215.02 (11) (b) The commissioner division shall designate the number of copies of the report to be made available for distribution. Each association is entitled to one copy.
27,5528 Section 5528 . 215.02 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.02 (12) Disposition of obsolete records. The commissioner division may turn over obsolete departmental records to the secretary of administration, pursuant to s. 16.61.
27,5529 Section 5529 . 215.02 (14) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.02 (14) (title) Fees for office publications.
27,5530 Section 5530 . 215.02 (14) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.02 (14) (a) Whenever extra copies of statutory reprints of this chapter, the annual report of savings and loan associations or any other publication published by the office division are requested, such extra copies shall be furnished upon payment of such fee as the commissioner division determines. All such fees shall be paid by the commissioner division into the general fund to the credit of the office division.
27,5531 Section 5531 . 215.02 (15) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.02 (15) (a) 1. (intro.) Within 10 days after any of the following petitions have been filed with the commissioner division, the commissioner division shall proceed to hear the same:
27,5532 Section 5532 . 215.02 (15) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.02 (15) (b) At the time and place so fixed, unless by stipulation some other time and place is fixed, the commissioner division shall hear all parties interested and shall cause the testimony given to be reduced to writing, or the commissioner may designate some person employed in the commissioner's office to take testimony, hear the petition and file the testimony with the commissioner.
27,5533 Section 5533 . 215.02 (15) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.02 (15) (c) The commissioner division shall within a reasonable time make findings as to all matters covered by the petition and make such order as the commissioner division deems just and reasonable.
27,5534 Section 5534 . 215.02 (15) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.02 (15) (d) The findings and order of the commissioner division shall be final unless modified by the court.
27,5535 Section 5535 . 215.02 (16) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.02 (16) (a) Annual fee. Associations organized under this chapter shall, on or before July 15, pay an annual fee as determined by the commissioner division and the review board, but not exceeding 12 cents per $1,000 of assets or fraction thereof, as of the close of the preceding calendar year.
27,5536 Section 5536 . 215.02 (16) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.02 (16) (b) Penalty for failure to pay fee. An association failing to pay the annual fee to the commissioner division by July 15 of each year shall, if ordered by the commissioner division, forfeit $10 for each day it fails to pay the fee.
27,5537 Section 5537 . 215.02 (16) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
215.02 (16) (c) 1. On or before June 30 of each year the commissioner division and the review board shall fix a per diem charge for the services of each examiner used in the examination of an association, for the next 12 months. Such per diem charge shall be the same for all associations. The hours constituting a day shall be that which is fixed for state employes by s. 230.35.
27,5538 Section 5538 . 215.02 (16) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
215.02 (16) (c) 2. After the per diem charge for each examiner has been fixed by the commissioner division and review board, each association shall be uniformly billed for examinations during the ensuing year on a fixed per diem basis for each examiner engaged in such examination.
27,5539 Section 5539 . 215.02 (16) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.02 (16) (d) Special examination costs. The commissioner division shall charge any special costs and expenses incurred because of special work required by the commissioner division, caused by an association not having proper or sufficient management or failing to keep its books, records and other matters in a standard and approved manner. An itemized statement of such charges must be submitted to the association.
27,5540 Section 5540 . 215.02 (17) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.02 (17) (a) The office division may, in relation to any matter within its powers, issue subpoenas and take testimony.
27,5541 Section 5541 . 215.02 (17) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.02 (17) (b) Witnesses shall be entitled to the same fees as are allowed to witnesses in courts of record. Such fees shall be audited and paid by the state in the same manner as other expenses of the office division are audited and paid. No witness subpoenaed at the instance of any party other than the office division shall be entitled to payment of fees by the state, unless the office division certifies that the testimony of the witness was material to the hearing or proceeding.
27,5542 Section 5542 . 215.02 (18) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.02 (18) Authority to grant certain powers. Unless the commissioner division is expressly restricted by statute from acting under this subsection with respect to a specific power, right or privilege, the commissioner division by rule may, with the approval of the review board, authorize associations to exercise any power under the notice, disclosure or procedural requirements governing federally chartered associations or to make any loan or investment or exercise any right, power or privilege of federally chartered associations permitted under a federal law, regulation or interpretation. Notice, disclosure and procedures prescribed by statute which may be modified by a rule adopted under this subsection include, but are not limited to, those provided under s. 138.056. A rule adopted under this subsection may not affect s. 138.041 or chs. 421 to 428 or restrict powers specifically granted associations under this chapter.
