(1) In addition to the
other powers conferred on the banking board by this article, the banking board
shall have the power to:
(a) Implement by order and rule any provision of this article and to obtain
restraining orders and injunctions to prevent violation of and to enforce compliance
with the provisions of this article and the orders and rules issued thereunder. In the
exercise of the power to make orders and issue rules, the banking board shall act in
the interests of maintaining sound trust companies and the security of fiduciary
funds.
(b) Regulate the procedure and the practice at hearings;
(c) Order any person or a trust company to cease violating any provision of
this article or any rule and to mail a copy of the order to the person or trust
company and to each director of the trust company;
(d) Suspend, after notice and hearing, any officer or director for fraud, theft,
or failure to comply with the provisions of this article or with any valid order or rule;
(e) Subpoena witnesses, require the production of evidence, administer
oaths, and examine any person under oath in connection with any matter relating to
the powers and duties of the banking board;
(f) Require that each trust company maintain such insurance and bonds as
necessary and appropriate;
(g) Approve amendments to a trust company's articles of incorporation;
(h) Approve or disapprove a change of location;
(i) Approve or disapprove any merger or other corporate reorganization;
(j) Require a trust company holding fiduciary funds pursuant to section 11-109-906 to collateralize such funds as are in excess of federally insured amounts in
accordance with the rules adopted by the banking board;
(k) Require that a trust company that is accepting deposits pursuant to
section 11-109-201 (1)(d) limit the aggregate amount of such deposits.
(2) If the banking board has reason to believe that the capital of any trust
company is inadequate under the rules of the banking board, the banking board
may ascertain the facts and furnish the trust company with a copy of its
determination. If the banking board finds an inadequacy of capital based upon such
determination, the commissioner, with the approval of the banking board, may
direct the trust company to levy an assessment in a designated amount upon the
holders of record of common stock to remedy the inadequacy of capital. Upon
receipt of an order to levy an assessment, the directors shall cause to be sent to all
holders of common stock, at their addresses, a copy of the order and a copy of this
subsection (2). If an assessment is not paid within the time prescribed in the order
or such shorter period as the directors decide, but not less than thirty days, the
trust company may, within sixty days thereafter as the banking board may
prescribe in its order, offer the shares of the defaulting stockholders for sale at
public auction or private sale at a price that shall not be less than the amount of the
assessment and the cost of the sale. Any excess shall be paid to the prior owners.
The method of collection provided in this subsection (2) shall be the sole method of
collecting assessments. If an assessment is not paid within ninety days after the
date of the order to levy or at such other date as may be specified in the order, but
in no event less than thirty days, the commissioner may, with the approval of the
banking board, proceed pursuant to section 11-109-702. However, for good cause
shown to the banking board by the affected trust company, the banking board may
extend the ninety-day limit.
(3) The term shareholder shall apply not only to such persons as appear on
the books of the trust company as shareholders, but also to every owner of stock,
legal or equitable, although the stock may stand on such books in the name of
another person, but not to a person that holds the stock as collateral security for
the payment of a debt.
(4) Any trust company shareholder that has transferred such shareholder's
shares, caused such transfer to appear on the books of the trust company within
sixty days before the capital inadequacy of such trust company, or that has made
such transfer with knowledge of such impending capital inadequacy shall be liable
to the same extent that the transferee or subsequent transferee fails to meet such
liability. This section shall not be construed to affect in any way any recourse that
such shareholder might otherwise have against those in whose names such shares
appear upon the books of the trust company at the time of such capital inadequacy.
(5) No stockholder of a trust company shall set off against the stockholder's
liability any claim such stockholder may have as a depositor in or creditor of any
insolvent trust company.
(6) The commissioner shall examine the books and records of every trust
company as often as deemed advisable and to the extent required by the banking
board; shall make and file a correct report in detail disclosing the results of such
examination; and shall mail a copy of such report to the trust company examined.
(7) The commissioner shall examine, as often as deemed advisable and to
the extent required by the banking board, any information technology function of a
trust company or a third-party provider, as applicable, without regard to the
location of the function or third-party provider, and shall make and file in the
commissioner's office a correct report in detail disclosing the results of the
examination.
(8) (a) The commissioner, if the commissioner deems it necessary or if
required by the banking board, may examine the books and records of the
controlling shareholder of a trust company and any affiliated entities of the
controlling shareholder for the purpose of determining the safety and soundness of
the trust company. If the controlling shareholder or affiliate's records are located
outside this state, the controlling shareholder or affiliate shall either make them
available to the commissioner at a convenient location within this state or pay the
reasonable and necessary expenses for the commissioner or the commissioner's
representative to examine them at the place where they are located. The
commissioner may designate representatives, including comparable officials of the
state in which the records are located, to inspect them on the commissioner's
behalf. If a controlling shareholder or affiliate refuses to permit the commissioner
to make an examination, the banking board may fine such controlling shareholder
or affiliate an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars for each day any such
refusal continues. In lieu of any examination required by this subsection (8), the
commissioner may accept an audit for the previous fiscal year prepared by an
independent certified public accountant, independent registered accountant, or
other independent qualified person. If the commissioner accepts an audit prepared
by such independent person, the costs of the audit shall not be borne by the
commissioner, and all costs of such audit remain the obligation of the controlling
shareholder or affiliate.
(b) For purposes of this subsection (8):
(I) Affiliated entity or affiliate means an entity in control of a controlling
shareholder.
(II) Controlling shareholder means a shareholder in control of a trust
company.
(III) In control of means that an entity or shareholder meets the same
criteria for acquiring control as is set forth in section 11-102-303 for acquiring
control of a state bank.