SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                WASHINGTON, D.C.

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): April 20, 2000
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                                                  (April 19, 2000)
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                          SUN COMMUNITY BANCORP LIMITED
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


    Arizona                      000-26191                      86-0878747
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(State or other                 (Commission                   (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of                 file number)              identification number)
incorporation)


                            2777 East Camelback Road
                                    Suite 101
                             Phoenix, Arizona 85016
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                    (address of principal executive offices)


                                 (602) 955-6100
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              (registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                 Not Applicable
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          (former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.

Registrant,  at its option, is reporting the following matter which it considers
to be of importance to security holders:

     On April 20, 2000, Sun Community Bancorp announced its plans to purchase up
     to $3 million of its common stock in open-market  purchases during the next
     several  months.  The shares to be  purchased  may be  retained as treasury
     shares,  retired,  used for  implementation  of an employee stock ownership
     plan or other  business  purposes.  To the extent such share  purchases are
     made,  they will have also have the  impact of  increasing  the  percentage
     ownership of Sun by Capitol Bancorp Ltd., which currently owns 51% of Sun's
     common stock. The share purchase program will be funded from Sun's existing
     resources, principally short-term loans and investments.

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                           SUN COMMUNITY BANCORP LIMITED
                                                   (Registrant)


                                           /s/ Joseph D. Reid
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                                           Joseph D. Reid, Chairman and
                                           Chief Executive Officer

DATED: April 20, 2000

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