Michigan § 487.14103 - Drafts or bills of exchange.

A bank may accept drafts or bills of exchange drawn upon it having not more than 6 months' sight to run, exclusive of days of grace, if 1 or more of the following apply:

The drafts or bills of exchange grow out of transactions involving the importation or exportation of goods.

The drafts or bills of exchange grow out of transactions involving the domestic shipment of goods.

The drafts or bills of exchange are secured at the time of acceptance by a warehouse receipt or other document conveying or securing title covering readily marketable staples.

Except as provided in subsection (3), a bank shall not accept bills of exchange, or be obligated for a participation share in bills of exchange, in an amount equal at any time in the aggregate to more than 150% of its capital and surplus.

The commissioner, under conditions as the commissioner may prescribe, may authorize by order or declaratory ruling any bank to accept bills of exchange, or be obligated for a participation share in bills of exchange, in an amount not exceeding at any time in the aggregate 200% of its capital and surplus.

Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3), with respect to any bank, the aggregate acceptances, including obligations for a participation share in acceptances, growing out of domestic transactions shall not exceed 50% of the aggregate of all acceptances, including obligations for a participation share in acceptances, authorized for the bank under this section.

A bank shall not accept bills, or be obligated for a participation share in bills of exchange, whether in a foreign or domestic transaction, for any 1 person, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity in an amount equal at any time in the aggregate to more than 10% of its capital and surplus, unless the bank is secured either by attached documents or by some other actual security growing out of the same transaction as the acceptance.

With respect to a bank that issues an acceptance, the limitations contained in this section do not apply to that portion of an acceptance that is issued by the bank and that is covered by a participation agreement sold to another bank, out-of-state bank, or national bank.

In order to carry out the purposes of this section, the commissioner may define any of the terms used in this section.