215.32 (6) (g) Notice prior to order for final distribution. Prior to the order for final distribution under par. (f), the special deputy commissioner shall publish a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, and give such further notice as the circuit court directs, requiring all persons who have claims against the association arising during the liquidation proceedings to file proof of their claims at a place and by a date not earlier than 30 days after the last insertion of the notice. Proof of publication of the notice shall be filed with the clerk of circuit court. A claim for which no proof of claim is filed by the date fixed in the notice is barred. Any interested party may file written objection to any claim with the special deputy commissioner. The special deputy commissioner may reject any claim. After notice by registered mail of rejection, the claim is barred unless the claimant commences an action within 90 days after the date of mailing of the rejection.
27,5639
Section 5639
. 215.32 (6) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (6) (h) Transfer of residual assets to commissioner. After the order for final distribution has been made under par. (f), the special deputy commissioner shall, with the approval of the commissioner
division and the circuit court, assign all assets, claims and demands that have been written off and considered worthless, and all unknown assets, to the commissioner division. The commissioner division may accept and hold the assets, claims and demands, with the power to compound, compromise, settle and assign them and execute and deliver any legal instrument incidental thereto without court approval. Any moneys received shall be paid into the general fund of the state after the commissioner
division has deducted the cost of his or her division services, attorney fees and other incidental expenses.
27,5640
Section 5640
. 215.32 (7) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (7) (a) 1. (intro.) The special deputy
commissioner shall deliver to the commissioner
division:
27,5641
Section
5641. 215.32 (7) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (7) (a) 1. a. Any unclaimed liquidating dividends and all funds remaining in the hands of the special deputy commissioner at the date of the order for final distribution.
27,5642
Section 5642
. 215.32 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (7) (a) 2. The commissioner division shall deposit moneys delivered under subd. 1. in a financial institution, to the credit of the commissioner division in trust for the persons entitled to the moneys.
27,5643
Section 5643
. 215.32 (7) (a) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (7) (a) 3. (intro.) The commissioner division shall include in the annual report under s. 215.02 (11):
27,5644
Section 5644
. 215.32 (7) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (7) (c) (intro.) The commissioner division may:
27,5645
Section 5645
. 215.32 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (7) (d) The commissioner
division may make application to the circuit court for an order determining what books or records of an association subject to this section are to be kept or destroyed. All books or records ordered kept shall be kept in a manner and place ordered, subject to the further order of the circuit court. The expense of keeping books or records shall be paid before final distribution. All books or records ordered destroyed shall be delivered to the commissioner division to be destroyed.
27,5646
Section 5646
. 215.32 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (8) (title) Title passes to commissioner division. The possession of and title to all property of the association is transferred from the association to the commissioner division on the date the notice required by sub. (2) is filed. The filing of the notice bars any attachment, garnishment, execution or other legal proceedings against the association or its property.
27,5647
Section 5647
. 215.32 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (9) Effect of possession. No association shall have a lien or charge for any payment, advance or clearance made or liability incurred, against any of the assets of the association after the commissioner
division has possession.
27,5648
Section 5648
. 215.32 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (10) Action to enjoin proceedings. An association subject to this section may, within 10 days after the notice required under sub. (2) is filed, apply to the circuit court to enjoin further proceedings. The circuit court, after citing the commissioner division to show cause why further proceedings should not be enjoined and hearing the matter, may enjoin the commissioner
division from further proceedings, and direct the commissioner division to surrender the association's business and property to the association.
27,5649
Section 5649
. 215.32 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (11) Compensation and expenses in connection with liquidation. The compensation of the special deputy commissioners deputies, counsel and other employes and assistants and all expenses of supervision and liquidation shall be fixed by the commissioner
division, subject to the approval of the circuit court, and shall upon the certificate of the commissioner division be paid out of the funds of the association. Such expenses include the cost of the service rendered by the commissioner
division to the association and shall be determined from time to time by the commissioner division and shall be paid to the commissioner division from the assets of the association.
27,5650
Section 5650
. 215.32 (13) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (13) Reinstatement. (intro.) Whenever the commissioner division has taken possession of the business and property of any association, the association may resume business when:
27,5651
Section 5651
. 215.32 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (13) (a) In the case of a mutual association, the owners of at least two-thirds of such association's dollar value aggregate of outstanding savings accounts or, in the case of a capital stock association, the owners of at least two-thirds of the association's outstanding shares, execute a petition to such effect, in the form prescribed by the commissioner division;
27,5652
Section 5652
. 215.32 (13) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (13) (b) Such members, savers or stockholders, or a committee selected by them, submit to the commissioner division a plan for the reorganization and reinstatement of the association;
27,5653
Section 5653
. 215.32 (13) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (13) (c) The commissioner
division recommends that control of the business and property of the association be returned to the directors; and
27,5654
Section 5654
. 215.32 (13) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (13) (d) The court in which such liquidation is pending, upon application of the commissioner
division, finds that the association will be in a safe and sound condition when control is resumed by the directors.
