2019 WISCONSIN ACT 65
An Act to repeal 15.07 (1) (b) 5., 15.07 (5) (g), 15.185 (3) and 227.53 (1) (b) 2.; to amend 15.07 (1) (b) 1., 15.07 (5) (b), 15.185 (1), 71.91 (6) (c) 1., 71.91 (6) (d) 1., 214.01 (1) (sr), 215.01 (22), 220.02 (5), 220.035 (title), 220.035 (1) (a), 220.035 (2), 220.035 (3), 220.035 (6), 220.04 (1) (a), 220.04 (4), 220.04 (6), 220.04 (7) (b) (intro.), 220.04 (8), 220.04 (9) (f) 2., 220.04 (12), 220.05 (2), 220.06 (1m), 220.06 (2), 220.07 (2), 220.08 (1), 220.08 (3a), 220.08 (9), 220.085, 221.0202 (5), 221.0205, 221.0324 (9), 221.0702 (3), 221.1006, 223.01, 224.725 (1), 227.52 (3), 227.53 (1) (a) 1., 227.53 (1) (b) 4., 227.53 (1) (d), 403.312 (2) (c) 1. and 812.18 (1); and to create 71.91 (6) (a) 1r., 71.91 (6) (d) 4., 224.46, 224.725 (1r) and 812.19 (4) of the statutes; relating to: the duty of a bank to make payment on a lost, destroyed, or stolen cashier's check, teller's check, or certified check; providing temporary authority to act as a mortgage loan originator while a license application is pending; property subject to garnishment or tax levy in possession of a financial institution; entities that provide to financial institutions electronic data processing services; loans to state banks by a Federal Home Loan Bank; and consolidating the Banking Review Board and Savings Institutions Review Board in the Department of Financial Institutions.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 15.07 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
15.07 (1) (b) 1. Banking institutions review board.
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2. 15.07 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
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3. 15.07 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.07 (5) (b) Members of the banking institutions review board, $25 per day but not to exceed $1,500 per year.
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4. 15.07 (5) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
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5. 15.185 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.185 (1) Banking institutions review board. There is created in the department of financial institutions a banking institutions review board consisting of 5 10 persons, until May 1, 2020, and consisting of 6 persons after May 1, 2020. The members of the board shall be appointed for staggered 5-year terms. At least 3 members shall be experienced bankers or savings institution employees having at least 5 years' experience in the banking or savings institution business. No member is qualified to act in any matter involving a bank or savings institution in which the member is an officer, director, or stockholder, or to which the member is indebted.
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. 15.185 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
15.185 (1) Banking institutions review board. There is created in the department of financial institutions a banking institutions review board consisting of 10 5 persons until May 1, 2020, and consisting of 6 persons after May 1, 2020. The members of the board shall be, appointed for staggered 5-year terms. At least 3 members shall be experienced bankers or savings institution employees having at least 5 years' experience in the banking or savings institution business. No member is qualified to act in any matter involving a bank or savings institution in which the member is an officer, director, or stockholder, or to which the member is indebted.
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7. 15.185 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
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8. 71.91 (6) (a) 1r. of the statutes is created to read:
71.91 (6) (a) 1r. “Financial institution" has the meaning given in s. 214.01 (1) (jn).
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9. 71.91 (6) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.91 (6) (c) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2.
and par. (d) 4., any person in possession of, or obligated with respect to, property subject to levy upon which a levy has been made shall, upon demand of the department, surrender that property unless it is subject to attachment or execution under judicial process, or discharge that obligation, to the department.
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10. 71.91 (6) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.91 (6) (d) 1. Any Except as provided in subd. 4., any person, including an officer or employee, who fails to surrender property that is subject to levy upon demand of the department is liable to the department for a sum equal to the value of the property not surrendered, but not exceeding the amount of taxes for the collection of which that levy was made, together with costs and interest at the rate of 18 percent per year from the date of that levy. Any amount, other than costs, recovered under this paragraph shall be credited against the tax liability for the collection of which that levy was made. The liability under this paragraph may be assessed, levied and collected as are additional income or franchise taxes or may be recovered by the department in a civil action.
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11. 71.91 (6) (d) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
71.91 (6) (d) 4. If a financial institution is in possession of, or obligated with respect to, property subject to levy upon which a levy has been made, the financial institution is liable under this paragraph for failure to surrender that property or discharge that obligation only upon expiration of a reasonable time to comply with the department's demand for the property.
