South Carolina Code 34-25-100. Board authority
(a) promulgate regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 34-25-100
- bank: as used in this title must be construed to include all institutions doing any kind of banking business whose deposits are eligible for insurance by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, excluding a savings bank, and "building and loan association" as used in this title must be construed to include a mutual or stock savings association, savings and loan association, or savings bank and all other institutions doing any kind of building and loan business whose deposits are eligible for insurance by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. See South Carolina Code 34-1-10
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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.
(b) enter into cooperative, coordinating or information-sharing agreements with any other bank supervisory agency or any organization affiliated with or representing one or more bank supervisory agencies;
(c) accept any report of examination or investigation by another bank supervisory agency having concurrent jurisdiction over a South Carolina state bank or a bank holding company that controls a South Carolina state bank in lieu of conducting the board’s own examination or investigation of such bank holding company or bank;
(d) enter into contracts with any bank supervisory agency having concurrent jurisdiction over a South Carolina state bank or a bank holding company that controls a South Carolina state bank to engage the services of such agency’s examiners at a reasonable rate of compensation, or to provide the services of the board’s examiners to such agency at a reasonable rate of compensation; provided that any such contract shall be deemed a sole source contract.
(e) enter into joint examinations or joint enforcement actions with any other bank supervisory agency having concurrent jurisdiction over any South Carolina state bank or any bank holding company that controls a South Carolina state bank; provided that the board may take any such action independently (except with respect to the examination of an out-of-state bank holding company) if the board determines that such action is necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this article or to enforce compliance with the laws of this State; and provided, further that in the case of an out-of-state bank holding company, the board shall recognize the exclusive authority of the home state regulator over corporate governance matters and the primary responsibility of the home state regulator with respect to safety and soundness matters; and
(f) assess supervisory and examination fees that shall be payable by South Carolina banks and South Carolina bank holding companies in connection with the board’s performance of its duties under this article and in accordance with regulations promulgated by the board. Such fees may be shared with other bank supervisory agencies or any organizations affiliated with or representing one or more bank supervisory agencies in accordance with agreements between them and the board.