AB150-engrossed,1797,1716
214.765
(3) The
commissioner division shall promulgate rules to implement
17this section.
AB150-engrossed,1797,1919
214.772
(4) (a) 5. Any other information the
commissioner division requires.
AB150-engrossed,1798,221
214.772
(4) (b) (intro.) Upon receipt of a completed application and the required
22fee, the
commissioner division may issue a certificate of authority. The certificate of
23authority may be subject to specific conditions that the
commissioner division 24believes necessary to adequately safeguard the interests of the residents of this state.
1The
commissioner division may not issue a certificate of authority to do business in
2this state unless all of the following conditions are met:
AB150-engrossed,1798,74
214.772
(4) (b) 1. The foreign savings bank is in sound financial condition and
5entitled to public confidence, and the
commissioner
division is satisfied that the
6foreign savings bank will conduct its business in this state in accordance with the
7laws of this state.
AB150-engrossed,1798,109
214.772
(4) (c) (intro.) The
commissioner division may revoke a certificate of
10authority issued under this section if any of the following occurs:
AB150-engrossed,1798,1312
214.772
(4) (c) 2. The foreign savings bank refuses to permit the
commissioner 13division to conduct an examination, or fails to pay applicable fees.
AB150-engrossed,1798,1715
214.772
(4) (c) 3. The
commissioner
division determines that the foreign
16savings bank is in an unsafe condition or that its continued operation in this state
17is otherwise inconsistent with the best interests of the residents of this state.
AB150-engrossed,1798,2519
214.772
(5) A foreign savings bank doing business in this state shall be
20examined by the
commissioner division as provided under s. 214.725, audited under
21s. 214.76 and assessed fees as provided under s. 214.715 (1) (h), together with any
22out-of-state travel expenses incurred in the course of an examination or audit. The
23commissioner division may accept all or part of an examination or audit prepared on
24behalf of the regulatory authority responsible for the supervision of the foreign
25savings bank in the jurisdiction in which the foreign savings bank is organized.
AB150-engrossed,1799,82
214.772
(6) A foreign savings bank doing business in this state shall maintain
3on file with the
commissioner division the name and address of a person in this state
4who is authorized to receive legal process on behalf of the foreign savings bank. The
5commissioner division shall maintain a current record of each person so designated.
6The record of the
commissioner division shall be conclusive evidence of the authority
7of the person whose name appears in the record to receive process on behalf of the
8foreign savings bank.
AB150-engrossed,1799,1710
214.772
(7) If the laws of another jurisdiction prohibit a savings bank from
11doing business in that jurisdiction, a foreign savings bank organized under the laws
12of that jurisdiction may not be authorized to do business in this state. If the laws of
13another jurisdiction require the posting of securities or impose other additional
14requirements as a condition of permitting a savings bank to do business in that
15jurisdiction, the
commissioner division may impose similar requirements on a
16foreign savings bank organized under the laws of that jurisdiction before issuing the
17foreign savings bank a certificate of authority to do business in this state.
AB150-engrossed,1799,22
19214.775 Procedure upon the impairment of capital. (intro.) If the
20commissioner division finds from a report, examination or other source that a
21savings bank's capital is impaired, the
commissioner
division may do any of the
22following:
AB150-engrossed,1799,2524
214.78
(1) (a) Advise the
commissioner
division on matters related to this
25chapter.
AB150-engrossed,1800,32
214.78
(1) (b) Review the acts, orders and determinations of the
commissioner 3division.
AB150-engrossed,1800,65
214.78
(1) (c) Act on matters pertaining to this chapter that may be submitted
6to it by the
commissioner division.
AB150-engrossed,1800,138
214.78
(3) A person who subpoenaes a witness shall advance the fees and
9mileage of the witness. Witness fees shall be the same as fees under s. 814.67 (1) (b)
10and (c). The fees of witnesses who are called by the review board in the interests of
11the state shall be paid by the state upon presentation of proper vouchers approved
12by the chairperson of the review board and charged to the appropriation under s.
1320.175 20.144 (1) (g).
AB150-engrossed,1801,215
214.785
(1) Any interested person or a savings bank aggrieved by any act, order
16or determination of the
commissioner division, which relates to savings banks may,
17within 20 days after receipt or service of a copy of the act, order or determination, file
18a written notice requesting the review board's review of the
commissioner's division's 19act, order or determination. The sole review of the
commissioner's division's decision
20shall be to determine if the
commissioner division acted within the scope of the
21commissioner's division's authority, has not acted in an arbitrary or capricious
22manner and that the act, order or determination of the
commissioner division is
23supported by substantial evidence in view of the entire record as submitted. The
24review of applications for new savings banks, branch offices or relocation of offices
25shall be based exclusively on the record and new evidence may not be taken by the
1review board. Applications under this subsection shall be considered and disposed
2of as speedily as possible.