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12. 214.01 (1) (sr) of the statutes is amended to read:
214.01 (1) (sr) “Review board" means the
savings banking institutions review board.
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13. 215.01 (22) of the statutes is amended to read:
215.01 (22) “Review board" means the savings banking institutions review board.
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14. 220.02 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
220.02 (5) Except for acts and decisions of the division under chs. 138, 217, and 218, any interested person or any bank or banking corporation aggrieved by an act, order, or determination of the division may, within 10 days from the date thereof, apply to the banking institutions review board to review the same. All such applications for review shall be considered and disposed of as speedily as possible. The banking institutions review board may require the division to submit any of the division's actions subject to such review to said board for its approval.
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15. 220.035 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
220.035 (title) Banking institutions review board.
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16. 220.035 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
220.035 (1) (a) The banking institutions review board shall advise the division and others in respect to improvement in the condition and service of banks and banking business in this state and shall review the acts and decisions of the division with respect to banks, except for such acts and decisions of the division under chs. 138, 217, and 218, and shall perform such other review functions in relation to banking as are provided by law. The banking institutions review board may require the division to submit any of the division's actions to it for its approval. The board may make rules of procedure as provided in ch. 227.
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17. 220.035 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
220.035 (2) The banking institutions review board may make rules and regulations to safeguard the interest of depositors and stockholders generally in emergencies.
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18. 220.035 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
220.035 (3) Any final order or determination of the banking institutions review board shall be subject to review in the manner provided in ch. 227.
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19. 220.035 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
220.035 (6) Any bank whose assets, upon the basis of a fair valuation, are equal to or in excess of its liabilities exclusive of capital stock, preferred stock, capital notes, and debentures, shall be deemed to be safe and solvent. The banking institutions review board may prescribe schedules, rules, and regulations for arriving at a fair valuation of various classes of assets of banks.
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20. 220.04 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
220.04 (1) (a) The division shall examine at least once every 18 months the cash, bills, collaterals, securities, assets, books of account, condition, and affairs of each bank and trust company bank doing business in this state, except national banks. For that purpose the division may examine on oath any of the officers, agents, directors, clerks, stockholders, customers, or depositors thereof, touching the affairs and business of such institution. In conducting examinations under this paragraph, the division may accept and rely on information collected by other agencies or independent 3rd parties in determining whether a bank or trust company bank has satisfied any requirement that is part of the examination. In making such examinations of banks, the division shall determine the fair valuation of all assets in accordance with the schedules, rules, and regulations prescribed by the banking institutions review board.
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21. 220.04 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
220.04 (4) Whenever the division is of the opinion that the loaning, investing, or other banking policies or practices of any officer or director of any bank have been prejudicial to the best interests of such bank or its depositors, or that such policies or practices, if put into operation or continued, will endanger the safety or solvency of said bank or impair the interests of its depositors, the division may, with the approval of the banking institutions review board, request the removal of such officer or director. Such request shall be served on the bank and on such officer or director in the manner provided by law for serving a summons in a court of record or shall be transmitted to said bank and officer or director by registered mail with return receipt requested. If such request for removal is not complied with within a reasonable time fixed by the division, the division may by order, with like approval of the banking institutions review board, remove such officer or director, but no order of removal shall be entered until after an opportunity for hearing before the banking institutions review board is given to such officer or director upon not less than 10 days' notice. An order of removal shall take effect as of the date issued. A copy of such order shall be served upon the bank and upon such officer or director in the manner provided by law for service of a summons in a court of record or by mailing such copy to the bank or officer or director at the bank's or officer's or director's last-known post-office address. Any removal under this subsection shall be effective in all respects the same as if made by the board of directors or stockholders of said bank. Any officer or director removed from office under the provisions of this subsection shall not be reelected as an officer or director of any bank without the approval of the division and the banking institutions review board. An order of removal under this subsection shall be deemed a final order or determination of the banking institutions review board within the meaning and contemplation of s. 220.035 (3).
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22. 220.04 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
220.04 (6) (a) The division, with the approval of the banking institutions review board, may establish uniform savings rules which shall be adopted by every bank and trust company bank. Such rules may provide the conditions under which banks or trust company banks may accept deposits.
(b) In times of financial distress, the commissioner with the approval of the banking institutions review board may by order restrict the withdrawal of any class of deposits in any bank or trust company bank. The pendency of any proceeding for review of such order shall not stay or suspend the operation of such order.
