2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 36a - The Banking Law of Connecticut
Chapter 664c - Fundamental Changes Involving Banks, Branches, Automated Teller Machines, Virtual Banking and Bank Holding Companies
Section 36a-223 - (Formerly Sec. 36-36). Duties of conservators and receivers for Connecticut banks and credit unions. Powers.
(a) The duty of the conservator shall be to carry on the business of the Connecticut bank or Connecticut credit union, to preserve and conserve the assets and property of the bank or credit union, and to put such bank or credit union in a safe and sound condition.
(b) The duty of the receiver shall be to place the Connecticut bank or Connecticut credit union in liquidation and proceed to realize upon the assets of such bank or credit union, having due regard for the conditions of credit in the locality of such bank or credit union.
(c) A receiver or conservator appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of section 36a-222 shall have the following powers: (1) To take possession of the books, records and assets of every description of the Connecticut bank or Connecticut credit union and collect all debts due and claims belonging to it; (2) to sue and defend all rights and claims involving the bank or credit union; (3) to exercise any and all fiduciary functions of the bank or credit union as of the date of the commencement of the receivership or conservatorship; (4) to borrow such sums of money as may be necessary or desirable in the performance of the duties of the receiver or conservator, and in connection therewith, to secure such borrowings by the pledge, hypothecation or mortgage of the assets of the bank or credit union; (5) subject to the approval of the appointing court, unless such approval is not required under subsection (d) of this section, to sell or otherwise dispose of any and all real and personal property of the bank or credit union; sell, assign, compromise, or otherwise dispose of all bad or doubtful debts; and compromise all doubtful claims for or against the bank or credit union; (6) to exercise all of the power and authority of the corporators, shareholders, directors, trustees, officers, depositors, share account holders and clients of such bank or credit union in carrying out the duty of the receiver or conservator; (7) to exercise such other powers and duties as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to effectively and efficiently perform the functions of receiver or conservator in accordance with federal and state banking and credit union laws and regulations.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, in all cases in which the commissioner is appointed receiver or conservator, the commissioner, without the approval of the appointing court, may, upon such terms as the commissioner deems in the best interest of the Connecticut bank or Connecticut credit union: (1) Sell, assign, compromise or otherwise dispose of any bad or doubtful debt held by the bank or credit union, the value of which does not exceed fifty thousand dollars; (2) compromise any claim, other than a deposit claim, against the bank or credit union when the amount proposed to be paid in compromise does not exceed fifty thousand dollars, provided no claim in favor of the bank or credit union against any director, trustee or other officer for breach or neglect of official duty shall be compromised without the approval of the court; and (3) sell or otherwise dispose of any personal property of the bank or credit union the value of which does not exceed fifty thousand dollars. For purposes of this subsection, the value of any bad or doubtful debt shall be its current value, as determined by the commissioner in good faith, and the value of any personal property shall be (A) in the case of any single class of a security or any commodity, or other property or claim that has a readily ascertainable market value, such market value, and (B) in any other case, its current value as determined by the commissioner in good faith.
(1949 Rev., S. 5761; P.A. 76-2, S. 1, 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 161, 610; P.A. 78-121, S. 24, 113; P.A. 80-482, S. 244, 345, 348; P.A. 87-9, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-65, S. 20; P.A. 91-357, S. 9, 78; P.A. 94-122, S. 98, 340; P.A. 02-73, S. 13; P.A. 03-153, S. 1; P.A. 04-136, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 76-2 added provisions re appointment of FDIC or FSLIC as receiver, made appointment of employee of commissioner's office as agent in receivership or liquidation proceedings optional rather than mandatory and allowed appointment of other appropriate person as agent, substituted state banking fund for “appropriation for the bank commissioner”, specified that FDIC and FSLIC need not post bond and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re receiver's powers and duties; P.A. 77-614 replaced bank commissioner with banking commissioner and made banking department a division within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-121 removed private bankers and building associations from purview of section; P.A. 80-482 restored banking division as independent department and abolished the department of business regulation; (Revisor's note: Pursuant to P.A. 87-9 banking commissioner and department were changed to commissioner and department of banking); P.A. 88-65 deleted references to industrial banks; P.A. 91-357 deleted references to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation from Subsec. (a), added references to the Resolution Trust Corporation to Subsec. (a) and deleted obsolete language re judge of the superior court from Subsec. (a); P.A. 94-122 made technical procedural changes to reflect the authorization of conservatorships, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-36 transferred to Sec. 36a-223 in 1995; P.A. 02-73 amended Subsecs. (a), (b) and (c) by adding provisions making section applicable to Connecticut credit unions and share account holders, replacing references to the Resolution Trust Corporation with references to the National Credit Union Administration and making conforming changes; P.A. 03-153 amended Subsec. (a) by rephrasing provisions re appointment of commissioner, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and National Credit Union Administration as receiver or conservator and providing for appointment of another competent person if extraordinary circumstances exist, amended Subsec. (c)(5) by providing exception when approval not required under Subsec. (d) and giving receiver or conservator power to sell, assign or otherwise dispose of bad or doubtful debts and to compromise all doubtful claims for or against bank or credit union, and added Subsec. (d) re powers of commissioner, as receiver or conservator, which are not subject to approval of appointing court, effective June 26, 2003; P.A. 04-136 replaced former Subsecs. (a) and (b) with new Subsecs. (a) and (b) specifying the duties of the conservator and the receiver of a Connecticut bank or Connecticut credit union, amended Subsec. (c)(6) to insert reference to “clients” and to replace “subsection (a) of this section” with “subsection (a) of section 36a-222”, and amended Subsec. (d) to make a technical change, effective May 12, 2004.
Annotation to former section 36-36:
Former provision relating to special assistants to Attorney General construed. 133 C. 334.