27,5543 Section 5543 . 215.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.03 (1) (title) Types of associations supervised and controlled by the commissioner. All associations organized under this chapter or similar laws, or permitted by license to transact, in this state, a business similar to that authorized by this chapter, shall be under the supervision and control of the commissioner division.
27,5544 Section 5544 . 215.03 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.03 (2) (a) At least once within every 18-month period, the commissioner division shall examine the cash, bills, collaterals, securities, assets, books of account, condition and affairs of all such associations and for that purpose the commissioner division or the division's examiners appointed by the commissioner shall have access to, and may compel the production of, all their books, papers, securities and moneys, administer oaths to and examine their officers and agents as to their affairs. Neither the commissioner nor any An employe of the office shall division may not examine an association in which the commissioner employe is interested as an officer or director.
27,5545 Section 5545 . 215.03 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.03 (2) (b) The commissioner division may accept an examination-audit made by the federal home loan bank board or any other governmental agency authorized to make examination-audits of savings and loan associations pursuant to their rules and regulations. The examination-audit must comply with the procedure established by the commissioner division.
27,5546 Section 5546 . 215.03 (5) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.03 (5) (title) Accounting and bookkeeping procedure prescribed by commissioner.
27,5547 Section 5547 . 215.03 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.03 (5) (a) Whenever it appears to the commissioner division that any association does not keep books and accounts in such manner as to enable the commissioner division to readily ascertain its true condition, the commissioner division may require the officers of such associations or any of them to open and keep such books or accounts as the commissioner division prescribes.
27,5548 Section 5548 . 215.03 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.03 (5) (b) Any association that fails to open books or keep books or accounts as prescribed by the commissioner division, shall, at the discretion of the commissioner division, forfeit $10 for each day it so fails. If the association fails to pay the forfeiture, the commissioner division may institute proceedings to recover such forfeitures.
27,5549 Section 5549 . 215.03 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
215.03 (6) (a) 1. Not later than February 1 of each year each association subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner division shall file with the commissioner division a report of its activities of the preceding year, upon forms furnished by the commissioner division.
27,5550 Section 5550 . 215.03 (6) (a) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
215.03 (6) (a) 2. c. Such other information as the commissioner division requires.
27,5551 Section 5551 . 215.03 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
215.03 (6) (a) 3. Attached to the annual report shall be a copy of a printed statement of condition and operations as of the end of the association's most recent fiscal year, which shall be available to the public. The reports shall be published as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, where the association is located, in the condensed form as the commissioner division prescribes. Proof of publication shall be furnished to the commissioner division within 45 days after the date of the report. The printed statement shall contain such information as the commissioner division may by rule prescribe.
27,5552 Section 5552 . 215.03 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.03 (6) (b) If such association fails or refuses to furnish the report herein required, it shall be subject, at the discretion of the commissioner division, to a forfeiture of $10 per day for each day of default, and the commissioner division may maintain an action in the name of the state to recover such penalty, and the same shall be paid into the general fund.
27,5553 Section 5553 . 215.03 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.03 (7) (a) Any association which determines to move its home office or branch to some other location not more than one mile from its then location shall make an application to the commissioner division. The commissioner division may approve or deny such application for relocation.
27,5554 Section 5554 . 215.03 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.03 (7) (b) Any association which determines to move its home office or branch to some other location more than one mile from its then location shall make an application to the commissioner division. The commissioner division shall give notice and provide an opportunity for hearing as provided in s. 215.40 (7). In approving or denying the application for relocation, the commissioner division shall ascertain the need for relocation and determine whether undue harm or injury would be caused to any properly conducted association or branch now doing business in the area or vicinity of the proposed relocation.
27,5555 Section 5555 . 215.03 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.03 (8) (a) Any association desiring to establish a branch office, subject to the limitations of s. 215.13 (39), shall apply to the commissioner division in such form as the commissioner division prescribes, giving such information as the commissioner division requires. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee of $500. The commissioner division shall give notice and provide an opportunity for hearing as provided in s. 215.40 (7). The commissioner division may grant certificates of authority to maintain and operate branch offices or may refuse to issue certificates when, in the commissioner's division's opinion, such branch is not in the best interests of the public, or when other good and sufficient reasons exist for refusal.
27,5556 Section 5556 . 215.03 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.03 (8) (b) It is the intent of this section to provide adequate and convenient savings and loan facilities for the public. When 2 or more applications for a branch in the same area are pending, priority of application shall be considered but not be controlling, and the commissioner division shall give consideration to the equitable distribution of branches among the associations making application.
