Sec. 36a-14. (Formerly Sec. 36-13). Reports to Governor and banks committee. (a) The commissioner shall annually report to the Governor:
(1) The condition of all entities required to be periodically examined by the commissioner, with such comments and recommendations as the commissioner deems advisable;
(2) On the commissioner's administration of the Connecticut Truth-in-Lending Act,
part III of chapter 669; and
(3) On the commissioner's findings concerning home financing pursuant to section
36a-743.
(b) The commissioner shall annually report to the Governor and the joint standing
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to banks on
(1) the commissioner's administration of interstate banking pursuant to part I of chapter
666; and (2) the issuance of final certificates of authority to expedited Connecticut banks
pursuant to section 36a-70.
(1949 Rev., S. 5736; P.A. 94-122, S. 7, 340; P.A. 09-100, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 94-122 added Subsec. (a)(2) and (3) and Subsec. (b) re the commissioner's reporting requirements,
effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-13 transferred to Sec. 36a-14 in 1995; P.A. 09-100 amended Subsec. (b) by designating
existing provision re interstate banking as Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (2) re issuance of final certificates of authority to
expedited Connecticut banks and making a technical change.
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Sec. 36a-21. (Formerly Sec. 36-16). Information to be confidential. Disclosure.
Examination reports. Exemption. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of state law and
except as provided in subsections (b) and (d) of this section and subdivision (2) of
subsection (a) of section 36a-534b, the following records of the Department of Banking
shall not be disclosed by the commissioner or any employee of the Department of Banking, or be subject to public inspection or discovery:
(1) Examination and investigation reports and information contained in or derived
from such reports, including examination reports prepared by the commissioner or prepared on behalf of or for the use of the commissioner;
(2) Confidential supervisory or investigative information obtained from a state, federal or foreign regulatory or law enforcement agency;
(3) Information obtained, collected or prepared in connection with examinations,
inspections or investigations, and complaints from the public received by the Department of Banking, if such records are protected from disclosure under federal or state
law or, in the opinion of the commissioner, such records would disclose, or would
reasonably lead to the disclosure of: (A) Investigative information the disclosure of
which would be prejudicial to such investigation, until such time as the investigation
and all related administrative and legal actions are concluded; (B) personal or financial
information, including account or loan information, without the written consent of the
person or persons to whom the information pertains; or (C) information that would harm
the reputation of any person or affect the safety and soundness of any person whose
activities in this state are subject to the supervision of the commissioner, and the disclosure of such information under this subparagraph would not be in the public interest; and
(4) Information obtained, collected or prepared in connection with the organization
of an expedited Connecticut bank prior to the issuance of a final certificate of authority
to commence the business of a Connecticut bank pursuant to section 36a-70.
(b) The commissioner may, without waiving any privilege, disclose the records
described in subsection (a) of this section for any appropriate supervisory, governmental,
law enforcement or other public purpose. Any such disclosure shall be made under
safeguards designed to prevent further dissemination of such records. In any proceeding
before a court, the court may issue a protective order in appropriate circumstances to
protect the confidentiality of any such record and order that any such record on file with
the court or filed in connection with the court proceeding be sealed and that the public
be excluded from any portion of the proceeding at which any such record is disclosed.
(c) No director, officer, employee or agent of any Connecticut bank or Connecticut
credit union shall disclose without the prior written consent of the commissioner any
information contained in an examination report about such bank or credit union, which
information is not otherwise a matter of public record.
(d) (1) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to
the disclosure of any record provided to or maintained by the commissioner with the
system. Except as otherwise provided in Section 1512 of the federal S.A.F.E. Mortgage
Licensing Act of 2008, any requirements under federal law or any law of this state,
including this section and chapter 14 and any privilege arising under federal law or any
law of this state, including the rules of any federal court or court of this state that protect
the disclosure of any record provided to or maintained with the system, shall continue
to apply to such record after it has been disclosed to the system. Such record may be
shared with all state and federal regulatory officials that have oversight authority over the
mortgage industry without the loss of privilege or the loss of confidentiality protections
provided by federal law or the laws of this state. For purposes of this subsection, the
commissioner may enter into agreements or sharing arrangements with other governmental agencies, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, the American Association of
Residential Mortgage Regulators or associations representing governmental agencies.
(2) Any information or material that is protected from disclosure under subdivision
(1) of this subsection shall not be subject to (A) disclosure under any federal or state
law governing disclosure to the public of information held by an officer or agency of
the federal government or the respective state; or (B) subpoena, discovery or admission
into evidence in any private civil action or administrative process, except a person may,
at such person's discretion, waive in whole or in part a privilege held by the system
concerning such information and material.
(3) Any law of this state relating to the disclosure of confidential supervisory information or of any information or material described in subdivision (1) of this subsection
that is inconsistent with subdivision (1) shall be superseded by the requirements of this
subsection.
(e) The confidentiality provisions of this section shall not apply to records relating
to the employment history of, and publicly adjudicated disciplinary and enforcement
actions against, mortgage loan originators that are included in the system for access by
the public.
(f) For purposes of this section, "system" has the same meaning as provided in
section 36a-485.