27,5655
Section 5655
. 215.32 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (14) Reinstatement upon a restricted basis. Such association may resume business upon a restricted basis, and upon limitations and conditions prescribed by the commissioner division when approved by the circuit court, upon application of the commissioner division. Such restrictions and conditions may include a prohibition against the acceptance of payments on new savings accounts, reasonable restrictions upon withdrawals of savings accounts and the payment of other liabilities. Such associations shall thereupon be relieved from the control of the commissioner division.
27,5656
Section 5656
. 215.32 (15) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (15) (a) The commissioner
division may, if the commissioner division takes possession of any association, the savings accounts of which are to any extent insured by the federal savings and loan insurance corporation, tender to said corporation the appointment as statutory liquidator of such association. If the commissioner division does not make such tender, the commissioner division shall tender to said corporation the appointment as statutory co-liquidator to act jointly with the commissioner division, but such co-liquidatorship shall not be for more than one year from the date of such tender, at the expiration of which time the commissioner division shall become the sole liquidator except as herein otherwise provided. The commissioner division shall tender to said corporation the appointment as sole statutory liquidator of such association whenever said corporation has become subrogated to the rights of 90 per cent of the liability of such association on savings accounts. If the corporation becomes subrogated as to all the savings accounts in such association, it may then exercise all the powers and privileges herein conferred upon it without court approval.
27,5657
Section 5657
. 215.32 (15) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (15) (b) If the corporation accepts the appointment as sole liquidator it shall possess all the powers and privileges of the commissioner division as statutory liquidator of a possessed savings and loan association, and be subject to all the duties of the commissioner
division as sole liquidator, except insofar as such powers and privileges or duties are in conflict with federal laws, and except as herein otherwise provided, unless such association resumes business, pursuant to subs. (13) and (14). If the corporation accepts the appointment as co-liquidator, it shall possess such powers and privileges jointly with the commissioner division and shall be subject to such duties jointly with said commissioner division.
27,5658
Section 5658
. 215.32 (15) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.32 (15) (c) In the event the corporation accepts the appointment as co-liquidator or liquidator, it shall file such acceptance with the commissioner division and the clerk of the circuit court and it may act without bond. Upon the filing by the corporation of its acceptance of the appointment as sole liquidator, the possession of and title to all the assets, business and property of the association shall vest in the corporation without the execution of any conveyance, assignments, transfer or indorsement. Upon the filing by the corporation of its acceptance of the appointment as co-liquidator, such possession and title shall be vested in the commissioner division and the corporation jointly. If the corporation does not qualify as sole liquidator at or before the time herein provided for the expiration of the co-liquidatorship, the corporation shall be wholly divested of and from such joint title and possession and the sole title and possession shall thereupon vest in the commissioner division. The vesting of title and possession of the property of the association, under sub. (8), shall not render such property subject to any claims or demands against the federal corporation, except such as may be incumbered by it with respect to such association and its property. Whether or not it serves as aforesaid, the corporation may make loans on the security of or may purchase with the approval of the court, except as herein otherwise provided, all or any part of the assets of any association, the savings accounts of which are to any extent insured by it, but in the event of such purchase, the corporation shall pay a reasonable price.
27,5659
Section 5659
. 215.33 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
215.33 (3) (a) 5. Such other information as the
commissioner division may require.
27,5660
Section 5660
. 215.33 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.33 (3) (b) Approval of applications. (intro.) Upon receipt of a completed application and the required fee, the commissioner division may issue a certificate of authority. The certificate of authority may be subject to specific conditions that the commissioner division believes necessary to adequately safeguard the interests of the residents of this state. A certificate of authority to do business in this state shall not be issued unless:
27,5661
Section 5661
. 215.33 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
215.33 (3) (b) 1. The association is in sound financial condition and entitled to public confidence, and the commissioner division is satisfied that the association will conduct its business in this state in accordance with the laws of this state.
27,5662
Section 5662
. 215.33 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
215.33 (3) (b) 2. The accounts of the association are insured by the federal savings and loan insurance corporation or any other insurer acceptable to the commissioner division, or that adequate and sufficient securities have been deposited with the state treasurer to assure that the association will meet its obligations to the residents of this state.
27,5663
Section 5663
. 215.33 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.33 (3) (c) Revocation. (intro.) The commissioner division may revoke a certificate of authority issued under this section if:
27,5664
Section 5664
. 215.33 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
215.33 (3) (c) 2. The association refuses to permit the commissioner division to conduct a complete examination of the association, or fails to pay applicable costs or fees.
27,5665
Section 5665
. 215.33 (3) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
215.33 (3) (c) 3. The commissioner division determines that the association is in an unsafe condition or that its continued operation in this state is otherwise inconsistent with the best interests of the residents of this state.
27,5666
Section 5666
. 215.33 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.33 (4) Examination and audit of foreign associations. Each foreign association doing business in this state shall be examined by the commissioner
division as provided under s. 215.03, audited under s. 215.25 and assessed fees and costs as provided under s. 215.02 (16), together with any out-of-state travel expenses incurred in the course of the examination and audit. However, the commissioner division may accept as all or part of the examination or audit, all or any part of an examination or audit made on behalf of the agency responsible for the supervision of the foreign association in the jurisdiction in which the association is organized.