(d) The division, with the approval of the banking institutions review board, may establish rules regulating the kind and amount of foreign bonds or bonds and securities offered for sale by the international bank for reconstruction and development, the inter-American development bank, the international finance corporation, the African development bank and the Asian development bank which state banks and trust company banks may purchase, except that such rules shall not apply to bonds and securities of the Canadian government and Canadian provinces, which are payable in American funds.
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23. 220.04 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
220.04 (7) (b) (intro.) The division may, with the approval of the banking institutions review board, establish uniform rules regulating organizations engaging in fiduciary operations. Such rules may:
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24. 220.04 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
220.04 (8) Unless the division is expressly restricted by statute from acting under this subsection with respect to a specific power, right, or privilege, the division by rule may, with the approval of the banking institutions review board, authorize state banks to exercise any power under the notice, disclosure, or procedural requirements governing national banks or to make any loan or investment or exercise any right, power, or privilege permitted national banks under federal law, regulation, or interpretation. Notice, disclosure, and procedures prescribed by statute which may be modified by a rule adopted under this subsection include, but are not limited to, those provided under s. 138.056. A rule adopted under this subsection may not affect s. 138.041 or chs. 421 to 428 or restrict powers specifically granted state banks under this chapter or ch. 221 or 224.
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25. 220.04 (9) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
220.04 (9) (f) 2. An official or regulated entity who violates an order issued under par. (d) shall, for each violation, forfeit not more than $1,000 per day for each day the violation continues. Assessment of a forfeiture under this subdivision shall commence on the latest of 10 days after the date of delivery of the order or, if an appeal is taken under s. 220.035, 10 days after the date of the decision of the banking institutions review board.
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26. 220.04 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
220.04 (12) If the division has information that causes the division to believe that any bank, trust company bank, or any other person subject in whole or in part to supervision or control by the division, or any officer, employee, member, or manager thereof, has violated any law, rule, or order that subjects the person to prosecution for a criminal offense or to a penalty, the division shall bring such information to the attention of the banking institutions review board, with the division's recommendation in writing as to action to be taken. The banking institutions review board shall, if in its judgment probable cause exists for believing that a criminal offense has been committed, or a penalty incurred, call the facts and information to the attention of the attorney general whose duty it shall be to cause prosecution or other action to be instituted if, in the attorney general's judgment, the facts warrant. This subsection does not prevent the institution of any prosecution by any district attorney of this state with or without any advice or act on the part of the attorney general. This subsection does not preclude the division, in any case where the division deems it important to act immediately, from causing any arrest and prosecution where the division is satisfied that there is reason to believe the offense has been committed and that prosecution should be immediately commenced.
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27. 220.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
220.05 (2) On or before July 15 of each year, each state bank and trust company bank shall pay to the division an annual assessment for the maintenance of the functions of the division in an amount to be determined by the banking institutions review board, but which shall not exceed 8 cents per $1,000 of resources, or part thereof, for the first $5,000,000 and shall not exceed 6 cents per $1,000, or part thereof, for all resources over $5,000,000.
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28. 220.06 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
220.06 (1m) No division employee may examine a bank or licensee in which that person is interested as a stockholder, officer, or employee. No division employee may examine a bank or licensee located in the same village, city, or county with any bank or licensee in which that person is so interested. Employees in the division, and each member and employee of the banking institutions review board, shall keep secret all facts and information obtained in the course of examinations or from reports not under s. 221.1002 (1) filed by a bank or licensee with the division, except so far as the public duty of the person requires reporting upon or taking special action regarding the affairs of any bank or licensee, and except when called as a witness in any criminal proceeding or trial in a court of justice. The division may furnish to the federal deposit insurance corporation, to a federal home loan bank, or to any regulatory authority for state or federal financial institutions, insurance, or securities a copy of any examination made of any such bank or licensee or of any report made by such bank or licensee and may give access to and disclose to the corporation or to any regulatory authority for state or federal financial institutions, insurance, or securities any information possessed by the division, or to a federal home loan bank any information created by the division, with reference to the conditions or affairs of any such insured bank or licensee if the regulatory authority agrees to treat all information received with the same degree of confidentiality as applies to reports of examination that are in the custody of the division.
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29. 220.06 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
220.06 (2) If any employee in the division or any member of the banking institutions review board or any employee thereof discloses the name of any debtor of any bank or licensee, or anything relative to the private account or transactions of such bank or licensee, or any fact obtained in the course of any examination of any bank or licensee, except as herein provided, that person is guilty of a Class I felony and shall be subject, upon conviction, to forfeiture of office or position.
