SB1778 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1778

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

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Amends the Division of Banking Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation to establish a Commercial Bank Regulatory Section and a Savings Bank Regulatory Section within the Division. Amends the State Finance Act. Changes the name of the Savings and Residential Finance Regulatory Fund to the Residential Finance Regulatory Fund. Provides for expenditures from the Savings Institution Regulatory Fund and the Residential Finance Regulatory Fund related to the disposition of unclaimed property. Amends the Savings Bank Act. Provides that the Secretary may charter mutual and stock holding companies in connection with a mutual savings bank reorganization. Establishes the effect of the repeal of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, including the regulation of entities formerly under the Illinois Savings and Loan Act as savings banks under the Savings Bank Act. Changes references from "member or shareholder" to "customer". Changes references from "Commissioner" to "Secretary". Makes changes to provisions concerning articles of incorporation, proxies, directors, access to books and records, regulations, investment in loans, loans to one borrower, mergers, conversion of an existing depository institution to a savings bank, powers of the Secretary, regulatory fees, and disclosure of reports of examinations and confidential supervisory information. Repeals the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Division of Banking Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3205/5) (from Ch. 17, par. 455)

Sec. 5. Powers. In addition to all the other powers and duties provided by law, the Commissioner shall have the following powers:

(a) To exercise the rights, powers and duties formerly vested by law in the Director of Financial Institutions under the Illinois Banking Act.

(b) To exercise the rights, powers and duties formerly vested by law in the Department of Financial Institutions under "An act to provide for and regulate the administration of trusts by trust companies", approved June 15, 1887, as amended.

(c) To exercise the rights, powers and duties formerly vested by law in the Director of Financial Institutions under "An act authorizing foreign corporations, including banks and national banking associations domiciled in other states, to act in a fiduciary capacity in this state upon certain conditions herein set forth", approved July 13, 1953, as amended.

(c-5) To exercise all of the rights, powers, and duties granted to the Director or Secretary under the Illinois Banking Act, the Corporate Fiduciary Act, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, the Illinois Bank Holding Company Act of 1957, the Savings Bank Act, the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, the Savings and Loan Share and Account Act, the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987, and the Pawnbroker Regulation Act.

(c-10) To establish a Commercial Bank Regulatory Section and a Savings Bank Regulatory Section within the Division.

(c-15) To enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate federal and out-of-state state regulatory agencies to conduct and otherwise perform any examination of a regulated entity as authorized under the Illinois Banking Act, the Corporate Fiduciary Act, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, the Illinois Bank Holding Company Act of 1957, the Savings Bank Act, the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987, and the Pawnbroker Regulation Act.

(d) Whenever the Commissioner is authorized or required by law to consider or to make findings regarding the character of incorporators, directors, management personnel, or other relevant individuals under the Illinois Banking Act, the Corporate Fiduciary Act, the Pawnbroker Regulation Act, or at other times as the Commissioner deems necessary for the purpose of carrying out the Commissioner's statutory powers and responsibilities, the Commissioner shall consider criminal history record information, including nonconviction information, pursuant to the Criminal Identification Act. The Commissioner shall, in the form and manner required by the Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, cause to be conducted a criminal history record investigation to obtain information currently contained in the files of the Department of State Police or the Federal Bureau of Investigation, provided that the Commissioner need not cause additional criminal history record investigations to be conducted on individuals for whom the Commissioner, a federal bank regulatory agency, or any other government agency has caused such investigations to have been conducted previously unless such additional investigations are otherwise required by law or unless the Commissioner deems such additional investigations to be necessary for the purposes of carrying out the Commissioner's statutory powers and responsibilities. The Department of State Police shall provide, on the Commissioner's request, information concerning criminal charges and their disposition currently on file with respect to a relevant individual. Information obtained as a result of an investigation under this Section shall be used in determining eligibility to be an incorporator, director, management personnel, or other relevant individual in relation to a financial institution or other entity supervised by the Commissioner. Upon request and payment of fees in conformance with the requirements of Section 2605-400 of the Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-400), the Department of State Police is authorized to furnish, pursuant to positive identification, such information contained in State files as is necessary to fulfill the request.