(1949 Rev., S. 5739; P.A. 77-614, S. 161, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 239, 345, 348; P.A. 84-71, S. 1, 2; P.A. 87-9, S. 2, 3;
P.A. 94-122, S. 14, 340; P.A. 00-123; P.A. 07-156, S. 3; P.A. 08-176, S. 31, 35; P.A. 09-100, S. 3; 09-209, S. 1.)
History: 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. 80-482 restored banking division as an
independent department with commissioner as its head and abolished the department of business regulation; P.A. 84-71
added Subsec. (b) requiring confidentiality for examination, operating or condition reports of financial institutions prepared
by or for the use of the commissioner; (Revisor's note: Pursuant to P.A. 87-9 "banking department" was changed editorially
by the Revisors to "department of banking"); P.A. 94-122 made technical changes, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-16
transferred to Sec. 36a-21 in 1995; P.A. 00-123 deleted former Subsecs. (a) and (b), added new Subsec. (a) prohibiting
disclosure of certain records, added new Subsec. (b) re disclosure of records and protective orders, and added new Subsec. (c)
re disclosure of examination report information; P.A. 07-156 added Subsec. (d) re records maintained with and information
obtained from national mortgage licensing system, effective September 30, 2008; P.A. 08-176 changed effective date of
P.A. 07-156, S. 3, from September 30, 2008, to July 1, 2008, and amended Subsec. (d) to substitute "Nationwide Mortgage
Licensing System" for "national mortgage licensing system", effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 09-100 added Subsec. (a)(4) re
organization of an expedited Connecticut bank; P.A. 09-209 amended Subsec. (d) by designating existing provisions as new
Subdiv. (1), deleting former Subdivs. (1) and (2) re information maintained by commissioner with Nationwide Mortgage
Licensing system, adding new Subdiv. (1) providing that records maintained by commissioner with the system may be
protected from disclosure, and by adding new Subdivs. (2) and (3) re confidentiality of information disclosed to system,
added Subsec. (e) re exemptions to confidentiality provisions and added Subsec. (f) defining "system", effective July
31, 2009.
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(A)
BANKS
Sec. 36a-34. Findings of commissioner re Community Reinvestment Act compliance, consumer protection law compliance, adequacy of banking services to be
provided and anticompetitive effects in connection with certain transaction approvals. (a) As used in subsection (b) of this section:
(1) "Eligible entity" means any entity that (A) received a composite rating of one
or two under the Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System as a result of its most
recent safety and soundness examination; (B) received a compliance rating of one or
two on its most recent compliance examination; (C) received a satisfactory or better
rating on its most recent community reinvestment performance evaluation; (D) is well
capitalized in that it (i) has a total risk-based capital ratio of ten per cent or greater; (ii)
has a tier one risk-based capital ratio of six per cent or greater; (iii) has a tier one leverage
capital ratio of five per cent or greater; and (iv) is not subject to any written agreement,
order, capital directive or prompt corrective action directive issued pursuant to Section
8 or 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 USC 1818 and 12 USC 1831o, respectively, as amended from time to time, the International Lending Supervision Act, 12
USC 3907, as amended from time to time, the Home Owners' Loan Act, 12 USC 1461,
as amended from time to time, or any regulation thereunder, to meet and maintain a
specific capital level for any capital measure; (E) is not subject to a cease and desist order,
consent order, prompt correction action directive, written agreement, memorandum of
understanding or other administrative agreement with its primary state or federal banking regulator; and (F) is not subject to any formal or informal administrative action by
its primary state or federal banking regulator.
(2) "Entity" means the applicant or applicants except, in the case of an approval
pursuant to section 36a-411, "entity" means the subsidiaries of the applicant holding
company.
(3) "Federal CRA" shall have the same meaning as set forth in subsection (a) of
section 36a-30.
(4) "Resulting entity" means: (A) In the case of an approval pursuant to section
36a-145 and subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 36a-412, the applicant; (B) in
the case of an approval pursuant to section 36a-125, the resulting Connecticut bank; (C)
in the case of an approval pursuant to section 36a-181, the Connecticut bank; (D) in the
case of an approval pursuant to section 36a-411, the bank to be acquired or established;
and (E) in the case of an approval pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section
36a-412, the bank to be acquired or the resulting bank.
