[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 201 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 201

To amend Bankruptcy Rule 7004 to require that service of process on an 
   insured depository institution be made by personal service on an 
                      officer of the institution.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 26 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

   Mr. Helms introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend Bankruptcy Rule 7004 to require that service of process on an 
   insured depository institution be made by personal service on an 
                      officer of the institution.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SERVICE OF PROCESS IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS ON AN INSURED 
              DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.

    Rule 7004 of the Bankruptcy Rules is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b) by striking ``In addition'' and 
        inserting ``Except as provided in subdivision (h), in 
        addition''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subdivision:
    ``(h) Service of Process on an Insured Depository Institution.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of this rule or any other rule or 
law, service on an insured depository institution (as defined in 
section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)) shall 
be made by personal service on an officer of the institution.''.

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