(e) When issuing charters, permits, licenses, or other authorizations, the Commissioner may impose such terms and conditions on the issuance as he deems necessary or appropriate. Failure to abide by those terms and conditions may result in the revocation of the issuance, the imposition of corrective orders, or the imposition of civil money penalties.

(f) If the Commissioner has reasonable cause to believe that any entity that has not submitted an application for authorization or licensure is conducting any activity that would otherwise require authorization or licensure by the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall have the power to subpoena witnesses, to compel their attendance, to require the production of any relevant books, papers, accounts, and documents, and to conduct an examination of the entity in order to determine whether the entity is subject to authorization or licensure by the Commissioner or the Division. If the Secretary determines that the entity is subject to authorization or licensure by the Secretary, then the Secretary shall have the power to issue orders against or take any other action, including initiating a receivership against the unauthorized or unlicensed entity.

(g) The Commissioner may, through the Attorney General, request the circuit court of any county to issue an injunction to restrain any person from violating the provisions of any Act administered by the Commissioner.

(h) Whenever the Commissioner is authorized to take any action or required by law to consider or make findings, the Commissioner may delegate or appoint, in writing, an officer or employee of the Division to take that action or make that finding.

(i) Whenever the Secretary determines that it is in the public's interest, he or she may publish any cease and desist order or other enforcement action issued by the Division.

(Source: P.A. 96-1365, eff. 7-28-10; 97-492, eff. 1-1-12.)

Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by changing Sections 5.214 and 8.12 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.214) (from Ch. 127, par. 141.214)

Sec. 5.214. The Savings and Residential Finance Regulatory Fund.

(Source: P.A. 85-1209; 86-1213.)

(30 ILCS 105/8.12) (from Ch. 127, par. 144.12)

Sec. 8.12. State Pensions Fund.

(a) The moneys in the State Pensions Fund shall be used exclusively for the administration of the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act and for the expenses incurred by the Auditor General for administering the provisions of Section 2-8.1 of the Illinois State Auditing Act and for the funding of the unfunded liabilities of the designated retirement systems. Beginning in State fiscal year 2014, payments to the designated retirement systems under this Section shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any State contributions required under the Illinois Pension Code.

"Designated retirement systems" means:

(1) the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois;

(2) the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois;

(3) the State Universities Retirement System;

(4) the Judges Retirement System of Illinois; and

(5) the General Assembly Retirement System.

(b) Each year the General Assembly may make appropriations from the State Pensions Fund for the administration of the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.

Each month, the Commissioner of the Office of Banks and Real Estate shall certify to the State Treasurer the actual expenditures that the Office of Banks and Real Estate incurred conducting unclaimed property examinations under the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act during the immediately preceding month. Within a reasonable time following the acceptance of such certification by the State Treasurer, the State Treasurer shall pay from its appropriation from the State Pensions Fund to the Bank and Trust Company Fund, the Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund, and the Savings and Residential Finance Regulatory Fund an amount equal to the expenditures incurred by each Fund for that month.

Each month, the Director of Financial Institutions shall certify to the State Treasurer the actual expenditures that the Department of Financial Institutions incurred conducting unclaimed property examinations under the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act during the immediately preceding month. Within a reasonable time following the acceptance of such certification by the State Treasurer, the State Treasurer shall pay from its appropriation from the State Pensions Fund to the Financial Institution Institutions Fund and the Credit Union Fund an amount equal to the expenditures incurred by each Fund for that month.

(c) As soon as possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the General Assembly shall appropriate from the State Pensions Fund (1) to the State Universities Retirement System the amount certified under Section 15-165 during the prior year, (2) to the Judges Retirement System of Illinois the amount certified under Section 18-140 during the prior year, and (3) to the General Assembly Retirement System the amount certified under Section 2-134 during the prior year as part of the required State contributions to each of those designated retirement systems; except that amounts appropriated under this subsection (c) in State fiscal year 2005 shall not reduce the amount in the State Pensions Fund below $5,000,000. If the amount in the State Pensions Fund does not exceed the sum of the amounts certified in Sections 15-165, 18-140, and 2-134 by at least $5,000,000, the amount paid to each designated retirement system under this subsection shall be reduced in proportion to the amount certified by each of those designated retirement systems.

