Utah Code § 7-1-803

Conflicting interests of commissioner, supervisors, and examiners -- Loans and
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(1) Neither the commissioner nor any supervisor or examiner may do any of the following with
respect to any institution under the supervision of the department:
(a) be indebted, directly or indirectly, as a borrower, accommodation endorser, surety, or
guarantor to an institution, or to an individual or any other legal or commercial entity owning or
controlling an institution;

(b) be an officer, director, or employee of any institution or of an individual or any other legal or
commercial entity owning or controlling an institution;
(c) own or deal in, directly or indirectly, the shares or obligations of an institution or of a
corporation owning or controlling an institution;
(d) receive, directly or indirectly, from an institution or any officer, director, or employee of an
institution, any salary, fee, or compensation; or
(e) be interested in or engage in the negotiations of any loan to, obligation of, or accommodation
for another person to or with an institution.
(2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), the commissioner, any supervisor, or any examiner of the
department may:
(a) have and maintain savings, transaction, share, time deposit, or other accounts, or certificates
and deposits in any financial or depository institution in the state, or be a lessee of a safe
deposit box on the same terms and conditions available to the public generally;
(b) be indebted to a depository institution under the supervision of the department on terms
offered to the public generally upon:
(i) a mortgage loan upon the mortgagor's own home;
(ii) an open or closed end consumer loan granted before the person became employed with the
department or before the institution became subject to the jurisdiction of the department;
(iii) in the case of a supervisor or examiner, a consumer loan lawfully made prior to January
1, 1991, provided that while the debt is subject to the provisions of this chapter, the terms
of the debt are not changed in favor of the debtor in a manner not offered and provided to
other creditworthy borrowers or waived or extended as a result of delinquency or default;
and
(iv) a debt fully secured at all times by deposits in the institution;
(c) be indebted on an installment debt transferred to an institution under the jurisdiction of the
department in the regular course of business by a seller of consumer goods; and
(d) continue to receive payments under a regularly established pension plan of general
application for fully retired employees of an institution under the supervision of the
department.
(3) Full disclosure in writing of any indebtedness incurred under Subsection (2) shall be filed in the
commissioner's office.
(4) Any person who knowingly violates this section with the intention of getting gain through the
influence of that person's office shall forfeit the office or employment and is guilty of a third
degree felony.

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