(b) The commissioner shall not grant any approval under section 36a-125, subsections (b), (c) and (d) of section 36a-145, section 36a-181, section 36a-411 or subdivisions
(1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 36a-412 unless the commissioner finds, in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 54, that (1) based on the most recent
applicable performance evaluation and any related information required by the commissioner, the entity has a record of compliance with the requirements of federal CRA,
sections 36a-30 to 36a-33, inclusive, to the extent applicable, and applicable consumer
protection laws; and (2) except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if the entity,
and in the case of an approval pursuant to section 36a-411, the bank or any subsidiary
bank of the Connecticut holding company, received any overall rating other than an
assigned rating of "outstanding" on its most recent applicable community reinvestment
performance evaluation, the resulting entity will provide adequate services to meet the
banking needs of all community residents, including low-income residents and moderate-income residents to the extent permitted by its charter, in accordance with a plan
submitted by the applicant to the commissioner, in such form and containing such information as the commissioner may require, or, if acceptable to the commissioner, in accordance with an approved strategic plan prepared under federal CRA, or the relevant
portion thereof, that is submitted by the applicant to the commissioner. Upon receiving
any such plan, the commissioner shall make the plan available for public inspection
and comment at the Department of Banking and cause notice of its submission and
availability for inspection and comment to be published in the department's weekly
bulletin. With the concurrence of the commissioner, the applicant or applicants shall
publish, in the form of a legal advertisement in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the area, notice of such plan's submission and availability for public inspection
and comment. The notice shall state that the inspection and comment period will last
for a period of thirty days from the date of publication. The commissioner shall not
make such finding until the expiration of such thirty-day period. In making such finding,
the commissioner shall, unless clearly inapplicable, consider, among other factors,
whether the plan identifies specific unmet credit and consumer banking needs in the
local community and specifies how such needs will be satisfied, provides for sufficient
distribution of banking services among branches or satellite devices, or both, located
in low-income neighborhoods, contains adequate assurances that banking services will
be offered on a nondiscriminatory basis and demonstrates a commitment to extend credit
for housing, small business and consumer purposes in low-income neighborhoods. The
submission of such plan shall not be required in the case of an approval under subsection
(d) of section 36a-145, provided, the commissioner may require the filing of such information in lieu of a plan as the commissioner deems appropriate. If the commissioner
determines that an applicant is an eligible entity, the commissioner may (A) exempt
such applicant from the requirement that such applicant file a plan, or (B) require such
information in lieu of a plan as the commissioner deems appropriate. Except with respect
to an approval pursuant to section 36a-145 and section 36a-181, the commissioner shall
not approve the transaction if the transaction would result in a monopoly, or would be
in furtherance of any combination or conspiracy to monopolize or attempt to monopolize
the business of banking in this state or if the commissioner determines that the effect
of the proposed transaction may be to substantially lessen competition, or would tend
to create a monopoly, or would be in restraint of trade, unless the commissioner finds
that the anticompetitive effects of the proposed transaction are clearly outweighed in
the public interest by the probable effect of the transaction in meeting the convenience
and needs of the community to be served.
(c) The commissioner shall not make a determination stating that the commissioner
does not disapprove an offer, invitation, request, agreement or acquisition pursuant to
section 36a-185 unless the commissioner finds, in accordance with regulations adopted
pursuant to chapter 54, that (1) based on the most recent applicable performance evaluation and any related information required by the commissioner, the acquiring person,
if such person is a bank or out-of-state bank, and the acquiring person's subsidiaries, if
such person is a holding company, has a record of compliance with the requirements
of federal CRA, sections 36a-30 to 36a-33, inclusive, to the extent applicable, and applicable consumer protection laws; and (2) except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
if the bank or any banking subsidiary of the holding company referred to in the acquisition statement received any overall rating other than an assigned rating of "outstanding"
on its most recent applicable community reinvestment performance evaluation, such
bank or banking subsidiary will provide adequate services to meet the banking needs
of all community residents, including low-income residents and moderate-income residents to the extent permitted by its charter or their charters. If the acquiring person is
not a natural person, or if the acquiring person is a natural person who would be the
beneficial owner of twenty-five per cent or more of any class of voting securities of the
bank or holding company referred to in the acquisition statement, the finding as to the
adequacy of services to be provided shall be based on a plan submitted by the acquiring
person to the commissioner, in such form and containing such information as the commissioner may require, or, if acceptable to the commissioner, in accordance with an
approved strategic plan prepared under federal CRA, or the relevant portion thereof,
that is submitted by the acquiring person to the commissioner. Upon receiving any such
plan, the commissioner shall make the plan available for public inspection and comment
at the Department of Banking and cause notice of its submission and availability for
inspection and comment to be published in the department's weekly bulletin. With the
concurrence of the commissioner, the acquiring person shall publish, in the form of a
legal advertisement in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the area, notice
of such plan's submission and availability for public inspection and comment. The notice
shall state that the inspection and comment period will last for a period of thirty days
from the date of publication. The commissioner shall not make such finding until the
expiration of such thirty-day period. In making such finding, the commissioner shall
consider, among other factors, whether the plan identifies specific unmet credit and
consumer banking needs in the local community and specifies how such needs will be
satisfied, provides for sufficient distribution of banking services among branches or
satellite devices, or both, located in low-income neighborhoods, contains adequate assurances that banking services will be offered on a nondiscriminatory basis and demonstrates a commitment to extend credit for housing, small business and consumer purposes
in low-income neighborhoods. The commissioner may exempt an acquiring person from
the requirement that such acquiring person file a plan if the commissioner determines
that the bank or banking subsidiary referred to in the acquisition statement is an eligible
entity. If the acquiring person is a natural person who would be the beneficial owner of
less than twenty-five per cent of all classes of voting securities of the bank or holding
company referred to in the acquisition statement, the commissioner shall make the finding as to adequacy of services to be provided based on the commitment of the acquiring
person to use the acquiring person's best efforts to cause such bank or banking subsidiaries of such holding company to provide such services. The commissioner shall not make
a determination stating that the commissioner does not disapprove such offer, invitation,
request, agreement or acquisition if such offer, invitation, request, agreement or acquisition would result in a monopoly, or would be in furtherance of any combination or
conspiracy to monopolize or attempt to monopolize the business of banking in this state
or if the commissioner should determine that the effect of the proposed offer, invitation,
request, agreement or acquisition may be to substantially lessen competition, or would
tend to create a monopoly, or would be in restraint of trade, unless the commissioner
finds that the anticompetitive effects of the proposed transaction are clearly outweighed
in the public interest by the probable effect of the transaction in meeting the convenience
and needs of the community to be served.