(c-5) For fiscal years 2006 through 2013, the General Assembly shall appropriate from the State Pensions Fund to the State Universities Retirement System the amount estimated to be available during the fiscal year in the State Pensions Fund; provided, however, that the amounts appropriated under this subsection (c-5) shall not reduce the amount in the State Pensions Fund below $5,000,000.

(c-6) For fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter, as soon as may be practical after any money is deposited into the State Pensions Fund from the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund, the State Treasurer shall apportion the deposited amount among the designated retirement systems as defined in subsection (a) to reduce their actuarial reserve deficiencies. The State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall pay the apportioned amounts to the designated retirement systems to fund the unfunded liabilities of the designated retirement systems. The amount apportioned to each designated retirement system shall constitute a portion of the amount estimated to be available for appropriation from the State Pensions Fund that is the same as that retirement system's portion of the total actual reserve deficiency of the systems, as determined annually by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget at the request of the State Treasurer. The amounts apportioned under this subsection shall not reduce the amount in the State Pensions Fund below $5,000,000.

(d) The Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall determine the individual and total reserve deficiencies of the designated retirement systems. For this purpose, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall utilize the latest available audit and actuarial reports of each of the retirement systems and the relevant reports and statistics of the Public Employee Pension Fund Division of the Department of Insurance.

(d-1) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Comptroller shall direct and the Treasurer shall transfer from the State Pensions Fund to the General Revenue Fund, as funds become available, a sum equal to the amounts that would have been paid from the State Pensions Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, the State Universities Retirement System, the Judges Retirement System of Illinois, the General Assembly Retirement System, and the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois after the effective date of this amendatory Act during the remainder of fiscal year 2004 to the designated retirement systems from the appropriations provided for in this Section if the transfers provided in Section 6z-61 had not occurred. The transfers described in this subsection (d-1) are to partially repay the General Revenue Fund for the costs associated with the bonds used to fund the moneys transferred to the designated retirement systems under Section 6z-61.

(e) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of 1994 shall first apply to distributions from the Fund for State fiscal year 1996.

(Source: P.A. 96-959, eff. 7-1-10; 97-72, eff. 7-1-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12; revised 10-17-12.)

Section 15. The Savings Bank Act is amended by changing Sections 1007.130, 1007, 2007, 1008, 3003, 4007, 4008, 4010, 4013, 6002, 6013, 6014, 8006, 8012, 9002, 9002.5, 9012, 11001, and 11008 and by adding Section 9002.1 and the heading of Article 12.1 and Sections 12101, 12102, 12103, 12104, 12105, 12106, 12107, 12108, 12109, and 12110 and the heading of Article 12.2 and Sections 12201, 12202, and 12203 as follows:

(205 ILCS 205/1007.130)

Sec. 1007.130. Out-of-state savings bank. "Out-of-state savings bank" means a savings bank or a savings and loan association chartered under the laws of a state other than Illinois, a territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia.

(Source: P.A. 93-965, eff. 8-20-04.)

(205 ILCS 205/1008) (from Ch. 17, par. 7301-8)

Sec. 1008. General corporate powers.

(a) A savings bank operating under this Act shall be a body corporate and politic and shall have all of the powers conferred by this Act including, but not limited to, the following powers:

(1) To sue and be sued, complain, and defend in its corporate name and to have a common seal, which it may alter or renew at pleasure.

(2) To obtain and maintain insurance by a deposit insurance corporation as defined in this Act.

(3) To act as a fiscal agent for the United States, the State of Illinois or any department, branch, arm, or agency of the State or any unit of local government or school district in the State, when duly designated for that purpose, and as agent to perform reasonable functions as may be required of it.

(4) To become a member of or deal with any corporation or agency of the United States or the State of Illinois, to the extent that the agency assists in furthering or facilitating its purposes or powers and to that end to purchase stock or securities thereof or deposit money therewith, and to comply with any other conditions of membership or credit.