AB150-engrossed,1801,84
214.785
(2) A determination of the review board shall be subject to review
5under ch. 227. If an act, order or determination of the
commissioner division is
6reversed or modified by the review board, the
commissioner division shall be
7considered to be a person aggrieved and directly affected by the decision under s.
8227.53 (1).
AB150-engrossed,1801,11
10214.82 (title)
Commissioner's
Division's authority to take custody and
11appoint a conservator or a receiver.
AB150-engrossed,1801,1613
214.82
(1) (intro.) The
commissioner
division may take custody of and appoint
14a conservator for the property, liabilities, books, records, business and assets of a
15savings bank for any of the purposes under s. 214.825 if any of the following
16conditions exists:
AB150-engrossed,1801,1918
214.82
(1) (a) The savings bank fails to produce an annual audited financial
19statement, after receiving one extension from the
commissioner division.
AB150-engrossed,1802,221
214.82
(1) (b) The savings bank's books and records, after at least 2 consecutive
22notices from the
commissioner division spanning at least 2 consecutive calendar
23quarters, are in an inaccurate and incomplete condition to the extent that the
24commissioner division is unable to determine the financial condition of the savings
1bank or the details or purpose of any transaction that may materially affect the
2savings bank's financial condition.
AB150-engrossed,1802,64
214.82
(1) (e) The savings bank has experienced substantial dissipation of
5assets due to a violation of a state or federal law, regulation, rule or order of the
6commissioner division or due to any unsafe or unsound practice.
AB150-engrossed,1802,108
214.82
(1) (h) The savings bank or its officers, directors or employes are
9violating a state or federal law, regulation, rule or supervisory order of the
10commissioner division or of another regulatory authority.
AB150-engrossed,1802,1812
214.82
(1) (j) The directors, officers, trustees or liquidators have neglected,
13failed or refused to take any action that the
commissioner division considers
14necessary for the protection of the savings bank, including production of an annual
15audited financial statement after an extension was granted, have continued to
16maintain the savings bank's books and records in an inaccurate and incomplete
17condition for 2 consecutive quarters after 2 notices from the
commissioner division 18or have impeded or obstructed an examination.
AB150-engrossed,1802,2420
214.82
(2) The
commissioner division may postpone taking custody of a savings
21bank pending a satisfactory resolution of the condition permitting custody as
22suggested by the deposit insurance corporation, if the savings bank has sufficient
23liquidity and has adopted and implemented an operating plan considered prudent
24by the
commissioner division.
AB150-engrossed,1803,4
1214.82
(3) The
commissioner
division shall promulgate rules to govern the
2determination of a need for a conservator, the selection and appointment of a
3conservator and the conduct of a conservatorship, including allocation of the
4payment of costs.
AB150-engrossed,1803,15
6214.825 Purposes of taking custody. The purposes of taking custody of a
7savings bank may include examination; production of an audited financial
8statement; reconstruction of books and records; conservation of assets; restoration
9of impaired capital; the making of any necessary or equitable adjustment, including
10changes in officers and management, considered necessary by the
commissioner 11division under any plan of reorganization or liquidation; restructuring of the savings
12bank through a merger or formation of a interim institution; establishment of a
13conservatorship to operate and manage a savings bank as an ongoing concern until
14the grounds for custody and conservatorship are remedied; or the maturing of an
15obligation of the deposit insurance corporation.
AB150-engrossed,1803,23
17214.83 (title)
Commissioner's Division's powers during custody. During
18the period in which the
commissioner division has custody of a savings bank, the
19commissioner division shall have all powers necessary to accomplish the purposes
20of custody of the savings bank and the authority to call meetings of the members,
21stockholders, former officers and directors, liquidators or trustees to consider and act
22upon matters considered by the
commissioner division to be of sufficient importance
23to obtain the views of those persons.
AB150-engrossed,1804,3
1214.835 Custody of savings banks. (intro.) If the
commissioner division 2takes custody of a savings bank, in addition to powers conferred under ss. 214.825
3and 214.83, the
commissioner division may do any of the following:
AB150-engrossed,1804,85
214.835
(1) Notify the deposit insurance corporation of the custody and the
6reasons for that action, including a copy of the
commissioner's division's report of
7examination and condition of the savings bank, and to appoint the deposit insurance
8corporation or its designee as receiver or conservator for the savings bank.
AB150-engrossed,1804,1310
214.835
(3) Determine and declare the savings bank to be in default, find from
11the
commissioner's division's examination and from reports of the savings bank the
12amount of insured deposits and make any necessary orders that may be required for
13the purpose of making deposit insurance available to depositors.