(P.A. 94-122, S. 20, 340; P.A. 95-155, S. 6, 29; P.A. 96-8, S. 5, 6; P.A. 97-33; P.A. 09-100, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 94-122 effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 95-155 amended Subsec. (b) to add the references to Sec. 36a-145, and amended Subsec. (b) and (c) to add "and comment", to impose the requirement of publication on the applicant
or acquirer instead of the commissioner, and to reword the provisions re the 30-day inspection and comment period and
timing of the commissioner's finding, effective June 27, 1995; P.A. 96-8 added a new Subdiv. (a)(3) to define "Federal
CRA", and amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to make technical changes, delete "business" from "thirty business days" and to
allow the commissioner to consider strategic plans prepared under federal CRA, effective April 29, 1996; P.A. 97-33
redefined "entity" and "resulting entity" in Subsec. (a), amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to Sec. 36a-145(d)
and Sec. 36a-412(a)(1) and (2), by providing that the entity's compliance record is based on the most recent applicable
performance evaluation and related information required by the commissioner and that a plan is required if the entity or
its subsidiary banks received any rating other than "outstanding" on their most recent community reinvestment performance
evaluation, and by adding exception to plan requirements for approval under Sec. 36a-145(d) and exception to findings
re anticompetitive effects for approval pursuant to Sec. 36a-181, and amended Subsec. (c) to provide that the compliance
record of the acquiring person or subsidiaries is based on the most recent applicable performance evaluation and related
information required by the commissioner and that a plan is required if the bank or subsidiary banks received any rating
other than "outstanding" on their most recent community reinvestment performance evaluation; P.A. 09-100 amended
Subsec. (a) by defining "eligible entity" in new Subdiv. (1), redesignating existing Subdiv. (1) as Subdiv. (2), and repositioning definition of "resulting entity" from former Subdiv. (2) to new Subdiv. (4), amended Subsec. (b) by adding Subparas.
(A) and (B) re eligible entities and making a technical change, and amended Subsec. (c) by making technical changes and
authorizing commissioner to exempt acquiring person from filing a plan if commissioner determines that the bank or
banking subsidiary referred to in acquisition statement is an eligible entity, effective June 3, 2009.
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Sec. 36a-51. Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew license. (a) The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any license issued by the commissioner under any provision of the general statutes by sending a notice to the licensee by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by any express delivery carrier
that provides a dated delivery receipt. The notice shall be deemed received by the licensee on the earlier of the date of actual receipt or seven days after mailing or sending.
Any such notice shall include: (1) A statement of the time, place, and nature of the
hearing; (2) a statement of the legal authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing
is to be held; (3) a reference to the particular sections of the general statutes, regulations,
rules or orders involved; (4) a short and plain statement of the matters asserted; and (5)
a statement indicating that the licensee may file a written request for a hearing on the
matters asserted within fourteen days of receipt of the notice. If the commissioner finds
that public health, safety or welfare imperatively requires emergency action, and incorporates a finding to that effect in the notice, the commissioner may order summary
suspension of a license in accordance with subsection (c) of section 4-182 and require
the licensee to take or refrain from taking such action as in the opinion of the commissioner will effectuate the purposes of this section, pending proceedings for suspension,
revocation or refusal to renew.
(b) If a hearing is requested within the time specified in the notice, the commissioner
shall hold a hearing upon the matters asserted in the notice unless the licensee fails to
appear at the hearing. After the hearing, the commissioner shall suspend, revoke or
refuse to renew the license for any reason set forth in the applicable licensing provisions
of the general statutes if the commissioner finds sufficient grounds exist for such suspension, revocation or refusal to renew. If the licensee does not request a hearing within
the time specified in the notice or fails to appear at the hearing, the commissioner shall
suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the license. No such license shall be suspended or
revoked except in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(c) Any licensee may surrender any license issued by the commissioner under any
provision of the general statutes by surrendering the license to the commissioner in
person or by registered or certified mail, but such surrender shall not affect the licensee's
civil or criminal liability, or affect the commissioner's ability to impose an administrative penalty on the licensee pursuant to section 36a-50 for acts committed prior to the
surrender. If, prior to receiving the license, the commissioner has instituted a proceeding
to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew such license, such surrender will not become
effective except at such time and under such conditions as the commissioner by order
determines. If no proceeding is pending or has been instituted by the commissioner at
the time of surrender, the commissioner may still institute a proceeding to suspend,
revoke or refuse to renew a license under subsection (a) of this section up to the date
one year after the date of receipt of the license by the commissioner.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to chapters 672a, 672b and 672c.