(5) To make donations in reasonable amounts for the public welfare or for charitable, scientific, religious, or educational purposes.

(6) To adopt and operate reasonable insurance, bonus, profit sharing, and retirement plans for officers and employees and for directors including, but not limited to, advisory, honorary, and emeritus directors, who are not officers or employees.

(7) To reject any application for membership; to retire deposit accounts by enforced retirement as provided in this Act and the bylaws; and to limit the issuance of, or payments on, deposit accounts, subject, however, to contractual obligations.

(8) To purchase stock or membership interests in service corporations and to invest in any form of indebtedness of any service corporation as defined in this Act, subject to regulations of the Secretary.

(9) To purchase stock of a corporation whose principal purpose is to operate a safe deposit company or escrow service company.

(10) To exercise all the powers necessary to qualify as a trustee or custodian under federal or State law, provided that the authority to accept and execute trusts is subject to the provisions of the Corporate Fiduciary Act and to the supervision of those activities by the Secretary.

(11) (Blank).

(12) To establish, maintain, and operate terminals as authorized by the Electronic Fund Transfer Act.

(13) To pledge its assets:

(A) to enable it to act as agent for the sale of obligations of the United States;

(B) to secure deposits;

(C) to secure deposits of money whenever required by the National Bankruptcy Act;

(D) (blank); and

(E) to secure trust funds commingled with the savings bank's funds, whether deposited by the savings bank or an affiliate of the savings bank, as required under Section 2-8 of the Corporate Fiduciary Act.

(14) To accept for payment at a future date not to exceed one year from the date of acceptance, drafts drawn upon it by its customers; and to issue, advise, or confirm letters of credit authorizing holders thereof to draw drafts upon it or its correspondents.

(15) Subject to the regulations of the Secretary, to own and lease personal property acquired by the savings bank at the request of a prospective lessee and, upon the agreement of that person, to lease the personal property.

(16) To establish temporary service booths at any International Fair in this State that is approved by the United States Department of Commerce for the duration of the international fair for the purpose of providing a convenient place for foreign trade customers to exchange their home countries' currency into United States currency or the converse. To provide temporary periodic service to persons residing in a bona fide nursing home, senior citizens' retirement home, or long-term care facility. These powers shall not be construed as establishing a new place or change of location for the savings bank providing the service booth.

(17) To indemnify its officers, directors, employees, and agents, as authorized for corporations under Section 8.75 of the Business Corporations Act of 1983.

(18) To provide data processing services to others on a for-profit basis.

(19) To utilize any electronic technology to provide customers with home banking services.

(20) Subject to the regulations of the Secretary, to enter into an agreement to act as a surety.

(21) Subject to the regulations of the Secretary, to issue credit cards, extend credit therewith, and otherwise engage in or participate in credit card operations.

(22) To purchase for its own account shares of stock of a bankers' bank, described in Section 13(b)(1) of the Illinois Banking Act, on the same terms and conditions as a bank may purchase such shares. In no event shall the total amount of such stock held by a savings bank in such bankers' bank exceed 10% of its capital and surplus (including undivided profits) and in no event shall a savings bank acquire more than 5% of any class of voting securities of such bankers' bank.

(23) With respect to affiliate facilities:

(A) to conduct at affiliate facilities any of the following transactions for and on behalf of any affiliated depository institution, if so authorized by the affiliate or affiliates: receiving deposits; renewing deposits; cashing and issuing checks, drafts, money orders, travelers checks, or similar instruments; changing money; receiving payments on existing indebtedness; and conducting ministerial functions with respect to loan applications, servicing loans, and providing loan account information; and

(B) to authorize an affiliated depository institution to conduct for and on behalf of it, any of the transactions listed in this subsection at one or more affiliate facilities.

A savings bank intending to conduct or to authorize an affiliated depository institution to conduct at an affiliate facility any of the transactions specified in this subsection shall give written notice to the Secretary at least 30 days before any such transaction is conducted at an affiliate facility. All conduct under this subsection shall be on terms consistent with safe and sound banking practices and applicable law.