27,5667
Section 5667
. 215.33 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.33 (5) Designation of registered agent. Each foreign association doing business in this state shall maintain on file with the commissioner division the name and address of an individual in this state who is authorized to receive legal process on behalf of the association. The commissioner division shall maintain a current record of each individual so designated. The record of the commissioner division shall be conclusive evidence of the authority of the person whose name appears therein to receive process on behalf of the association.
27,5668
Section 5668
. 215.33 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.33 (6) Reciprocity. If the laws of another jurisdiction prohibit an association chartered by this state and insured by the federal savings and loan insurance corporation from doing business in that jurisdiction, no association organized under the laws of that jurisdiction may be authorized to do business in this state. If the laws of another jurisdiction require the posting of securities or impose other additional requirements as a condition of permitting an association chartered by this state to do business in that jurisdiction, the commissioner
division may impose similar requirements on an association organized under the laws of that jurisdiction before issuing the association a certificate of authority to do business in this state.
27,5669
Section 5669
. 215.35 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.35 (1) (intro.) The commissioner division may waive any portion of s. 215.53, 215.57, 215.58, 215.73 or 215.77 if the commissioner division makes written findings of both of the following:
27,5670
Section 5670
. 215.36 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.36 (2) (b) An in-state savings and loan proposing any action under par. (a) shall provide the commissioner division a copy of any original application seeking approval by a federal agency or by an agency of the regional state and of any supplemental material or amendments filed in connection with any application.
27,5671
Section 5671
. 215.36 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.36 (3) (b) An in-state savings and loan holding company proposing any action under par. (a) shall provide the commissioner division a copy of any original application seeking approval by a federal agency or by an agency of the regional state and of any supplemental material or amendments filed in connection with any application.
27,5672
Section 5672
. 215.36 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.36 (5) (a) (intro.) The commissioner division finds that the statutes of the regional state in which the regional savings and loan or regional savings and loan holding company has its principal place of business permit all of the following:
27,5673
Section 5673
. 215.36 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.36 (5) (b) The commissioner
division has not disapproved the acquisition of the in-state savings and loan or the acquisition or merger with the in-state savings and loan holding company under sub. (7).
27,5674
Section 5674
. 215.36 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.36 (5) (c) The commissioner
division gives a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, in the official state newspaper, of the application to take an action under sub. (4) and of the opportunity for a hearing and, if at least 25 residents of this state petition for a hearing within 30 days of the final notice or if the commissioner division on his or her the division's motion calls for a hearing within 30 days of the final notice, the commissioner division holds a public hearing on the application, except that a hearing is not required if the commissioner division finds that an emergency exists and that the proposed action under sub. (4) is necessary and appropriate to prevent the probable failure of an in-state savings and loan that is closed or in danger of closing.
27,5675
Section
5675. 215.36 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.36 (5) (d) The commissioner
division is provided a copy of any original application seeking approval by a federal agency of the acquisition of an in-state savings and loan or acquisition of or merger with an in-state savings and loan holding company and of any supplemental material or amendments filed with the application.
27,5676
Section 5676
. 215.36 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.36 (5) (e) The applicant has paid the commissioner division a fee of $1,000 together with the actual costs incurred by the commissioner division in holding any hearing on the application.
27,5677
Section 5677
. 215.36 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.36 (7) Standards for disapproval. (intro.) The commissioner division may disapprove of any action under sub. (4) if the commissioner division finds any of the following:
27,5678
Section 5678
. 215.36 (7) (ct) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.36 (7) (ct) The applicant has failed to enter into an agreement prepared by the commissioner division to comply with laws and rules of this state regulating consumer credit finance charges and other charges and related disclosure requirements, except to the extent preempted by federal law or regulation.
27,5679
Section 5679
. 215.36 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.36 (7) (e) The applicant fails to meet any other standards established by rule of the commissioner
division.
27,5680
Section 5680
. 215.36 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.36 (9) (a) Subsections (1) to (7) do not apply prior to January 1, 1987, except that the commissioner division may promulgate rules under sub. (7) (e) to be applicable no earlier than the date that subs. (1) to (7) apply.
27,5681
Section 5681
. 215.36 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.36 (11) Divestiture. Any savings and loan holding company that ceases to be an in-state savings and loan holding company or regional savings and loan holding company shall immediately notify the commissioner division of the change in its status and shall, as soon as practical and, in any case, within 2 years after the event causing it to no longer be one of these entities, divest itself of control of all in-state savings and loans and in-state savings and loan holding companies. A savings and loan holding company that fails to immediately notify the commissioner division is liable for a forfeiture of $500 for each day beginning with the day its status changes and ending with the day notification is received by the commissioner division.
27,5682
Section 5682
. 215.40 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.40 (1) (c) An association shall include the word “savings" in its name if its name includes the word “bank". This paragraph does not apply to an association name if the association obtained approval for use of the name from the commissioner division before February 12, 1992.
