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TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS 100-14707›DIVISION 1.5. SOCIAL PURPOSE CORPORATIONS ACT 2500-3503›CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions 2500-2517

§ 2510

California Corporations Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

“Social purpose corporation subject to the Banking Law” means any of the following:

(a) A social purpose corporation that, with the approval of the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation, is incorporated for the purpose of engaging in, or that is authorized by the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation to engage in, the commercial banking business under the Banking Law (Division 1.1 (commencing with Section 1000) of the Financial Code).

(b) Any social purpose corporation that, with the approval of the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation, is incorporated for the purpose of engaging in, or that is authorized by the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation to engage in, the industrial banking business under the Banking Law (Division 1.1 (commencing with Section 1000) of the Financial Code).

(c) Any social purpose corporation, other than a social purpose corporation described in subdivision (d), that, with the approval of the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation, is incorporated for the purpose of engaging in, or that is authorized by the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation to engage in, the trust business under the Banking Law (Division 1.1 (commencing with Section 1000) of the Financial Code).

(d) Any social purpose corporation that is authorized by the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation and the Commissioner of Insurance to maintain a title insurance department to engage in title insurance business and a trust department to engage in trust business.

(e) Any social purpose corporation that, with the approval of the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation, is incorporated for the purpose of engaging in, or that is authorized by the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation to engage in, business under Article 1 (commencing with Section 1850) of Chapter 21 of Division 1.1 of the Financial Code.

(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 452, Sec. 50. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2023.)

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