(1) This
subchapter prescribes the regulations of the state banking board, issued
pursuant to the Montana Foreign Capital Depository Act.
(2) For
purposes of subchapter 8, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Act" means the Montana Foreign Capital Depository Act,
32-8-101, et seq., MCA.
(b) "Board" means the state banking board provided for in
2-15-1025, MCA.
(c) "Capital" means currency that is convertible to United States
dollars or personal property, including tangible personal property.
(d) "Cash" or "funds" means currency, cashier's checks,
money orders and other monetary instruments as defined in the Bank Secrecy Act
(Public Law 91-508, October 1970) . A
copy of Public Law 91-508 may be obtained from the Division of Banking and
Financial Institutions, Department of Administration, 846 Front Street, P.O.
Box 200546, Helena, MT 59620-0546. The Bank Secrecy Act (Public Law 91-508) is
hereby adopted and incorporated by reference.
Neither "cash" nor "funds" includes precious metals
or other tangible personal property that may be held by a foreign capital
depository.
(e) "Charter" means a certificate issued by the board through the
commissioner to a corporation verifying that the corporation is authorized to
conduct business in Montana as a foreign capital depository.
(f) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of banking and financial
institutions provided for in 32-1-211, MCA.
(g) "Controlling person" means any person who directly or
indirectly or acting through or in concert with one or more persons holds 5% or
more of the equity in a foreign capital depository or who is otherwise
determined by the board to exercise controlling authority over decisions
affecting the management and operation of a foreign capital depository.
(h) "Customer" means a person who is using or has used the
services of a foreign capital depository or for whom a foreign capital
depository has acted as a fiduciary.
(i) "Department" means the department of administration
established in 2-15-1001, MCA. The
"division of banking and financial institutions" is part of the
department.
(j) "Foreign bank" means a bank that has its primary office
outside the jurisdiction of the United States and is licensed under the laws of
a foreign country or a political subdivision of a foreign country.
(k) "Foreign capital depository" or "depository" means a
financial institution incorporated in Montana and chartered by the board to
conduct business as a foreign capital depository in accordance with the act and
solely at and using locations within the state of Montana.
(l) "Incorporators" means the persons who act as the original
corporate organizers of a foreign capital depository pursuant to 35-1-215, MCA.
(m) "Money laundering" is the process through which the existence,
illegal source, true ownership or unlawful application of illicitly derived
funds is concealed or disguised to make the funds appear legitimate, thereby
helping to evade detection, prosecution, seizure or taxation; or the use of
such proceeds to conduct a financial transaction prescribed by 18 USC section
1956.
(n) "Nonresident alien" means a person who is not a citizen or a
resident of the United States.
(o) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited
liability company, association, trust or other legal entity.