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F ederal reserve Ba n k DALLAS, TE X A S of Dallas 75222 C ircular No. 79-115 July 11, 1979 AMENDMENT TO THE RULES REGARDING DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO ALL MEMBER BANKS, BANK HOLDING COMPANIES, AND OTHERS CONCERNED IN THE ELEVENTH FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT: The Secretary of the Board of Governors, for more convenient reference, has approved amendments to the Board's Rules Regarding Delegation of A uthority to add several previously unpublished delega tions to the published rules. Printed on the reverse of this c irc u la r is a copy of the amend ment. Member banks and others that maintain Regulations Binders should file the amendment in th e ir binders. Additional copies of the amendment w ill be furnished upon request to the Secretary's Office, E xt. 6267. Sincerely yours, Robert H . Boykin First Vice President Banks and others are encouraged to use the following incoming WATS numbers in contacting this Bank: 1-800-492-4403 (intrastate) and 1-800-527-4970 (interstate). For calls placed locally, please use 651 plus the extension referred to above. This publication was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org) BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM RULES REGARDING DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY AMENDMENT! Effective March 21, 1979, Section 265.2(f) is amended by adding paragraphs ( 5 1 ) —(5 6 ) to read as follows: SECTION 265.2 — SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS DELEG ATED TO BOARD EM PLO YEES AND FED ER A L RESERVE BANKS * # * £ * (f) Each Federal Reserve Bank is authorized: * :{« * * * (51) To extend the time within which a bank holding company may acquire shares, a new bank to be acquired by a bank holding company may be opened for business, or a merger may be con summated in connection with an application ap proved by the Board, if no material change that is relevant to the proposal has occurred since its •approval. (52) To extend the time within which a bank holding company must file its annual report. (53) To extend the time within which (i) a State member bank may establish a domestic branch, (ii) a member bank may establish a for eign branch, or (iii) an “Edge Act” or “Agreement” cor poration may establish a branch or agency, if no material change has occurred in the bank’s (or corporation’s) general condition since the appli cation was approved. (54) To extend the time within which an “Edge A ct” or “Agreement” corporation or a member bank may accomplish a purchase of stock that has been authorized by the Board pursuant to section 25 or 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act, if no material change has occurred in the general condition of the corporation or the member bank since such authorization. (55) To extend the time within which Federal Reserve membership must be accomplished, if no material change has occurred in the bank’s gen eral condition since the application was approved. (56) To waive the penalty for deficient reserves by a member bank if, after a review of all the circumstances relating to such deficiency, the Re serve Bank concludes that waiver of the penalty is warranted, except that in no case shall a pen alty for deficient reserves be waived if the de ficiency arises out of the bank’s gross negligence or conduct inconsistent with the principles and purposes of reserve requirements. t F o r this publication t o be com plete as am ended effective M a rch 21, 1979, retain: 1) Prin ted pam phlet as revised effective Au gu st 2, 1978; 2 ) A m en d m en t effective O cto b er 19, 1978, adding paragraph ( 7 ) to Section 2 6 5 .2 (b ); 3 ) A m en d m en t effec tiv e January 1, 1979, S ectio n 265.2; 4 ) A m en d m en t effective M a rc h 10, 1979, Section 2 6 5 .2 (f); 5 ) A m en d m en t effec tiv e A p r il 26, 1979, Section 2 6 5 .2 (a ); and 6 ) T h is slip sheet. 3-21-79 (R e tr o a c tiv e )