(a) For purposes of subdivision (3) of Section 27-5B-3 through 27-5B-13” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2020″ statecd=”AL” title=”27″>27-5B-14, a qualified U.S. financial institution means an institution that meets all of the following:

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 27-5B-15

  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) Is organized or, in the case of a U.S. office of a foreign banking organization, licensed, under the laws of the United States or any state thereof.
(2) Is regulated, supervised, and examined by U.S. federal or state authorities having regulatory authority over banks and trust companies.
(3) Has been determined by either the commissioner or the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to meet such standards of financial condition and standing as are considered necessary and appropriate to regulate the quality of financial institutions whose letters of credit will be acceptable to the commissioner.
(b) A qualified U.S. financial institution means, for purposes of those provisions of this law specifying those institutions that are eligible to act as a fiduciary of a trust, an institution that meets both of the following:

(1) Is organized, or, in the case of a U.S. branch or agency office of a foreign banking organization, licensed, under the laws of the United States or any state thereof and has been granted authority to operate with fiduciary powers.
(2) Is regulated, supervised, and examined by federal or state authorities having regulatory authority over banks and trust companies.
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