Section 7-1-718. Financial certifications; restrictions on investments, loans, and acceptances

   (a) Before opening an office in this state and annually thereafter so long as a bank office is maintained in this state, an international banking corporation, licensed pursuant to this article, shall certify to the department the amount of its paid-in capital, its surplus, and its undivided profits, each expressed in the currency of the country of its incorporation. The dollar equivalent of which amount, as determined by the department, shall be deemed to be the amount of its capital, surplus, and undivided profits.

(b) Purchases and discounts of bills of exchange, bonds, debentures, and other obligations and extensions of credit and acceptances by an international bank agency within this state shall be subject to the same limitations as to amount in relation to capital, surplus, and undivided profits as are applicable to banks organized under the laws of this state; provided, however, that, with the prior approval of the department, the capital notes and capital debentures of such international banking corporation may be treated as capital in computing such limitations.

Ga. L. 1972, p. 1140, § 9; Code 1933, § 41A-3309, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 705, § 1.