Connecticut General Statutes 36a-59 – Authority of commissioner to enter into stipulations, agreements, memoranda of understanding and consent orders and issue preliminary warning letters
(a) The commissioner may enter into one or more stipulations and agreements, memoranda of understanding or consent orders with a Connecticut bank, either alone or in conjunction with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a Federal Reserve Bank or their successor agencies, or may enter into one or more letters of understanding and agreement, memoranda of understanding or consent orders with, or issue preliminary warning letters to, a Connecticut credit union or Connecticut credit union service organization, either alone or in conjunction with the National Credit Union Administration or its successor agency, if the commissioner finds as a result of an examination or investigation that the Connecticut bank, Connecticut credit union or Connecticut credit union service organization: (1) Has failed to file a report when due, (2) is insolvent, (3) has violated any provisions of the general statutes within the jurisdiction of the commissioner, or any regulation, rule or order adopted or issued thereunder, or (4) has engaged or participated in, or is engaging or participating in, any unsafe and unsound practice.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 36a-59
- Bank: means a Connecticut bank or a federal bank. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Commissioner: means the Banking Commissioner and, with respect to any function of the commissioner, includes any person authorized or designated by the commissioner to carry out that function. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Connecticut bank: means a bank and trust company, savings bank or savings and loan association chartered or organized under the laws of this state. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Connecticut credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit financial institution that (A) is organized under chapter 667 and the membership of which is limited as provided in section 36a-438a, (B) operates for the benefit and general welfare of its members with the earnings, benefits or services offered being distributed to or retained for its members, and (C) is governed by a volunteer board of directors elected by and from its membership. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Connecticut credit union service organization: means a credit union service organization that is (A) incorporated under the laws of this state, located in this state and established by at least one Connecticut credit union, or (B) wholly owned by a credit union that converted into a Connecticut credit union pursuant to section 36a-469b. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Credit union service organization: means an entity organized under state or federal law to provide credit union service organization services primarily to its members, to Connecticut credit unions, federal credit unions and out-of-state credit unions other than its members, and to members of any such other credit unions. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Deposit: means funds deposited with a depository. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) Source: OCC
- Person: means an individual, company, including a company described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subdivision (12) of this section, or any other legal entity, including a federal, state or municipal government or agency or any political subdivision thereof. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Supervisory agency: means : (A) The commissioner. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
(b) The commissioner may enter into cooperative, coordinating or information-sharing agreements with any other state or federal supervisory agency or any organization affiliated with or representing such supervisory agency with respect to the examination, examination fees or other supervision of any person subject to the provisions of sections 36a-485 to 36a-854, inclusive. Any such agreement may include provisions concerning the assessment or sharing of fees for such examination or supervision.