(24) Subject to Article XLIV of the Illinois Insurance Code, to act as the agent for any fire, life, or other insurance company authorized by the State of Illinois, by soliciting and selling insurance and collecting premiums on policies issued by such company; and may receive for services so rendered such fees or commissions as may be agreed upon between the said savings bank and the insurance company for which it may act as agent; provided, however, that no such savings bank shall in any case assume or guarantee the payment of any premium on insurance policies issued through its agency by its principal; and provided further, that the savings bank shall not guarantee the truth of any statement made by an assured in filing his application for insurance.

(25) To become a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank and to have the powers granted to a savings association organized under the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 or the laws of the United States, subject to regulations of the Secretary.

(26) To offer any product or service that is at the time authorized or permitted to a bank by applicable law, but subject always to the same limitations and restrictions that are applicable to the bank for the product or service by such applicable law and subject to the applicable provisions of the Financial Institutions Insurance Sales Law and rules of the Secretary.

(b) If this Act or the regulations adopted under this Act fail to provide specific guidance in matters of corporate governance, the provisions of the Business Corporation Act of 1983 may be used, or if the savings bank is a limited liability company, the provisions of the Limited Liability Company shall be used.

(c) A savings bank may be organized as a limited liability company, may convert to a limited liability company, or may merge with and into a limited liability company, under the applicable laws of this State and of the United States, including any rules promulgated thereunder. A savings bank organized as a limited liability company shall be subject to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Act in addition to this Act, provided that if a provision of the Limited Liability Company Act conflicts with a provision of this Act or with any rule of the Secretary, the provision of this Act or the rule of the Secretary shall apply.

Any filing required to be made under the Limited Liability Company Act shall be made exclusively with the Secretary, and the Secretary shall possess the exclusive authority to regulate the savings bank as provided in this Act.

Any organization as, conversion to, and merger with or into a limited liability company shall be subject to the prior approval of the Secretary.

A savings bank that is a limited liability company shall be subject to all of the provisions of this Act in the same manner as a savings bank that is organized in stock form.

The Secretary may promulgate rules to ensure that a savings bank that is a limited liability company (i) is operating in a safe and sound manner and (ii) is subject to the Secretary's authority in the same manner as a savings bank that is organized in stock form.

(Source: P.A. 97-492, eff. 1-1-12.)

(205 ILCS 205/2007) (from Ch. 17, par. 7302-7)

Sec. 2007. Reorganization to become a holding company.

(a) A savings bank, including a mutual savings bank operating under this Act, may reorganize so as to become a holding company by:

(1) chartering one or more subsidiary savings banks, the ownership of which shall be evidenced by stock shares, to be owned by the chartering parent savings bank; and

(2) either of the following:

(i) transferring the substantial portion of its assets and all of its insured deposits and part or all of its other liabilities to one or more subsidiary savings banks; or

(ii) reorganizing in any other manner as approved by the Secretary.

(b) In order to effect reorganization under subsection (a), the board of directors of the original savings bank must approve a plan providing for the reorganization that shall be submitted for approval by a majority of the voting members of the savings bank. Approval must occur in accordance with the savings bank's articles of incorporation and bylaws at a meeting called by the board of directors. The Secretary may charter mutual and stock holding companies in connection with a mutual savings bank reorganization and may promulgate rules to regulate the formation of and the ongoing business of the subsidiaries and the holding company, including the rights of members, levels of investment in holding company subsidiaries, and stock sales.

(Source: P.A. 97-492, eff. 1-1-12.)

(205 ILCS 205/3003) (from Ch. 17, par. 7303-3)

Sec. 3003. Contents of articles of incorporation.

(a) The articles of incorporation shall set forth:

(1) The name of the savings bank.

(2) The initial location of the business office.

(3) The duration of existence, which shall be perpetual unless otherwise specified.

(4) The initial number of directors, not less than 5.

(5) The authorization, if any, to issue deposit accounts, the aggregate amount of which may be unlimited.

(6) The authorization, if any, to issue stock, the aggregate number of shares and the par value per share, which shall not be less than $1.

