CO Code § 11-44-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 11 - Financial Institutions|Article 44 - Division of Financial Services|§ 11-44-110. Power to Take Possession of Association

  If the commissioner, as the result of any examination or from any report made to him, finds that any association doing business in this state is violating the provisions of its articles of incorporation or bylaws or of the laws of this state provided for its government or is conducting its business in an unsafe or unauthorized manner, by an order addressed to such association, he may direct a discontinuance of such violations or unsafe or unauthorized practices and a conformity with all the requirements of law.    If such association refuses or neglects to comply with such order within the time specified therein, or if it appears to the commissioner that any association is in an unsafe condition or is conducting its business in an unsafe manner such as to render its further proceedings hazardous to the public or to any of its members, or if he finds that its assets are impaired to such an extent that it threatens loss to the withdrawable shares, or if any association refuses to submit its books, papers, and accounts to the inspection of the commissioner or any of his examiners, his deputy, or his assistants, or if any officer refuses to be examined upon oath concerning the affairs of such association, then the commissioner may revoke the certificate of authority of such association, which shall act as an injunction against the association issuing any new shares or stock, making any new loans, transferring any shares or stock, or making any change in its managerial or directorial personnel during the time such revocation is in effect.    The commissioner may, with the written approval of the board, take possession of the property, business, and assets of such an association and retain such possession until such association, with the consent of the commissioner, resumes business or until its affairs are liquidated. Such association, with the consent of the commissioner, may resume business upon such conditions as may be prescribed by the commissioner, but such savings and loan association shall pay all the expenses of the commissioner and the commissioner's deputy and employees in so taking possession of its property and assets.      In addition to all other powers to take possession of any association, the commissioner may appoint himself or herself or a third party as conservator of any association and immediately take possession and control of the business and assets of the association if the commissioner determines that:   Such action is necessary to conserve the assets of the association or to protect the interests of its shareholders from acts or omissions of the existing management;    The association, by a resolution of its board of directors, consents to such action;    There is a willful violation of a cease-and-desist order that results in the association being operated in an unsafe or unsound manner; or    The association is significantly undercapitalized and has no reasonable prospect of becoming adequately capitalized.       The commissioner may appoint a conservator and take immediate possession of the association without prior notice or a hearing; except that, within ten days after the conservator is appointed, the association may file an appeal with the board requesting the board to rescind the commissioner's appointment of a conservator. Upon receipt of a timely appeal, the board shall set a date for hearing and determine whether the commissioner's appointment should be rescinded; except that such appeal shall not act as a stay of the commissioner's action. If the board finds the commissioner's action was unauthorized, the board shall restore control of the association to its board of directors. If no appeal is filed within ten days after the commissioner's appointment of a conservator, all action taken by the commissioner shall be final.    In extraordinary circumstances, upon order of the board, any hearing conducted pursuant to this subsection (4) shall be exempt from any provision of law requiring that proceedings of the board be conducted publicly. Such extraordinary circumstances occur only when specific concern arises about prompt withdrawal of moneys from the association.    The conservator shall have all the powers of the shareholders, directors, and officers of the association and shall be authorized to operate the association in its own name or to conserve its assets as directed by the commissioner. The conservator shall conduct the business of the association and make regular reports to the commissioner until such time as the commissioner has determined that the purposes of conservatorship have been accomplished and the association should be returned to the control of its board of directors. All costs incident to the conservatorship shall be paid out of the assets of the association. If the commissioner determines that the purposes of the conservatorship will not be accomplished, the commissioner may proceed with the involuntary liquidation of the association in the manner described in subsections (2) and (3) of this section.    If a conservator is appointed, and is other than the federal deposit insurance corporation, the office of thrift supervision or its successors, or an employee of the division of financial services, the conservator and any assistants shall provide a bond, payable to the association and executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, which meets with the approval of the financial services board, for the faithful discharge of their duties in connection with such conservatorship and the accounting for all moneys coming into their hands. The cost of such bond shall be paid from the assets of the association. Suit may be maintained on such bond by any person injured by a breach of the conditions thereof. This requirement may be deemed met if the financial services board determines that the association's fidelity bond covers the conservator and any assistants.         History. Source: L. 33: P. 340, § 9. CSA: C. 25, § 55. CRS 53: § 122-6-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 122-5-10. L. 99: (3) amended and (4) added, p. 1012, § 7, effective August 4. History. Source: L. 33: P. 340, § 9. CSA: C. 25, § 55. CRS 53: § 122-6-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 122-5-10. L. 99: (3) amended and (4) added, p. 1012, § 7, effective August 4.    ANNOTATION   The taking over of a building and loan association is free from constitutional objections, for building and loan associations are purely creatures of statute. United States Bldg. & Loan Ass'n v. McClelland, 95 Colo. 292 , 36 P.2d 164 (1934).