(P.A. 94-122, S. 27, 340; P.A. 01-48, S. 9; P.A. 07-91, S. 13; P.A. 09-208, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 94-122 effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 01-48 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re express delivery;
P.A. 07-91 amended Subsec. (a) to allow commissioner to order summary suspension of a license and require licensee to
take or refrain from taking such action as will effectuate purposes of section pending proceedings for suspension, revocation
or refusal to renew if commissioner finds that public health, safety or welfare imperatively requires emergency action and
incorporates such finding in the notice, effective June 5, 2007; P.A. 09-208 amended Subsec. (c) by requiring surrender
of license in person or by registered or certified mail, instead of by filing notice with commissioner, and by providing that
commissioner may institute a proceeding to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license up to 1 year after receipt of
surrendered license by commissioner.
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Sec. 36a-65. (Formerly Sec. 36-12a). Assessment of expenses of Department
of Banking. State Banking Fund. Fees. (a) The commissioner shall annually, on or
after July first for the fiscal year commencing on said July first, collect pro rata based
on asset size from each Connecticut bank and each Connecticut credit union an amount
sufficient in the commissioner's judgment to meet the expenses of the Department of
Banking, including a reasonable reserve for contingencies, provided the commissioner
shall not collect such amount from a newly organized Connecticut credit union until
July first following the third full calendar year after issuance by the commissioner of
such credit union's certificate of authority. Such assessments and expenses shall not
exceed the budget estimates submitted in accordance with section 36a-13. Such assessments may be made more frequently than annually at the discretion of the commissioner.
Such assessments for any fiscal year shall be reduced pro rata by the amount of any
surplus from the assessments of prior fiscal years, which surplus shall be maintained in
accordance with subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of this section. The commissioner
may reduce any such assessment collected from a Connecticut bank up to the amount
of any assessment for the same fiscal year collected from such bank by another state
in which such bank has established a branch, limited branch or mobile branch. The
commissioner may reduce any such assessment collected from a Connecticut credit
union up to the amount of any assessment for the same fiscal year collected from such
credit union by another state in which such credit union has established a branch. Such
assessments for any fiscal year shall be a liability of such banks and credit unions as of
the assessment date. Except as provided in this subsection, such assessments shall not
be prorated for any reason.
(b) (1) Each such bank and credit union shall pay the commissioner the amount
allocated to it within twenty business days from the time the commissioner mails a
notice to it of the amount due, with an additional two hundred dollars if the amount
allocated is not paid in the time specified. The provisions of this subdivision shall not
apply to any person required to pay the commissioner any fee for license or registration
or the whole cost of all examinations made by the commissioner.
(2) The State Treasurer shall place all funds received from the commissioner and
all moneys received from any person for documents or reports sold by the commissioner
in a special fund to be known as the State Banking Fund. Amounts in the fund may be
expended only pursuant to appropriation by the General Assembly.
(3) The Comptroller shall determine for each fiscal year the expenses of the Department of Banking.
(4) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall examine the State
Banking Fund annually after the Comptroller has made his determination and shall direct
the Treasurer to set aside within the Banking Fund amounts in excess of a reasonable
reserve for contingencies, which excess amounts shall be considered a surplus for the
purposes of subsection (a) of this section.
(c) (1) The fee for an examination of a trust department of a Connecticut bank shall
be the actual cost of the examination, as such cost is determined by the commissioner.
(2) The fee for an examination of a trust bank shall be the actual cost of the examination, as such cost is determined by the commissioner.
(3) The fee for an examination of a Connecticut credit union service organization
is the actual cost of the examination, as such cost is determined by the commissioner.
(4) The fee for an examination of an out-of-state branch of a Connecticut bank or
a branch in this state of an out-of-state bank shall be the actual cost of the examination,
as such cost is determined by the commissioner, and the commissioner may share any
such fee with other banking regulators in accordance with agreements entered into by
the commissioner pursuant to subsection (j) of section 36a-145 and subdivision (5) of
subsection (a) and subsection (b) of section 36a-412.
(5) The fee for an examination of an out-of-state branch of a Connecticut credit
union or a branch in this state of an out-of-state credit union shall be the actual cost of
the examination, as such cost is determined by the commissioner, and the commissioner
may share any such fee with other state or federal credit union regulators in accordance
with agreements entered into by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (f) of section
36a-462a and subsection (b) of section 36a-462b.
(6) A licensee under section 36a-489, 36a-541, 36a-556, 36a-581, 36a-600, 36a-628, 36a-656 or 36a-801 shall pay to the commissioner the actual cost of any examination
of the licensee, as such cost is determined by the commissioner. If the licensee fails to
pay such cost not later than sixty days after receipt of demand from the commissioner,
the commissioner may suspend the license until such costs are paid.
