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CA Fin Code § 354 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 3 - Deputies and Employees|Section 354.

354.  The commissioner may require, at any time, of any deputy, examiner, or other employee of the department, an official bond in such amount as the commissioner may deem necessary. The premium for bonds required by the commissioner shall be an expense of the department.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 356 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 3 - Deputies and Employees|Section 356.

356.  If the commissioner is unable to perform his or her duties for more than 30 consecutive days or if the office of the commissioner becomes vacant, the chief deputy shall have all the powers and duties of the commissioner until the return or recovery of the commissioner, or, in case of a vacancy, until a new commissioner is appointed by the Governor and qualifies to hold office.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 357 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 3 - Deputies and Employees|Section 357.

357.  If a deputy commissioner or any examiner has knowledge of the insolvency or unsafe condition of any licensee and willfully fails to report that fact to the commissioner in writing, he or she is guilty of a felony.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 370 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 4 - Administration of the Department|Section 370.

370.  The commissioner may have an office in the City of Sacramento, the City of Los Angeles, the City of San Diego, the City and County of San Francisco, or any other location in the state that he or she considers appropriate. The commissioner shall provide at the expense of the department such office space, furniture, and equipment as may be necessary or convenient for the transaction of the business of the department.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 372 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 4 - Administration of the Department|Section 372.

372.  The department may expend moneys in accordance with law for the necessary travel expenses of officers and employees of the department while traveling in the line of their duties either within or without the state.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 373 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 4 - Administration of the Department|Section 373.

373.  The commissioner shall adopt and keep an official seal. Papers executed by the commissioner in his or her official capacity pursuant to law and bearing the seal, or copies thereof certified by him or her, shall be received in evidence in like manner as the original and may be recorded in the same manner and with the same effect as a deed regularly acknowledged.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 374 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 4 - Administration of the Department|Section 374.

374.  (a) Whenever it is necessary for the commissioner to approve any instrument and to affix his or her official seal thereto, the commissioner shall charge a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) therefor.(b) Whenever it is proper for the department to furnish a copy of any paper that has been filed therein and to certify to the paper, the commissioner may charge twenty-five cents ($0.25) for each page copied.(c) Whenever the commissioner is required or requested to certify copies of documents, the commissioner may charge a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) for certifying the copied documents and for affixing his or her official seal.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 375 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 4 - Administration of the Department|Section 375.

375.  Official reports made by the commissioner and verified reports of an examination made by the commissioner, exclusively or in conjunction with or with assistance from any agency of the United States, of a state of the United States, or of a foreign nation are prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the reports for all purposes.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 377 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 4 - Administration of the Department|Section 377.

377.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, whenever any provision of the Financial Institutions Law requires the pledge of securities to be deposited with the Treasurer, to ensure the performance of any act or duty, the securities after first being approved by the commissioner and upon the written order of the commissioner, shall be deposited with the Treasurer. The Treasurer, with the consent of the owner of the securities deposited or to be deposited with the Treasurer, may place the securities in the custody of a qualified trust company or bank in the same manner and under the same conditions provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 16550) of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 334, Sec. 22. (SB 537) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Fin Code § 378 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 4 - Administration of the Department|Section 378.

378.  Whenever the commissioner is notified of or discovers a violation of the state law punishable by criminal penalties, he or she shall promptly advise the Attorney General.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 379 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 4 - Administration of the Department|Section 379.

379.  (a) For the purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply:(1) “Control” has the meaning set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 1250. “Control” also means the ownership of a subject person by means of sole proprietorship, partnership, or by any other similar means.(2) “Controlling person” means a person who, directly or indirectly, controls a subject person.(3) “Subject person” means any licensee.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to subdivision (c), the commissioner may deliver, or cause to be delivered, to local, state, or federal law enforcement agencies fingerprints taken of any of the following:(1) An applicant for employment with the department.(2) A person licensed, or proposed to be licensed, as a subject person.(3) A director, officer, or employee of an existing or proposed subject person.(4) An existing or proposed controlling person of a subject person.(5) A director, officer, or employee of an existing or proposed controlling person of a subject person.(6) A director, officer, or employee of an existing or proposed affiliate of a subject person.(c) The authorization in subdivision (b) may only be used by the department for the purpose of obtaining information regarding an individual as to the existence and nature of the criminal record, if any, of that individual relating to convictions, and to any arrest for which the individual is released on bail or on his or her own recognizance pending trial, for the commission or attempted commission of a crime involving robbery, burglary, theft, embezzlement, fraud, forgery, bookmaking, receiving stolen property, counterfeiting, or involving checks or credit cards or using computers.(d) No request shall be submitted pursuant to this section without the written consent of the person affected.(e) Any criminal history information obtained pursuant to this section shall be confidential and no recipient shall disclose its contents other than for the purpose for which it was acquired.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 334, Sec. 23. (SB 537) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Fin Code § 380 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 4 - Administration of the Department|Section 380.

