HB 726

Bill Subjects

Banks And Financial Institutions Corrections Impact Federal Laws And Regulations Licensing Local Mandate Secretary Of State State Agencies Technical Corrections Trade Practices And Retailing

Abstract

Amend various sections of Subtitles 1, 2, and 3 of KRS Chapter 286, the financial services code, to consolidate statutes; make technical corrections; make numerous revisions to the required banking experience of the financial institutions commissioner; the Financial Institutions Board; prohibited practices of financial institution examiners; application of chapter to national bank or federal savings association operating subsidiaries; examination of safe deposit boxes; transaction of business by foreign financial institutions; banking definitions; the transaction of banking or trust business in this state; state bank and trust company charter requirements; national bank parity authorizations; state bank investment powers; amend KRS 286.3-095 to require reporting for changes in control of bank holding companies that own a state bank; amend KRS 286.3-145 to modify the requirements for state trust companies doing business outside of Kentucky; amend KRS 286.3-146 to modify the requirements for out-of-state trust companies to do business in Kentucky; amend KRS 286.3-690 to permit the commissioner to remove a bank employee from office; amend various Subtitle 3 of KRS Chapter 286 relating to the definition of a receivership court for an insolvent bank; national bank to state bank conversions; state bank branching powers; bank holidays; pledges of bank assets; bank dividends, bank acquisitions, bank concentration limits; interstate merger transactions; out-of-state bank powers; and banking code penalties; create new sections of Subtitles 2 and 3 of KRS Chapter 286 to establish rules of application and interpretation, and establish regulatory authority of the commissioner; amend various sections to conform; repeal various sections within Subtitles 1, 2, and 3 of KRS Chapter 286 relating to financial institution commissioner appointments, improperly influencing real estate appraisals, financial institution definitions, foreign financial institutions, banking business powers; bank officers and directors; capital requirements for banks and trust companies; bank branch requirements; installment loans, educational loans to minors, and revolving credit plans; repeal Subtitle 5 of KRS Chapter 286, relating to the chartering and regulation of state savings and loan associations, except provision relating to transacting of business by out-of-state savings and loan associations; repeal Subtitles 7 and 10 of KRS Chapter 286, relating to the licensing and regulation of industrial loan corporations and title pledge lending; repeal KRS 365.205, relating to printing requirements for personal checks; provide for the initial and staggered appointments to the Financial Institutions Board.