(7) The quorum required for action of members if a quorum other than that specified in this Act is desired.

(8) Any other provision, not inconsistent with law, which the subscribers or members may desire, for the internal regulation of the affairs of the savings bank.

(b) A savings bank may include in its original articles of incorporation or amended articles a requirement that proposed amendments to the articles of incorporation shall be adopted by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the total number of votes entitled to be cast.

(c) The articles of incorporation need not set forth any of the powers that this Act confers.

(Source: P.A. 89-74, eff. 6-30-95.)

(205 ILCS 205/4007) (from Ch. 17, par. 7304-7)

Sec. 4007. Proxies.

(a) Voting at a meeting may be either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the member or shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. The forms and wording of all proxies must receive prior approval of the Commissioner.

(b) No proxy shall be valid:

(1) After 11 months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

(2) Unless executed in an instrument separate from other forms or documents relating to the member's accounts.

(3) For any meeting at which the member who gave it is present, provided that notice is given by the member in writing, prior to the taking of any vote, to an official whom the savings bank shall identify at the meeting as having responsibility for the matter.

(4) Unless the member giving the proxy is told by the person to whom it is given that the proxy is optional and that the voting rights it represents can be exercised by the member himself.

(Source: P.A. 86-1213.)

(205 ILCS 205/4008) (from Ch. 17, par. 7304-8)

Sec. 4008. Directors. The business and affairs of the savings bank shall be exercised by its elected board of directors. The board of directors shall consist of the number of directors fixed by the bylaws, but shall not be fewer than 5. No more than 40% of the directors shall be salaried employees of the savings bank, except that a higher percentage may be allowed with the prior written approval of the Commissioner. At least two-thirds of the directors shall be residents of this State.

(Source: P.A. 90-301, eff. 8-1-97.)

(205 ILCS 205/4010) (from Ch. 17, par. 7304-10)

Sec. 4010. Conduct of directors and officers.

(a) Directors and officers occupy a fiduciary relationship to the savings bank of which they are directors or officers, and a director or officer shall not engage or participate, directly or indirectly, in any business or transaction conducted on behalf of or involving the savings bank that would result in a conflict of their own personal interests with those of the savings bank which they serve, unless: (i) the business or transactions are conducted in good faith and are honest, fair, and reasonable to the savings bank; (ii) a full disclosure of the business or transaction and the nature of the director's or officer's interest is made to the board of directors; and (iii) the business or transaction is approved in good faith by the board of directors with any interested director abstaining. The approval of the business or transaction shall be recorded in the minutes. Any profits inuring to the officer or director shall not be at the expense of the savings bank. The business or transaction shall not represent a breach of the officer's or director's fiduciary duty and shall not be fraudulent or illegal. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, the Secretary Commissioner may require the disclosure by directors, officers, and employees of their personal interest, directly or indirectly, in any business or transaction on behalf of or involving the savings bank and of their control of or active participation in enterprises having activities related to the business of the savings bank. The following restrictions governing the conduct of directors and officers expressly are specified, but that specification does not excuse those persons from the observance of any other aspect of the general fiduciary duty owed by them to the savings bank which they serve:

(1) An officer or director of a mutual savings bank shall not hold office or status as a director or officer of another mutual savings bank subject to this Act.

(2) A director shall receive as remuneration only reasonable fees for services as a director or for service as a member of a committee of directors. A director who is also an officer or employee of the savings bank may receive compensation for service as an officer or employee.

(3) A director or officer shall not have any interest, direct or indirect, in the purchase at less than its face value of any evidence of a savings account, deposit, or other indebtedness issued by the savings bank.

(4) A savings bank or director or officer thereof shall not directly or indirectly require, as a condition to the granting of any loan or the extension of any other service by the savings bank or its affiliates that the borrower or any other person undertake a contract of insurance or any other agreement or understanding with respect to the direct or indirect furnishing of any other goods or services with any specific company, agency, or individual.

(5) An officer or director acting as proxy for a member of a mutual savings bank shall not exercise, transfer, or delegate that right in any consideration of a private benefit or advantage, direct or indirect, accruing to himself nor surrender control or pass his office to any other for any consideration of a private benefit or advantage, direct or indirect. The voting rights of members shall not be the subject of sale or similar transaction, either directly or indirectly. Any officer or director who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be held accountable to the savings bank for any increment.

(6) A director or officer shall not solicit, accept, or agree to accept, directly or indirectly, from any person other than the savings bank any gratuity, compensation, or other personal benefit for any action taken by the savings bank or for endeavoring to procure any action by the savings bank.

(7) A Subject to the approval of the Commissioner, a savings bank's bylaws may provide for reasonable indemnification to its officers, directors, and employees in connection with the faithful performance of their duties for the savings bank. The Secretary Commissioner may promulgate model indemnification provisions and may consider provisions available under the Business Corporation Act of 1983, the Illinois Banking Act, and those available to national banks.

(b) The bylaws of a savings bank may contain a provision providing that a director is not personally liable to the savings bank or its shareholders for monetary damages for a breach of the director's fiduciary duty; provided, however, that such provision may not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any of the following:

(1) An act or omission that is grossly negligent.

(2) A breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the savings bank or its shareholders.

(3) Acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law.

(4) A transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

(5) An act or omission occurring before the effective date of the provision in the bylaws authorized by this subsection.

(Source: P.A. 89-320, eff. 1-1-96.)

(205 ILCS 205/4013) (from Ch. 17, par. 7304-13)

Sec. 4013. Access to books and records; communication with members and shareholders.

(a) Every customer member or shareholder shall have the right to inspect financial books and records of the savings bank that pertain to his or her accounts. Otherwise, the right of inspection and examination of the books and records shall be limited as provided in this Act. Only members shall be entitled to a list of members of the savings bank , and no other person shall have access to the books and records nor shall be entitled to a list of the members or shareholders.

(b) For the purpose of this Section, the term "financial records" means any original, any copy, or any summary of (1) a document granting signature authority over a deposit or account; (2) a statement, ledger card, or other record on any deposit or account that shows each transaction in or with respect to that account; (3) a check, draft, or money order drawn on a savings bank or issued and payable by a savings bank; or (4) any other item containing information pertaining to any relationship established in the ordinary course of a savings bank's business between a savings bank and its customer, including financial statements or other financial information provided by the customer member or shareholder.

(b-5) For purposes of this Section, subject to the Secretary's rules, the term "customer" means a person who applies for or is provided with a financial service or product by the savings bank. "Customer" does not include a person who (i) is a customer of another financial institution and the savings bank acts solely as agent for, or provides processing or other services to, that other financial institution; (ii) solely has designated the savings bank as trustee for a trust; (iii) solely is a beneficiary of a trust for which the savings bank is a trustee; or (iv) solely is a participant or a beneficiary of an employee benefit plan that the savings bank sponsors or for which the savings bank acts as a trustee or fiduciary.

(c) This Section does not prohibit:

(1) The preparation examination, handling, or maintenance of any financial records by any officer, employee, or agent of a savings bank having custody of records or examination of records by a certified public accountant engaged by the savings bank to perform an independent audit.

(2) The examination of any financial records by, or the furnishing of financial records by a savings bank to, any officer, employee, or agent of the Secretary Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate or the federal depository institution regulator for use solely in the exercise of his duties as an officer, employee, or agent.

(3) The publication of data furnished from financial records relating to customers members or holders of capital where the data cannot be identified to any particular customer member, shareholder, or account.

(4) The making of reports or returns required under Chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(5) Furnishing information concerning the dishonor of any negotiable instrument permitted to be disclosed under the Uniform Commercial Code.

(6) The exchange in the regular course of business of (i) credit information between a savings bank and other savings banks or financial institutions or commercial enterprises, directly or through a consumer reporting agency or (ii) financial records or information derived from financial records between a savings bank and other savings banks or financial institutions or commercial enterprises for the purpose of conducting due diligence pursuant to a purchase or sale involving the savings bank or assets or liabilities of the savings bank.

