Wisconsin Code § 214.715

Powers of the division
Open in Lexace · Ask the AI about this section
(1) The division shall do
all of the following:
(a) Supervise and control savings banks and savings bank
holding companies.
(b) Employ persons necessary to administer this chapter.
(c) Exercise the rights, powers and duties under this chapter or
any related chapter.
(d) Promulgate rules.
(e) Submit an annual report to the governor and the legislature
regarding the work of the division under this chapter.
(f) Commence an action to enforce any law of this state that
applies to savings banks, service corporations, savings bank subsidiaries, affiliates or savings bank holding companies, including
the enforcement of any obligation of the officers, directors,
agents or employees of these entities.
(g) Prescribe a uniform manner for maintaining the books and
records of a savings bank.
(h) Establish a reasonable fee structure, subject to approval of
the review board, for savings banks and savings bank holding
companies and for their service corporations and subsidiaries.
The fees may include annual fees, application fees, regular and
special examination fees and other fees that relate to the division’s
responsibilities under this chapter and that are directly attributable to the entities operating under this chapter. The division may
assess, bill and collect fees established under this paragraph. The
amounts collected by the division shall be used for the expenses
of the division.
(2) Employees of the division may not be subject to any civil
liability or penalty, or to any criminal prosecution, for any error
in judgment or discretion made in good faith and upon reasonable
grounds in any action taken or omitted by the employee in an official capacity.
(3) If it appears to the division that a savings bank is conducting its business in violation of this chapter, the division may report the facts to the department of justice which may bring an action to revoke the certificate of incorporation of the savings bank.
(4) A savings bank that intends to move its home office or a
branch office shall make an application to the division. In approving or denying the application for relocation, the division
shall determine the need for relocation and determine whether
undue harm or injury would be caused to any savings bank doing
business in the area or vicinity of the proposed relocation.

‹ Prev All Wisconsin sections Next ›


Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Statute text is provided for general information and may not reflect the most recent amendments; verify against the official state code.