(d) (1) The fee for investigating and processing each application is as follows:
(A) Establishment of (i) a branch under subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section
36a-145, two thousand dollars; (ii) a mobile branch under subdivision (1) of subsection
(d) of section 36a-145, one thousand five hundred dollars; (iii) a limited branch under
subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 36a-145, one thousand five hundred dollars;
(iv) a special need limited branch under subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of section 36a-145, five hundred dollars; (v) an out-of-state branch under subsection (j) of section 36a-145, a reasonable fee not to exceed two thousand dollars from which any fees paid to
a state other than this state or to a foreign country in connection with the establishment
shall be deducted; and (vi) an out-of-state limited or mobile branch under subsection
(j) of section 36a-145, a reasonable fee not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars
from which any fees paid to a state other than this state or to a foreign country in connection with the establishment shall be deducted.
(B) Sale of (i) a branch under subsection (i) of section 36a-145, two thousand dollars,
except there shall be no fee for the sale of a branch of a Connecticut bank to another
Connecticut bank or to a Connecticut credit union; and (ii) a limited branch, including
a special need limited branch or mobile branch under subsection (i) of section 36a-145,
a fee not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars.
(C) Relocation of (i) a main office of a Connecticut bank under subsection (a) of
section 36a-81, two thousand dollars; and (ii) a branch or a limited branch under subsection (g) of section 36a-145, five hundred dollars.
(D) Conversions from (i) a branch to a limited branch under subdivision (3) of
subsection (c) of section 36a-145; and (ii) a limited branch to a branch under subdivision
(3) of subsection (b) of section 36a-145, five hundred dollars.
(E) Merger or consolidation involving a Connecticut bank under section 36a-125
or subsection (a) of section 36a-126, two thousand five hundred dollars if two institutions
are involved and five thousand dollars if three or more institutions are involved.
(F) Acquisition of assets or business under section 36a-210, two thousand five hundred dollars.
(G) Organization of a holding company under section 36a-181, two thousand five
hundred dollars.
(H) Organization of any Connecticut bank under section 36a-70, including the conditional preliminary approval for an expedited bank, fifteen thousand dollars, except no
fee shall be required for the organization of an interim Connecticut bank.
(I) Reorganization of a mutual savings bank or mutual savings and loan association
into a mutual holding company under section 36a-192, five thousand dollars.
(J) Conversions under (i) sections 36a-135 to 36a-138, inclusive, five thousand
dollars; (ii) sections 36a-139, 36a-139a and 36a-469c, two thousand five hundred dollars; and (iii) section 36a-139b, fifteen thousand dollars.
(K) Acquiring, altering or improving real estate for present or future use in the
business of the bank or purchasing real estate adjoining any parcel of real estate owned
by the bank under subdivision (33) of subsection (a) of section 36a-250, five hundred
dollars, except that no fee shall be charged for such application if it is filed in connection
with an application to relocate a main office of a Connecticut bank under subsection (a)
of section 36a-81 or establish (i) a branch in this state under subdivision (1) of subsection
(b) of section 36a-145, (ii) a limited branch in this state under subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 36a-145, or (iii) a branch or limited branch outside of this state under
subsection (j) of section 36a-145.
(L) Investigation and processing an interstate banking transaction application filed
under section 36a-411 or 36a-412, two thousand five hundred dollars, unless the transaction otherwise requires an investigation and processing fee under this section.
(M) Issuance of a final certificate of authority for an expedited Connecticut bank,
except for a conditional preliminary approval, fifteen thousand dollars.
(2) The fee for investigating and processing each acquisition statement filed under
section 36a-184 is two thousand five hundred dollars, except if the acquisition statement
is filed in connection with a transaction that requires one or more applications, a reasonable fee not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars.
(3) Any fee for processing a notice of closing of a branch, limited branch or special
need limited branch under subdivision (1) of subsection (f) of section 36a-145, if
charged, shall not exceed two thousand dollars. There shall be no fee for processing a
notice of closing of any mobile branch.
(4) The fee for a miscellaneous investigation shall be the actual cost of the investigation, as such cost is determined by the commissioner.
(1967, P.A. 591, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 598, S. 4; 1972, P.A. 84, S. 1; P.A. 74-95, S. 1, 2; 74-130, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-67; 75-447, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-231, S. 1, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 161, 587, 610; P.A. 78-72, S. 1-4; 78-121, S. 16, 113; 78-303, S.
38-40, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 236, 345, 348; P.A. 85-94, S. 1, 2, 6; P.A. 87-9, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-65, S. 11; 88-150, S. 1;
June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 19, 30; P.A. 92-12, S. 10; 92-89, S. 1, 20; P.A. 93-58, S. 1; 93-59, S. 1, 8; P.A. 94-122, S.
34, 340; P.A. 95-129, S. 2; P.A. 97-157, S. 1, 3; 97-208, S. 1, 2; 97-209, S. 2, 6; P.A. 01-183, S. 1, 11; P.A. 02-13, S. 2,
3; 02-47, S. 3; 02-73, S. 6, 7, 75; P.A. 03-196, S. 3; P.A. 04-136, S. 3, 4; P.A. 05-39, S. 2; P.A. 06-10, S. 1; 06-165, S. 1;
P.A. 08-176, S. 37; P.A. 09-100, S. 5.)
History: 1969 act applied filing fee in Subsec. (4)(b) to acquisitions and substituted "bank(s)" for "institution(s)"; 1972
act required filing fee of $500 in Subsec. (4)(a) and specified that assessment rate applies to special investigations re
processing of new bank applications; P.A. 74-95 added Subsec. (4)(d) re filing fee for conversion of banking associations
from one type to another; P.A. 74-130 replaced assessment rate of $100 per day and filing fee of $500 for new branch
bank applications with combined assessment rate and filing fee of $1,000 and made $100 per day assessment rate applicable
for miscellaneous investigations in Subsec. (4)(a); P.A. 75-67 replaced references to assessment rates and filing fees
with general references to fees and reworded provisions re fee amounts to replace passive verbs; P.A. 75-447 transferred
comptroller's duty to determine expenses of bank commissioner's office to commissioner and rephrased provisions in
Subsec. (1), raised examiner's fee from $100 to $120, assisting examiners fee from $50 to $60 and minimum rate from
$25 to $30 in Subsec. (2), added Subsec. (3)(b) to (d) re state banking fund and added Subsec. (6) re commissioner's powers
to apportion expenses of his office and deposit of moneys in general fund; P.A. 76-231 required that assessments and
expenses not exceed budget estimates under Subsec. (1), specified that fees received for chartering, licensing, etc. be
deposited in banking fund under Subsec. (3)(b) and required that expenses of banking department be paid out of banking
fund on and after July 1, 1976, in Subsec. (5); P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary
of the office of policy and management and, effective January 1, 1979, replaced bank commissioner with banking commissioner within the department of business regulation and made banking department a division within that department; P.A.
78-72 added provision in Subsec. (1) re pro rata reductions of assessments, deleted reference to expenses of advisory
council on banking in Subsec. (3)(c) and rephrased Subsec. (3)(d) so that amounts exceeding contingency reserve are no
longer transferred to general fund; P.A. 78-121 deleted reference to private bankers in Subsec. (1), to building associations
in Subsecs. (1) and (4) and to advisory council on banking in Subsecs. (1) and (3); P.A. 78-303 deleted references to
expenses of banking commission in Subsecs. (1), (3) and (5) and to expenses of advisory council on banking in same
Subsecs., in part repeating amendments enacted in P.A. 78-72 and P.A. 78-121; P.A. 80-482 restored banking division as
independent department with banking commissioner as its head and abolished the department of business regulation; P.A.
85-94 amended Subsec. (1) to include credit unions and Subsec. (4)(b) to except credit unions; (Revisor's note: Pursuant
to P.A. 87-9 "banking" commissioner and department were changed editorially by the Revisors to commissioner and
department "of banking"); P.A. 88-65 deleted Subdiv. (1)(c) which authorized the commissioner to assess industrial banks
for the expenses of the department, relettering as necessary, and deleted a reference to industrial bank in Subsec. (4)(c);
P.A. 88-150 amended Subsec. (2) by increasing the fees for trust department examinations to $150 per day for the examiner
in charge, $100 a day for an assistant examiner, and increasing the minimum rate for such examinations to $150, amended
Subsec. (4)(a) to increase the fee for investigation of applications for new branches to $2,000, fee for investigation of
applications to establish satellite devices to $150 and the fee for other miscellaneous investigations to $150 per day,
amended Subsec. (4)(b) by deleting the reference to Sec. 36-92(2) and extending the application of the subsection to
Secs. 36-140a, 36-193p, 36-193u and 36-193v, increasing the fee for investigation of applications for certain mergers,
consolidations or acquisitions to $2,500, and increasing the fee for such mergers, consolidations or acquisitions involving
three or more banks to $5,000, amended Subsec. (c) by deleting the reference to industrial bank, increasing the fee for
investigating an application to organize new banks to $10,000 and establishing a fee of $5,000 for reorganizing a mutual
savings institution and amended Subsec. (d) increasing fees for conversions of certain institutions to $5,000; June Sp. Sess.