AB150-engrossed,1805,3
15214.84 Notice of custody; action to enjoin. On the date the
commissioner 16division takes custody of a savings bank, the
commissioner division shall provide by
171st class mail a written notice of that action to the president or secretary and to 2 or
18more directors of the savings bank or to 2 or more of the trustees of any trust or to
192 or more of the liquidators if the savings bank is in liquidation. If the parties
20receiving notice believe the
commissioner division does not have authority to take
21custody, the savings bank, the directors or officers of the savings bank or the trustees
22or liquidators, within 20 days after the mailing of the notice, or within further periods
23of time as the
commissioner division may extend up to an additional 60 days, may
24file a complaint in the circuit court of the county in which the savings bank is located
25to enjoin custody. The court shall require the
commissioner division to show cause
1why custody should not be enjoined. If, upon hearing, the court finds that grounds
2do not exist for the
commissioner's division's custody, it may enter an order enjoining
3further custody.
AB150-engrossed,1805,13
5214.845 Segregation of collections during custody. All payments received
6on deposit accounts on depositors' unpledged accounts during custody of the savings
7bank shall be segregated in a separate account until the savings bank is redelivered
8to the directors, trustees or liquidators or delivered to a conservator or receiver. A
9depositor whose payments have been segregated may request the return of those
10payments and the
commissioner division shall repay them without interest or
11dividends. Before delivery of the savings bank or its assets to any trustee, liquidator,
12receiver or conservator, the
commissioner division shall return the money
13segregated in the separate account.
AB150-engrossed,1805,20
15214.85 Redelivery of possession. If, after examination of the savings bank
16and consideration of all conditions affecting its affairs, the
commissioner division 17finds that the cause for taking custody has been removed, the
commissioner division 18shall relinquish custody of the savings bank, remove any conservator appointed and
19redeliver the savings bank and all assets, books and records to its qualified directors,
20trustees or liquidators.
AB150-engrossed,1805,25
22214.855 Limitations upon custody. The custody of a savings bank by the
23commissioner division, including a conservatorship, may be continued for a
24reasonable period not to exceed 12 months, unless a longer time period is approved
25by a vote of two-thirds of the directors of the savings bank or ordered by a court.
AB150-engrossed,1806,8
2214.90 Action to correct conditions. (intro.) The
commissioner division 3may issue an order requiring a savings bank, savings bank subsidiary, service
4corporation, affiliate, savings bank holding company or a party affiliated with a
5savings bank to take action to correct any condition resulting from a violation or
6practice identified in the order. The
commissioner
division may by order require the
7savings bank, savings bank subsidiary, service corporation, affiliate, savings bank
8holding company or party affiliated with a savings bank to do any of the following:
AB150-engrossed,1806,1210
214.90
(1) (b) The violation or practice involved a reckless disregard for
11applicable state or federal laws, regulations, rules or orders of the
commissioner 12division or other appropriate regulator.
AB150-engrossed,1806,1514
214.90
(5) Submit candidates for future directors, employes or officers to the
15commissioner division for approval.
AB150-engrossed,1806,1817
214.90
(6) Take any other action the
commissioner division considers
18necessary.
AB150-engrossed,1806,2520
214.905
(1) (intro.) If an order under s. 214.90 specifies that the books and
21records of a savings bank are so incomplete and inaccurate that the
commissioner 22division is unable to determine the financial condition of the savings bank or unable
23to determine the nature, details or purpose of any transaction that may have a
24material effect on the savings bank's financial condition, the
commissioner division 25shall issue an order that requires all of the following:
AB150-engrossed,1807,32
214.905
(1) (c) Establishment of reserves for any losses that the
commissioner 3division finds were incurred due to the condition of the books and records.
AB150-engrossed,1807,75
214.905
(2) An order under sub. (1) shall be effective until the
commissioner 6division determines through an examination that the condition has been corrected
7and rescinds the order.
AB150-engrossed,1807,119
214.91
(1) (intro.) The
commissioner
division may remove from a savings bank
10any employe, agent or person affiliated with the savings bank if the
commissioner 11division finds that the person has done any of the following:
AB150-engrossed,1807,1513
214.91
(1) (a) Directly or indirectly violated any state or federal law, regulation,
14rule or order or any agreement between the savings bank and the
commissioner 15division or between the savings bank and the deposit insurance corporation.
AB150-engrossed,1807,2317
214.91
(2) (intro.) The
commissioner
division may serve upon a savings bank
18employe, agent or person affiliated with the savings bank a written notice of the
19commissioner's division's intention to remove or suspend the person from office in the
20savings bank or to prohibit any further participation in any manner by that person
21in the conduct of the affairs of a savings bank or of a savings and loan association
22organized under ch. 215, if the
commissioner division finds that, because of a
23violation permitting removal under sub. (1), any of the following conditions exists: