(1) The commissioner shall appoint a sufficient number of examiners and assistant examiners to examine all institutions coming under the supervision of the department. A salary schedule for examiners and assistant examiners shall be prepared by the commissioner and presented to the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet for approval. In the event an advisory state banking board is established by law, the appointment and compensation of examiners and assistant examiners shall be with the advice of such board.
(2) The commissioner, the deputy commissioner, and each examiner shall take the constitutional oath of office.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 286.1-440

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Department of Financial
    Institutions. See Kentucky Statutes 286.1-010
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the Department of Financial Institutions. See Kentucky Statutes 286.1-010
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • 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 Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Person: means a natural person, or any type or form of corporation, company, partnership, proprietorship, association, or other legal entity. See Kentucky Statutes 286.1-010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(3) Neither the commissioner, nor the deputy commissioner, nor any examiner or assistant examiner shall be indebted directly or indirectly either as borrower, indorser, surety, or guarantor, to any bank or trust company under his supervision or subject to his examination, nor shall he or she be a director, officer or employee in such bank or trust company, nor engage or become interested in the sale of securities as a business or in the negotiation of loans for others.
(4) No person shall be assigned to examine the affairs of any bank or trust company in a county in which he holds stock in either a state or national bank or trust company.
(5) The commissioner may enter into contracts with any bank supervisory agency that has concurrent jurisdiction over a state bank or the branch of an out-of-state state bank operating in this state to engage the services of the agency’s examiners at a reasonable rate of compensation, or to provide the services of the commissioner’s examiners to the agency at a reasonable rate of compensation. Any contract entered into pursuant to this subsection shall be deemed a sole source contract under the provisions of KRS § 45A.095.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 612, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 338, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1996. — Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 29, effective July 13, 1984. — Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 251, sec. 13, effective April 1, 1982. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 104, sec. 1. — Amended 1946
Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 8; and ch. 191, sec. 8. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec.
1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 165a-6, 165a-7.
Formerly codified as KRS § 287.440.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). In accordance with 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 247, secs. 38 and 39, this statute has been renumbered as a section of the Kentucky Financial Services Code, KRS Chapter 286.