380.  (a) The commissioner shall inform appropriate state and federal officials charged with the regulation of financial institutions or securities transactions of any enforcement actions, including, but not limited to, civil or criminal actions, cease and desist orders, license or authorization suspensions or revocations, or an open investigation.(b) The commissioner shall inform appropriate state and federal officials charged with the regulation of financial institutions or securities transactions if it appears that any bank, bank holding company, savings association, savings and loan holding company, credit union, industrial loan company, industrial loan holding company, or other licensee of the department is conducting its business in a fraudulent, unsafe, unsound, or injurious manner, or has suffered or will suffer substantial financial loss or damage, and it appears to the commissioner that the information is relevant to the regulatory activities of the other agency.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 401, Sec. 25. (AB 2763) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Fin Code § 381 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 4 - Administration of the Department|Section 381.

381.  Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to hearings conducted by the department.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 400 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 5 - Financial Institutions Fund|Section 400.

400.  As of the operative date of this section, there is established a Financial Institutions Fund in the State Treasury. Except as otherwise provided in Division 5 (commencing with Section 14000), all money collected or received by the commissioner under this code shall be deposited with the Treasurer to the credit of the Financial Institutions Fund.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 405 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 6 - State Banking Account|Section 405.

405.  (a) The commissioner shall annually collect pro rata from the banks and trust companies under the supervision of the department a fund in an amount sufficient in the commissioner’s judgment to meet the expenses of the department in administering laws relating to banks or trust companies or to the banking or trust business that are not otherwise provided for and to provide a reasonable reserve for contingencies.(b) The amount of the annual assessment for the fund on any bank or trust company shall not be less than five thousand dollars ($5,000). Above that minimum amount, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the annual assessment shall not exceed the sum of the products of a base assessment rate, or percentage thereof, and segregated portions of its total resources, according to the following table: Segregated Total ResourcesPercentage of Base(In Millions or Fractions Thereof)Assessment RateFirst $2100.0Next $18 50.0Next $80 12.0Next $100 6.25Next $8006.0Next $1,0004.0Next $4,0003.5Next $14,0003.0Next $20,0002.5Excess over $40,0001.5(c) (1) For purposes of determining the annual assessment on banks and trust companies that have one or more foreign (other state) branch offices, the resources of foreign (other state) branch offices shall be excluded from total resources, except that the commissioner may order the resources of foreign (other state) branch offices to be included in total resources if and to the extent that it is necessary in the commissioner’s judgment to meet the expenses of the department on account of foreign (other state) branch offices and a reasonable reserve for contingencies.(2) If the commissioner finds that a bank or trust company allocated any resource to a foreign (other state) branch office for the purpose, in whole or in part, of reducing its annual assessment, the commissioner may, for purposes of calculating the annual assessment on the bank or trust company, reallocate the resource to the bank’s or trust company’s head office.(d) The base assessment rate shall be set by the commissioner from time to time at the commissioner’s discretion, not to exceed two dollars and twenty cents ($2.20) per one thousand dollars ($1,000) of total resources.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 334, Sec. 24. (SB 537) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Fin Code § 406 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 6 - State Banking Account|Section 406.

406.  The commissioner shall annually collect from national banking associations and foreign (other state) banks operating trust departments in this state an annual assessment to meet expenses of the department, not exceeding one one-hundredth of 1 percent of the amount required by law to be deposited with the Treasurer as surety for the faithful performance and execution of all court and private trusts accepted by them.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 407 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 6 - State Banking Account|Section 407.

407.  Whenever the commissioner makes an assessment pursuant to Section 405 or 406, the commissioner shall fix the date when the assessment is due and payable and shall mail or otherwise deliver to each bank and trust company assessed an invoice showing the amount of its assessment and the date when the assessment is due and payable.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 408 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 6 - State Banking Account|Section 408.

408.  The commissioner, in addition to the annual assessment, shall collect from each bank authorized to engage in the trust business, to defray the cost of examination, a fee not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75) per hour for each examiner necessarily engaged in the examination of the trust company, trust business, or trust department. The commissioner shall assess the fee upon completion of the examination of the trust company or trust business and shall mail or otherwise deliver an invoice for the fee to the institution. The institution shall pay the fee within 30 days after the invoice is mailed or otherwise delivered to it.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 409 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 6 - State Banking Account|Section 409.

409.  If any bank or trust company fails to make timely payment of any assessment made pursuant to Section 405, 406, or 408, the commissioner may, in the commissioner’s sole discretion, (a) cancel the certificate of authority of the bank or trust company to conduct a banking or trust business or (b) levy a civil penalty pursuant to Section 329.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 410 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 6 - State Banking Account|Section 410.

