374-E:7 Prohibited Acts. – Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to authorize or to empower the division: I. To make loans of money to any person, firm, or corporation other than a municipality, or to purchase securities issued by any person, firm, or corporation other than a municipality, or for investment, except as provided in this chapter; II. To emit bills of credit, to accept deposits of money for time or demand deposit, to administer trusts, to engage in any form or manner in, or in the conduct of, any private or commercial banking business, or to act as a savings bank or savings and loan association; III. To be or to constitute any bank or trust company within the jurisdiction or under the control of the bank commissioner, or the Comptroller of the Currency or the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America; or IV. To be or to constitute any bank, banker, or dealer in securities within the meaning of or subject to the provisions of any securities law, securities exchange, or securities dealers law of the United States of America, this state, or any other state. Source. 1981, 545:7, eff. Aug. 29, 1981.
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