27,5557 Section 5557 . 215.03 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.03 (8) (c) Review of the decision of the commissioner division in regard to applications for branches shall be governed by s. 215.04 (4).
27,5558 Section 5558 . 215.04 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.04 (1) (a) Advise the commissioner, deputy commissioner and others division in respect to improvement in the condition and service of associations;
27,5559 Section 5559 . 215.04 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.04 (1) (b) Review the acts, orders and determinations of the commissioner division under sub. (4);
27,5560 Section 5560 . 215.04 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.04 (1) (c) Act promptly on matters and questions, pertaining to associations, that may be submitted to it by the commissioner division;
27,5561 Section 5561 . 215.04 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.04 (3) (b) The fees of witnesses who are called by the review board in the interests of the state shall be paid by the state in the same manner that other expenses are paid, upon presentation of proper vouchers approved by a member of the review board and charged to the appropriation of the office division.
27,5562 Section 5562 . 215.04 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.04 (4) Review of grievances, orders or determinations. Any interested person or any association aggrieved by any act, order or determination of the commissioner division, which relates to savings and loan associations may, within 20 days thereof, apply to the review board to review the action of the commissioner division. The sole review of the commissioner's division's decision shall be to determine whether or not the commissioner division has acted within the scope of the commissioner's division's authority, has not acted in an arbitrary or capricious manner, and that the act, order or determination of the commissioner division is supported by substantial evidence in view of the entire record as submitted. The review of applications for branches, relocation of association offices or new charters shall be based exclusively on the record, and no new evidence shall be taken by the review board. Applications under this subsection shall be considered and disposed of as speedily as possible.
27,5563 Section 5563 . 215.04 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.04 (6) Review of final orders and determinations. Any final order or determination of the review board shall be subject to review under ch. 227. If an act, order or determination of the commissioner division is reversed or modified by the review board, the commissioner division shall be deemed a person aggrieved and directly affected thereby under s. 227.53 (1).
27,5564 Section 5564 . 215.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.11 (1) Who shall furnish bond; type and form. Before entry upon the discharge of the person's duties, every person appointed or elected to any position requiring receipt, payment or custody of money or other personal property of an association or in its custody or control as collateral or otherwise shall give a bond in some surety company, licensed by this state, in such sum as the commissioner division prescribes. In lieu of individual bonds, the commissioner division may accept a schedule or blanket bond which covers all of the officers, directors and employes of the association, whose duties include the receipt, payment or custody of money or other personal property. Such bonds shall be in the form prescribed by the commissioner division.
27,5565 Section 5565 . 215.11 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.11 (2) (title) Surety bonds to be approved by the board and filed with the commissioner. No officer, director or employe who is required to give bond shall enter upon the discharge of the person's duties until the person's bond has been approved by the board. The minute book of the association shall contain a record of each bond executed and approved. Such bonds shall be filed with the commissioner division within 10 days after approval by the board.
27,5566 Section 5566 . 215.11 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.11 (3) Surety bond coverage. Such bond shall be sufficient to protect the association from loss by reason of acts of fraud or dishonesty, including forgery, theft, embezzlement, wrongful abstraction or misapplication on the part of the person, directly or through connivance with others. At any time the commissioner division may require an additional bond.
27,5567 Section 5567 . 215.11 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.11 (4) (a) No termination of this bond shall be effective unless the surety gives in advance at least 10 days' written notice by registered mail to the commissioner division. If this bond is terminated at the request of the insured (employer) this provision shall apply nevertheless, it being the duty of the surety to give the required written notice to the commissioner division, such notice to be given promptly and within 10 days after the receipt of such request;
27,5568 Section 5568 . 215.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.11 (4) (b) The surety agrees to furnish the commissioner, at Madison, division a copy of all riders and indorsements executed subsequently to the effective date of this bond.
27,5569 Section 5569 . 215.11 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.11 (5) (title) Commissioner Division may consent to termination and waive notice thereof. The commissioner division may waive, as to the termination of any bond, the 10-day written notice in advance and may give written consent to the termination being made effective as of a date agreed upon by the surety and the association.
27,5570 Section 5570 . 215.13 (21) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.13 (21) Acquiring assets of other associations. Acquire all or any part of the assets of any other association with prior approval of the commissioner division.
27,5571 Section 5571 . 215.13 (22) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.13 (22) Selling of assets to other associations. Sell all or any part of its assets to any other association with prior approval of the commissioner division.
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