410.  As of the operative date of this section:(a) The State Banking Fund is converted into a separate account in the Financial Institutions Fund and designated as the State Banking Account.(b) All moneys and other assets and all liabilities of the State Banking Fund shall be transferred to the State Banking Account.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 411 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 6 - State Banking Account|Section 411.

411.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 413 or 414, all salaries and other expenses of the department, other than those incurred in administering laws relating to savings associations or the savings association business, credit unions or the credit union business, industrial banks, the industrial banking business, insurance premium finance agencies, the insurance premium finance business, or Article 2 (commencing with Section 53630) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, shall be paid out of the State Banking Account in the Financial Institutions Fund. Salaries and other expenses incurred in the liquidation or conservation of any bank (other than an industrial bank) or of any person licensed under Division 1.2 (commencing with Section 2000) or Division 15 (commencing with Section 31000), including the compensation of employees of the department to the extent that they are engaged in that liquidation or conservation, if possible, and if advanced from the State Banking Account in the Financial Institutions Fund, shall constitute a first charge against the assets of the bank or licensee, as the case may be. Salaries and other expenses incurred in the liquidation or conservation of any industrial bank, including the compensation of employees of the department to the extent that they are engaged in that liquidation or conservation, if possible, and if advanced from the Industrial Bank Account in the Financial Institutions Fund, shall constitute a first charge against the assets of the industrial bank.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 412 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 6 - State Banking Account|Section 412.

412.  The commissioner shall deliver all moneys received or collected by the commissioner under Section 405, 406, or 408 or otherwise, other than moneys received or collected by the commissioner under laws relating to savings associations, the savings association business, credit unions, the credit union business, industrial banks, the industrial banking business, insurance premium finance agencies, the insurance premium finance business, or Article 2 (commencing with Section 53630) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, to the Treasurer, who shall deposit the moneys to the credit of the State Banking Account of the Financial Institutions Fund.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 413 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 6 - State Banking Account|Section 413.

413.  (a) In this section, “assessment statute” means any statute that authorizes the commissioner to make or collect an assessment (other than a fine) on financial institutions, including the following:(1) Sections 405 to 407, inclusive.(2) Section 2042.(3) Article 2 (commencing with Section 8030) of Chapter 7 of Division 2.(4) Article 4 (commencing with Section 14350) of Chapter 3 of Division 5.(5) Section 1533.(b) The commissioner may charge to and collect from the Financial Institutions Fund, the Credit Union Fund, each of the accounts included in the Financial Institutions Fund, and each of the programs included in the State Banking Account an amount equal to the fund’s, account’s, or program’s pro rata share of those expenses of the department which, in the opinion of the commissioner, it is not feasible to attribute to any single one of the funds, accounts, or programs. The fund’s, account’s, or program’s pro rata share shall be determined and paid in the manner and at the time ordered by the commissioner.(c) The provisions of any assessment statute that authorize the commissioner to make or collect an assessment for the purposes specified in the assessment statute include authority for the commissioner to make and collect an assessment for the additional purpose of providing money in an amount that will, in the commissioner’s judgment, be sufficient to make payments that may be required under subdivision (b).(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 334, Sec. 25. (SB 537) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Fin Code § 414 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Department of Business Oversight|ARTICLE 6 - State Banking Account|Section 414.

414.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of Section 53667 of the Government Code, the commissioner may, at any time during a fiscal year, pay any expense of the department from any of the following accounts and funds: the State Banking Account, the Savings and Loan Account, the Industrial Bank Account, the Financial Institutions Fund, the Credit Union Fund, and the Local Agency Deposit Security Fund. However, if the commissioner pays an expense of the department from an account or fund from which the expense is not, except for this section, permitted to be paid, the commissioner shall, as of a date within that fiscal year, reimburse the account or fund from which the expense was paid by making a transfer from the account or fund from which the expense would have been permitted to be paid.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fin Code § 501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Financial Code - FIN|DIVISION 1 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Examinations and Reports-Banking|ARTICLE 1 - Examination|Section 501.

501.  (a) Whenever, in the judgment of the commissioner, it is necessary or advisable to make an extra examination of or to devote any extraordinary attention to any bank, any foreign bank, or any office of a foreign bank, he or she has the authority to do so and to charge and collect from the bank or foreign bank, in the case of an extra examination, an amount not exceeding seventy-five dollars ($75) per hour for each examiner engaged in the examination and, in the case of extraordinary attention, an amount not exceeding the department’s expenses in providing the extraordinary attention, including, but not limited to, compensation of employees.(b) Whenever in the judgment of the commissioner it is necessary or expedient for any examiner engaged in any examination to travel outside this state, the commissioner may charge for the travel expenses of the examiner.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)