privileges of membership, and is required to comply with all provisions of law and all regulations of the Board pertaining to member banks and with all conditions of membership applicable to it. Upon the cancellation of such stock, all rights and privileges of such bank as a member bank shall terminate.

Upon the cancellation of such stock, and after due provision has been made for any indebtedness due or to become due to the Federal Reserve Bank, such bank shall be entitled to a refund of its cash paid subscription with interest at the rate of onehalf of one percent per month from the Idate of last dividend, the amount refunded in no event to exceed the book value of the stock at that time, and shall likewise be entitled to the repayment of deposits and of any other balance due from the Federal Reserve Bank.