Arizona § 6-125 Annual examination assessment of financial institutions and enterprises; costs of foreign examination; payment

Arizona Statutes

§ 6-125 — Annual examination assessment of financial institutions and enterprises; costs of foreign examination; payment

Arizona § 6-125

Title 6Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 1FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION

Art. 3Powers and Duties

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 6-125 (2026).

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A.Before August 31 of each year the deputy director shall make the following annual assessments:

1.On banks, the annual assessment set by the deputy director.

2.On savings and loan associations, a charge not to exceed the annual assessment set for state banks under paragraph 1 of this subsection.

3.On credit unions, the annual assessment set by the deputy director.

B.The deputy director shall assess against the institution or enterprise examined a charge at the rate set by the deputy director but not to exceed $65 per hour for each examiner employed in the following examinations:

1.Any examination of a trust company.

2.Any examination of the trust operation of a bank or a savings and loan association.

3.Any examination of a financial institution ordered by the deputy directo

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A. Before August 31 of each year the deputy director shall make the following annual assessments:

1. On banks, the annual assessment set by the deputy director.

2. On savings and loan associations, a charge not to exceed the annual assessment set for state banks under paragraph 1 of this subsection.

3. On credit unions, the annual assessment set by the deputy director.

B. The deputy director shall assess against the institution or enterprise examined a charge at the rate set by the deputy director but not to exceed $65 per hour for each examiner employed in the following examinations:

1. Any examination of a trust company.

2. Any examination of the trust operation of a bank or a savings and loan association.

3. Any examination of a financial institution ordered by the deputy director in addition to the regular examination required under section 6-122.

4. Any examination of an enterprise ordered by the deputy director.

5. Any examination of a financial institution holding company or international banking facility.

6. Any examination of a consumer lender.

C. For a financial institution or enterprise maintaining an office outside this state, in addition to the annual assessment or examination assessment, the deputy director shall make an assessment equal to the travel and subsistence expense incurred in the examination of the office in the foreign state or country. Notwithstanding any other limitation prescribed by law, examiners engaged in examination of a foreign office shall be reimbursed for their necessary travel and subsistence expenses. Reimbursement for examiners' expenses shall be credited to the appropriation account of the department.

D. Assessments under this section are due and payable to the department within thirty days after notice of the assessment is mailed by the department. The deputy director shall assess a penalty of $50 for each day after the thirty-day period that the financial institution or enterprise fails to remit the assessment, unless, on good cause shown, a written request for an extension is approved by the deputy director prior to the expiration of the specified time. In no event shall the total penalty exceed the examination assessment.

E. The deputy director shall set the amount of the annual assessment to be charged to banks and credit unions. In setting the annual assessment on banks, the deputy director shall consider the annual assessment set by the comptroller of currency for national banks. In setting the annual assessment on credit unions the deputy director shall consider the annual assessment set by the national credit union administration for federal credit unions.