2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 8-126 — Bank directors; qualifications; approval by department; revocation of approval; procedure.

Section 8-126
Bank directors; qualifications; approval by department; revocation of approval; procedure.

A majority of the members of the board of directors of any bank transacting business under the Nebraska Banking Act shall have their residences in this state or within twenty-five miles of the main office of the bank. Reasonable efforts shall be made to acquire members of such board of directors from the county in which such bank is located. Directors of banks shall be persons of good moral character, known integrity, business experience, and responsibility. No person shall act as a member of the board of directors of any bank until such bank applies for and obtains approval from the Department of Banking and Finance.

If the department, upon investigation, determines that any director of a bank is conducting the business of the bank in an unsafe or unauthorized manner or is endangering the interests of the stockholders or depositors, the department shall have authority, following notice and opportunity for hearing, to revoke such approval to act as a member of the board of directors. The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations and prescribe forms to carry out this section.

Source:

Laws 1909, c. 10, § 12, p. 71

R.S.1913, § 291

Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. V, art. XVI, § 10, p. 689

Laws 1921, c. 313, § 1, p. 1001

C.S.1922, § 7991

C.S.1929, § 8-121

Laws 1935, c. 7, § 1, p. 70

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 8-121

R.S.1943, § 8-118

Laws 1959, c. 15, § 2, p. 132

R.R.S.1943, § 8-118

Laws 1963, c. 29, § 26, p. 144

Laws 1973, LB 164, § 11

Laws 1986, LB 1035, § 1

Laws 1987, LB 2, § 7

Laws 1988, LB 996, § 1

Laws 1989, LB 322, § 1

Laws 1993, LB 81, § 2

Laws 1997, LB 137, § 3

Laws 1998, LB 1321, § 7

Annotations:

Under former law a director of commercial state bank must have been the owner of at least four percent of its capital stock in his own name and right, and a person having acted as director was estopped to deny ownership of stock standing in his name. Kienke v. Hudson, 122 Neb. 475, 240 N.W. 562 (1932); Kienke v. Kirsch, 121 Neb. 688, 238 N.W. 33 (1931).

~Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2006