2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 34 - Banking, Financial Institutions and Money › Chapter 30 - A State Savings Bank Charter In South Carolina › Section 34-30-780. Appointment of receiver; confirmation of appointment; power and authority; compensation; tender of appointment to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; procedure; contesting of proceedings; reimbursement of expenses and attorney fees.

(A) If the board finds that a state savings bank is:
(1) in an impaired condition;
(2) engaging in practices which threaten to result in an impaired condition; or
(3) in violation of an order or injunction, as provided in Section 34-30-760, which has become final in that the time to appeal has expired without appeal or a final order has been entered from which there is no appeal, the board may appoint a receiver for the state savings bank. Upon this appointment, the board shall apply immediately to the circuit court in the county in which the home office of the state savings bank is located and, in the case of a foreign state savings bank doing business in this State, the county in which its registered office in this State is located, for confirmation of the appointment, and the court has exclusive jurisdiction to determine the issues and all related matters. These proceedings must be given precedence over other cases pending in the court and must be expedited. The court shall confirm the appointment if it finds that one or more of the grounds specified in this section exist, and a certified copy of the order of the court confirming the appointment is evidence of its confirmation. In the case of an insured state savings bank, the appointment by the board of a receiver under this section constitutes an official determination of a public authority in this State pursuant to which a receiver is appointed for the purpose of liquidation as contemplated by and within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, if, within ten days after the date the application of the board is filed, confirmation of the appointment or denial of confirmation has not been issued by the court. The receiver has all the powers and authority of a conservator, plus the power to liquidate, and shall have those other powers and authority as may be expressed in the order of the court. If the chairman of the board, or his deputy, or an employee of the board is appointed receiver, he shall receive no additional compensation, but if another person is appointed, the compensation of the receiver, as determined by the court, must be paid from the assets of the state savings bank.
(B) If the state savings bank is an institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation must be tendered appointment as receiver or co-receiver. If it accepts the appointment, it may make loans on the security of or purchase at public or private sale a part or all of the assets of the state savings bank of which it is receiver or co-receiver, provided the loan or purchase is approved by the court.
(C) The procedure in the receivership action must be in all other respects in accordance with the practice in the court where the action was filed, including all rights of appeal and review. The directors, officers, and attorneys of a state savings bank in office at the time of the initiation of a proceeding under this section or Section 34-30-770 are authorized to contest the proceeding and must be reimbursed for reasonable expenses and attorney fees by the state savings bank or from its assets. A court having a proceeding before it shall allow reasonable expenses and attorney fees for the directors, officers, and attorneys.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 90, Section 1, eff June 10, 1997.