2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies
§6-204. Powers of Commissioner – Review of orders.

A. In addition to other powers conferred by this Code, the State Banking Commissioner shall have the power to require a bank, bank holding company or trust company or shareholder, officer, director, or bank employee to:

1. Maintain its accounting system in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Board or as the Commissioner may prescribe in absence of Board regulations; provided, the accounting system required shall have due regard to the size of the banking and trust organization;

2. Observe methods and standards which the Commissioner may prescribe for determining the value of various types of assets;

3. Charge off the whole or part of an asset which at the time of the Commissioner's action could not lawfully be acquired;

4. Write down an asset to its market value;

5. Record liens and other interest in property;

6. Obtain a financial statement from a borrower to the extent that the bank can do so;

7. Obtain insurance against damage to real estate taken as security;

8. Search, or obtain insurance of, the title to real estate taken as security;

9. Maintain adequate insurance against such other risks as the Commissioner may determine to be necessary and appropriate for the protection of depositors, trust funds and the public;

10. Cease and desist from engaging in any act or transaction, or doing any act in furtherance thereof, which would constitute a violation of the provisions of the Oklahoma Banking Code, federal banking law or the applicable banking law of another state, or a lawful regulation issued thereunder, or to cease and desist from engaging in any unsafe or unsound banking or trust practice; and

11. Pay civil money penalties under the same circumstances and conditions applicable to imposition of civil money penalties by the primary federal bank regulatory agency of the bank.

B. Before issuing an order provided for in subsection A of this section, the Commissioner shall give reasonable notice of an opportunity for a hearing. However, if the Commissioner makes written findings of fact that the protection of depositors will be harmed by delay in issuing an order provided for in subsection A of this section, the Commissioner may issue a temporary order pending the hearing on the order provided for in subsection A of this section. The temporary order shall remain in effect until three (3) business days after the hearing on the order provided for in subsection A of this section and shall become final if the bank or trust company subject to the order fails within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of the order to request a hearing to determine whether the temporary order should be modified, vacated, or become final. If a hearing on the temporary order is not held upon written request, the temporary order shall dissolve and the order provided for in subsection A of this section shall not be issued except upon reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing.

C. Any person, bank or trust company aggrieved by a final order of the Commissioner as provided for in this section may obtain a review of the order by the Board, who shall have the power to affirm, modify, reverse, or stay the enforcement of any order of the Commissioner.

D. The Commissioner may enter into cooperative, coordinating, and information-sharing agreements with any other bank supervisory agencies or any organization affiliated with or representing one or more bank supervisory agencies with respect to the periodic examination or other supervision of any bank, bank holding company, or branch in this state of an out-of-state state bank, or any branch of an Oklahoma state bank in any other state, and the Commissioner may accept such reports of examination and reports of investigation in lieu of conducting the Commissioner's own examinations or investigations. If such agreements result in the payment of fees, however calculated, by any other bank supervisory agency to the Oklahoma State Banking Department for examination or supervisory activities conducted by Department personnel, whether such activity is conducted inside or outside of this state, such fees shall be deposited in the Oklahoma State Banking Department revolving fund pursuant to Section 211.1 of this title. If such agreements result in the payment of fees, however calculated, by the Department to any other bank supervisory agency for examination or supervisory activities conducted by such other bank supervisory agency, whether such activity is conducted inside or outside of this state, such fees shall be paid by the Department from the Oklahoma State Banking Department revolving fund pursuant to Section 211.1 of this title. The Commissioner may enter into cooperative, coordinating, and information-sharing agreements with the Department of Consumer Credit and other state agencies with whom the agreements may be mutually beneficial.

E. The Commissioner may enter into cooperative agreements with other bank regulatory agencies to facilitate the regulation of banks and bank holding companies doing business in this state. The Commissioner may accept reports of examinations and other records from such other agencies in lieu of conducting its own examinations of banks controlled by out-of-state bank holding companies. The Commissioner may take any action jointly with other regulatory agencies having concurrent jurisdiction over banks and bank holding companies or may take such actions independently in order to carry out the responsibilities of the Commissioner.

F. 1. The Commissioner may issue interpretive statements containing matters of general policy for the guidance of state banks and trust companies and other entities under the jurisdiction of the Department. The Commissioner may amend or repeal an interpretive statement by issuing an amended statement or notice of repeal of a statement and shall provide notice thereof and make it available to all state-chartered banks and trust companies upon request.

2. The Commissioner may issue opinions in response to specific requests from members of the public or the banking and trust industry directly or through the Deputy Commissioner or the Department's attorneys. The Commissioner may amend or repeal an opinion by issuing an amended statement or notice of repeal of an opinion and shall provide notice thereof and make it available to all state-chartered banks and trust companies upon request, except that the requesting party may rely on the original opinion if all material facts were originally disclosed to the Commissioner, considerations of safety and soundness of the affected bank are not implicated with respect to further and prospective reliance on the original opinion, and the text and interpretation of relevant, governing provisions of this act have not been changed by legislative or judicial action.

3. An interpretive statement or opinion issued under this section does not have the force of law and is not a rule.

Added by Laws 1965, c. 161, § 204. Amended by Laws 1971, c. 352, § 3; Laws 1985, c. 168, § 2, emerg. eff. June 18, 1985; Laws 1996, c. 92, § 3, eff. June 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 111, § 8, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2000, c. 205, § 3, emerg. eff. May 17, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 180, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2005, c. 48, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2013, c. 62, § 4, emerg. eff. April 18, 2013.