A transferor bank, trust company or trust department is "related" to a transferee bank, trust company or trust department if:
(1) Such transferee controls the transferor;(2) Such transferor controls the transferee;(3) The same entity controls, directly or indirectly, the transferor and the transferee;(4) A majority of the directors of the transferor are directors of the transferee; or(5) A majority of the directors of the transferee are directors of the transferor. "Control" and "controls" as used herein shall mean the ownership of a majority of the voting shares of another bank, trust company or of the bank operating such trust department.
Ala. Code § 5-11A-36 (1975)
Acts 1989, No. 89-539, p. 1127, §7.