West Virginia Code § 31A-2-8

Commissioner's assessments and examination fund; assessments, costs
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and expenses of examinations; collection.
(a) All moneys collected by the commissioner from financial institutions and bank holding
companies for assessments, examination fees, investigation fees or other necessary expenses
incurred by the commissioner in administering such duties shall be paid to the commissioner
and paid by the commissioner to the treasurer of the state to the credit of a especial revenue
account to be known as the "commissioner's assessment and examination fund" which is
hereby established. The assessments and fees paid into this account shrall be appropriated by
law and used to pay the costs and expenses of the Division of Banking and all incidental
costs and expenses necessary for its operations. At the end of each fiscal year, if the fund
contains a sum of money in excess of twenty percent of the appropriated budget of the
Division of Banking, the amount of the excess shall be transfterred to the General Revenue
Fund of the state. The Legislature may appropriate money to start the special revenue
account.
(b) the Commissioner of Banking shall charge and collect from each state banking institution
or other financial institution or bank holding csompany and pay into a special revenue
account in the State Treasury for the Division of Banking assessments as follows: (1) For
each state banking institution, a quarterly assessment payable on January 1, April 1, July 1,
and October 1 each year, computed gupon the total assets of the banking institution shown on
the report of condition of the banking institution filed as of the preceding June 30,
September 30, December 31 aend March 31, respectively, as follows:
Total Assets L
But Not Of Excess
Over Over This Over
Million Million Amount Plus Million
$ 0 $ 2 $ 0 .001645020 0
2 20 3,290 .000205628 2
20 100 6,991 .00016450 220
100 200 20,151 .000106926 100
200 1,000 30,844 .000090476 200
1,000 2,000 103,225 .000074026 1,000
2,000 6,000 177,251 .000065801 2,000
6,000 20,000 440,454 .000055988 6,000
20,000 40,000 1,224,292 .000052670 20,000
(2) For each regulated consumer lender, an annual assessment payable on July 1, each year,
computed upon the total outstanding gross loan balances and installment sales contract
balances net of unearned interest of the regulated consumer lender shown on the report of
condition of the regulated consumer lender as of the preceding thirty-first day of December,
respectively, as follows:
Total Outstanding Balances u
But Not This Of Excess
Over Over Amount Plus Over a
$ 0 $ 1,000,000 800 - -
1,000,000 5,000,000 800 .000400 1,000,000
5,000,000 10,000,000 2,400 .000200 5,000,000
10,000,000 - 4,200 .000100 10,000,000
If a regulated consumer lender's records or documents are maintained in more than one
location in this state, then eight hundred dollars may be added to the assessment for each
additional location.
In addition to the assessment provided in this subdivision, the commissioner shall charge
and collect from each regulated consumer lender the actual and necessary costs and
expenses incurred in connection with any examination of a regulated consumer lender.
(3) For each credit union, an annual assessment as provided for in section eight, article one,
chapter thirty-one-c of this code as follows:
Total Assets
But Not This Of Excess
Over Over Amount Plus Over
$ 0 $ 100,000 100 - -
100,000 500,000 300 - -
500,000 1,000,000 500 - -
1,000,000 5,000,000 500 .000400 1,000,000
5,000,000 10,000,000 2,100 .000200 5,000,000
10,000,000 - 3,100 .000100 10,000,000
(4) For each bank holding company, an annual assessment as provided for in section eight,
article eight-a of this chapter. The annual assessment may not exceed ten dollars per million
dollars in deposits rounded off to the nearest million dollars.
(c) The commissioner shall each December March, June and September prepare and send to
each state banking institution a statement of the amount of the assessment due. The
commissioner shall further, each June, prepare and send to each regulated consumer lender
and each state credit union a statement of the amount of the assessment due. The
commissioner shall annually, during the month of Januaary, prepare and send to each bank
holding company a statement of the amount of the assessment due.
State banking institution assessments may be prescribed every three months, not later than
June 15 September 15, December 15 and March 15 by written order of the commissioner,
but shall not exceed the maximums as set iforth in subsection (b) of this section. In setting
the assessments the primary consideration shall be the amount appropriated by the
Legislature for the Division of Banking for the corresponding annual period. Reasonable
notice of the assessments shall be made to all interested parties. All orders of the
commissioner for the purpose of setting assessments are not subject to the provisions of the
West Virginia administrative procedures act under chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.
(d) For making an examination within the state of any other financial institution for which
assessments are not provided by this code, the commissioner of banking shall charge and
collect from sVuch other financial institution and pay into the special revenue account for the
Division of Banking the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred in connection
therewith, as fixed and determined by the commissioner. Banks that provide only trust or
other nondepository services, nonbanking subsidiaries of bank holding companies that
provide trust services, nonbanking subsidiaries of banks that provide trust services and any
trust entity that is jointly owned by federally insured depository institutions may be assessed
for necessary costs and expenses associated with an examination pursuant to this
subsection.
(e) If the records of an institution are located outside this state, the institution at its option
shall make them available to the commissioner at a convenient location within the state or
pay the reasonable and necessary expenses for the commissioner or his or her
representatives to examine them at the place where they are maintained. The commissioner
may designate representatives, including comparable officials of the state in which the
records are located, to inspect them on his or her behalf.
(f) The Commissioner of Banking may maintain an action for the recovery of all assessments,
costs and expenses in any court of competent jurisdiction.

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