1165.01 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Appointing conservator.
1165.01 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Appointing conservator.
(A) The superintendent of savings banks may appoint a conservator for any savings bank whenever he considers it necessary in order to conserve the assets of that savings bank for depositors, members, and creditors. The superintendent shall appoint a conservator for any savings bank whose status as an insured depository institution has been terminated by the federal deposit insurance corporation. The superintendent may fix the compensation to be paid the conservator, the bond or other security to be required of him, and may remove the conservator at any time. Upon or after the appointment of a conservator for any savings bank, the superintendent may order the closing of the books of the savings bank against further transfer of its stock. He may thereafter permit the books to be reopened.
(B) The conservator shall:
(1) Take possession of the business and property of the savings bank;
(2) Have and exercise, in the name and on behalf of the savings bank, all the rights, powers, and authority of the officers and directors of the savings bank and all voting rights of its members or shareholders and may continue its business in whole or in part with a view to conserving its business and assets pending further disposition thereof as provided by law under the supervision of the superintendent and upon such limitations as are imposed by him.
(C) The conservator may:
(1) Give notice that he has taken possession of the assets of the savings bank to all persons holding or having possession of any assets of the savings bank;
(2) Do all things he considers desirable or expedient to carry on the saving bank’s business consistent with his appointment, but he shall not declare, credit or distribute earnings on savings accounts or deposits without the approval of the superintendent;
(3) Bring or defend suits or proceedings in the name of the savings bank under the direction and supervision of the superintendent;
(4) Do such things and have such rights, powers, privileges, immunities, and duties as the superintendent authorizes, directs, confers, or imposes.
(D) This section does not vest title to any assets of the savings bank in the conservator. No person, firm, corporation, or association, knowing that a conservator has taken possession of the business and property of a savings bank or having been so notified, shall have a lien or charge against any of the assets of the savings bank for any payment, advance, clearance, or liability thereafter made or incurred. The obligations of the savings bank shall continue to bear interest at the rate contracted.
(E) Any officer, director, member, or shareholder, from time to time, may communicate with the superintendent regarding the conservatorship. The conservator shall furnish bond in form and amount as the superintendent may direct.
(F) The attorney general, as legal advisor to the division, may employ special counsel to aid him with respect to any litigation in which the conservator is involved on behalf of the savings bank. The compensation of the special counsel shall be fixed by the attorney general subject to the approval of the court.
(G) Within thirty days after appointment of a conservator, the savings bank may bring an action in the court of common pleas of Franklin county, for an order that the superintendent remove the conservator. Immediately upon filing the action, summons shall be issued to the sheriff of Franklin county to be served on the superintendent, returnable within five days from its date, which in all other respects the summons shall be made as in civil actions, whereupon the allegations of the petition shall be deemed to stand denied without pleading and the cause shall be advanced and heard without delay.
(H) The superintendent may terminate the conservatorship and permit the savings bank to resume the transaction of its business, subject to such terms and restrictions as he prescribes, when the superintendent determines that the termination of the conservatorship may be safely done and would be in the public interest. In no case shall the superintendent terminate the conservatorship and permit the savings bank to resume the transaction of its business, unless the federal deposit insurance corporation assures the superintendent that the savings bank, upon resuming the transaction of its business, will have the status of an insured depository institution. The superintendent may terminate the conservatorship and take possession on any of the grounds provided in section 1165.02 of the Revised Code.
(I) The conservator may submit a plan for the termination of the conservatorship to the members or shareholders of the savings banks. If the holders of a majority of the shares or a majority of members vote to accept the plan, they shall elect directors to manage the affairs of the savings bank.
When a plan for termination of the conservatorship has been submitted to the members or shareholders of the savings bank, the superintendent may require that the plan be submitted to the court. He may require that not less than two weeks’ notice of the time and place of hearing on such application be given by publication or otherwise, as the court directs, to depositors, creditors, members, and shareholders of the savings bank.
(J) The expenses of the conservatorship and the compensation of the conservator and the special counsel, if any, as provided in this section, shall be paid out of the assets of the savings bank and shall be a lien thereon prior to any other lien.
Renumbered as § 1165.09 by 128th General Assembly File No. 45, HB 292, § 1, eff. 9/13/2010.
Effective Date: 10-23-1991
This section is set out twice. See also § 1165.01, as amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 45, HB 292, § 1, eff. 9/13/2010.
1165.01 [Effective 9/13/2010] Court defined; jurisdiction
(A) As used in this chapter, “court” means the court of common pleas of the county in which the principal place of business of a savings bank, as set forth in its articles of incorporation, is located or of any other county determined by the superintendent of financial institutions to be appropriate under the circumstances.
(B) The court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of any action or proceeding relating to or arising out of the taking of possession of the property and business of a savings bank under this chapter, whether before or after the savings bank is wound up and dissolved, as well as any action or other proceeding brought under this chapter.
(C) Whenever the approval of the court is required for any act under this chapter, that approval may be given with or without a hearing held upon whatever notice, if any, the court may direct, unless otherwise provided in this chapter. At a hearing, the court, by order, may approve the actions petitioned.
Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 45, HB 292, § 1, eff. 9/13/2010.
Effective Date: 10-23-1991
This section is set out twice. See also § 1165.01, effective until 9/13/2010.