P.A. 91-14 amended Subsec. (3)(b) to provide that on and after September 19, 1991, amounts in state banking fund may
be expended only pursuant to appropriation by general assembly and deleted Subsec. (5) which provided that on and after
July 1, 1976, expenses connected with activities of banking department shall be paid out of state banking fund upon
request of commissioner; P.A. 92-12 redesignated Subsecs. and Subdivs.; P.A. 92-89 added provisions re the collection
of assessments pro rata based on asset size, added requirements that assessments shall be a liability of the institution as of
the assessment date and shall not be prorated, added fees for investigating and processing acquisition statements under
Sec. 36-423 and applications for armored car services (Revisor's note: The reference to Sec. 36-9gg in Subsec. (d)(6) was
added editorially by the Revisors to assist users); P.A. 93-58 deleted Subdiv. (6) re fees for investigating and processing
applications for armored car services; P.A. 93-59 amended Subsec. (d)(1) to add "the sale of branches" of savings and
loan associations to the fee schedule for investigations and amended Subsec. (d)(2) to add a reference to Sec. 36-30 re
purchase of assets and assumption of liabilities, effective May 10, 1993; P.A. 94-122 rewrote Subsec. (d) to require that
fees be paid to the commissioner instead of the state treasurer, added new fees for closing, converting and relocating
branches and organizing interim banks and reduced miscellaneous investigations fee, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-12a transferred to Sec. 36a-65 in 1995; P.A. 95-129 amended Subsec. (d)(1)(E) to increase the fee for organization of a
Connecticut bank from $10,000 to $15,000; P.A. 97-157 amended Subsec. (d)(1) to eliminate the fee for establishment
and use of a satellite device, effective June 24, 1997; P.A. 97-208 amended Subsec. (d) to provide for a $1,500 fee for an
application to establish a mobile branch or limited branch or to relocate a limited branch, a $500 fee for an application to
establish a special need limited branch, a fee not to exceed $2,000 for processing a notice of closing of a special need
limited branch, and a fee not to exceed $1,500 for processing an application for the sale of a limited branch, special need
limited branch or mobile branch, to provide that no fee is required for the organization of an interim bank, to increase the
fee for miscellaneous investigations from $100 to $150 per day, and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 1997;
P.A. 97-209 amended Subsec. (d) to provide for a $2,500 application fee for conversions under Sec. 36a-469a, effective
June 24, 1997; P.A. 01-183 amended Subsec. (d) to reorganize subsection, deleting former Subparas. (A) to (G) and adding
new Subparas. (A) to (K) in Subdiv. (1) and deleting former Subdivs. (2) to (5) and adding new Subdivs. (2) to (4), to
establish fees for establishment of out-of-state branches and out-of-state limited or mobile branches, conversion to an
uninsured bank, expansion of community and uninsured banks' powers, investigating and processing an acquisition statement and the buying, altering or improving of real estate, to change fee for relocation of a branch or limited branch from
$1,500 to $500, to change the conversion fees of branch to limited branch and of limited branch to branch from no more
than $2,000 to $500, to change $150 fee for miscellaneous investigations to a fee of the actual cost of the investigation
and to eliminate $1,500 application fee for sale of a special need or mobile branch and $2,000 fee for selling a branch of
a Connecticut bank to another Connecticut bank or Connecticut credit union, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 02-13 amended
Subsec. (a) by adding provision permitting commissioner to reduce assessment of Connecticut bank up to amount collected
for the same fiscal year by another state in which such bank has a branch, limited branch or mobile branch and amended
Subsec. (b) by replacing former language re fee for trust department examinations with provision that the fee shall be the
actual cost of examination as determined by the commissioner, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 02-47 amended Subsec. (d)(1)(D)
by replacing reference to "subdivision (1)" with reference to "subdivision (4)" of Sec. 36a-145(b); P.A. 02-73 amended
Subsec. (a) by adding proviso that commissioner shall not collect assessment from newly organized Connecticut credit
union until July first following the third year after issuance of certificate of authority, and adding provision re authority
of commissioner to reduce assessment of Connecticut credit union up to amount collected for the same fiscal year by
another state in which such credit union has a branch, amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv.
(1) and adding Subdivs. (2) and (3) re fee for examination of Connecticut credit union service organizations and various
licensees, and amended Subsec. (d)(1)(J) by replacing reference to Sec. 36a-469a with reference to Sec. 36a-469c; P.A.
03-196 deleted former Subsec. (b) re determination of certain fees and payments, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as new
Subsec. (b), added new Subsec. (c) re determination of certain fees and payments, amended Subsec. (d)(1)(E) by substituting
"involving" for "of", amended Subsec. (d)(1)(F) by substituting "Acquisition of assets or business" for "Purchase of assets
or assumption of liabilities, other than by a Connecticut credit union or federal credit union", amended Subsec. (d)(1)(K)
by inserting "in the business" and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 04-136 amended Subsec. (c)(2) to
substitute "trust bank" for "Connecticut bank organized to function solely in a fiduciary capacity" and added Subsec.
(d)(1)(L) establishing a fee of $2,500 for investigation and processing an interstate banking transaction application filed
under Sec. 36a-411 or 36a-412, unless transaction otherwise requires investigation and processing fee under section,
effective May 12, 2004; P.A. 05-39 amended Subsec. (d)(1)(K) to provide that no fee shall be charged for an application
to acquire, alter or improve real estate if filed in connection with an application under Sec. 36a-145(b) or (c), effective
May 17, 2005; P.A. 06-10 amended Subsec. (d)(1)(k) to provide that no fee shall be charged for application for acquiring,
altering or improving real estate for use in bank business if application is filed in connection with an application to establish
a branch or limited branch outside of this state and to make technical changes, effective May 2, 2006; P.A. 06-165 amended
Subsec. (d)(1)(A)(vi) to make a technical change, effective June 6, 2006; P.A. 08-176 amended Subsec. (c)(6) to increase
payment time limit from 30 to 60 days and to substitute "may" for "shall automatically" re license suspension, effective
July 1, 2008; P.A. 09-100 amended Subsec. (d)(1)(H) by adding "including the conditional preliminary approval for an
expedited bank", amended Subsec. (d)(1)(K) by adding "relocate a main office of a Connecticut bank under subsection (a)
of section 36a-81", and added Subsec. (d)(1)(M) re issuance of final certificate of authority for expedited Connecticut bank.
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