Notwithstanding Section 10001, and subject to Section 10003, on and after January 1, 1991, a foreign savings association may conduct the business of an association in California or may acquire control of a California savings association, and a foreign holding company may acquire control of a California savings association; provided that, if the commissioner determines that the laws, court decisions, or practices of the jurisdiction under which the foreign savings association is incorporated or, in the case of a foreign holding company, the holding company’s principal place of deposits, would operate to prohibit, restrict, condition, or otherwise limit a California savings association from conducting the business of, or acquiring control of, a savings association in the relevant jurisdiction pursuant to the laws, court decisions, or practices of that jurisdiction, a similar prohibition, restriction, condition, or limitation to be prescribed by regulation or order of the commissioner shall apply in California to the foreign savings association or foreign holding company.

(Added by renumbering Section 10001 by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1162, Sec. 18. Effective September 26, 1987. Section operative January 1, 1991, pursuant to Section 10009.)