(7) The furnishing of information to the appropriate law enforcement authorities where the savings bank reasonably believes it has been the victim of a crime.

(8) The furnishing of information pursuant to the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.

(9) The furnishing of information pursuant to the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act.

(10) The furnishing of information pursuant to the federal "Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act", (Title 31, United States Code, Section 1051 et seq.).

(11) The furnishing of information pursuant to any other statute which by its terms or by regulations promulgated thereunder requires the disclosure of financial records other than by subpoena, summons, warrant, or court order.

(12) The furnishing of information in accordance with the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Any savings bank governed by this Act shall enter into an agreement for data exchanges with a State agency provided the State agency pays to the savings bank a reasonable fee not to exceed its actual cost incurred. A savings bank providing information in accordance with this item shall not be liable to any account holder or other person for any disclosure of information to a State agency, for encumbering or surrendering any assets held by the savings bank in response to a lien or order to withhold and deliver issued by a State agency, or for any other action taken pursuant to this item, including individual or mechanical errors, provided the action does not constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct. A savings bank shall have no obligation to hold, encumber, or surrender assets until it has been served with a subpoena, summons, warrant, court or administrative order, lien, or levy.

(13) The furnishing of information to law enforcement authorities, the Illinois Department on Aging and its regional administrative and provider agencies, the Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General, or public guardians: (i) upon subpoena by the investigatory entity or the guardian, or (ii) if there is suspicion by the savings bank that a customer who is an elderly or disabled person has been or may become the victim of financial exploitation. For the purposes of this item (13), the term: (i) "elderly person" means a person who is 60 or more years of age, (ii) "disabled person" means a person who has or reasonably appears to the savings bank to have a physical or mental disability that impairs his or her ability to seek or obtain protection from or prevent financial exploitation, and (iii) "financial exploitation" means tortious or illegal use of the assets or resources of an elderly or disabled person, and includes, without limitation, misappropriation of the elderly or disabled person's assets or resources by undue influence, breach of fiduciary relationship, intimidation, fraud, deception, extortion, or the use of assets or resources in any manner contrary to law. A savings bank or person furnishing information pursuant to this item (13) shall be entitled to the same rights and protections as a person furnishing information under the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, and the Abuse of Adults with Disabilities Intervention Act.

(14) The disclosure of financial records or information as necessary to effect, administer, or enforce a transaction requested or authorized by the member or holder of capital, or in connection with:

(A) servicing or processing a financial product or service requested or authorized by the customer member or holder of capital;

(B) maintaining or servicing an account of a customer member or holder of capital with the savings bank; or

(C) a proposed or actual securitization or secondary market sale (including sales of servicing rights) related to a transaction of a customer member or holder of capital.

Nothing in this item (14), however, authorizes the sale of the financial records or information of a customer member or holder of capital without the consent of the customer member or holder of capital.

(15) The exchange in the regular course of business of information between a savings bank and any commonly owned affiliate of the savings bank, subject to the provisions of the Financial Institutions Insurance Sales Law.

(16) The disclosure of financial records or information as necessary to protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims, or other liability.

(17)(a) The disclosure of financial records or information related to a private label credit program between a financial institution and a private label party in connection with that private label credit program. Such information is limited to outstanding balance, available credit, payment and performance and account history, product references, purchase information, and information related to the identity of the customer.

(b)(l) For purposes of this paragraph (17) of subsection (c) of Section 4013, a "private label credit program" means a credit program involving a financial institution and a private label party that is used by a customer of the financial institution and the private label party primarily for payment for goods or services sold, manufactured, or distributed by a private label party.

(2) For purposes of this paragraph (17) of subsection (c) of Section 4013, a "private label party" means, with respect to a private label credit program, any of the following: a retailer, a merchant, a manufacturer, a trade group, or any such person's affiliate, subsidiary, member, agent, or service provider.

(d) A savings bank may not disclose to any person, except to the customer member or holder of capital or his duly authorized agent, any financial records relating to that customer member or shareholder of the savings bank unless:

(1) the customer member or shareholder has authorized disclosure to the person; or

(2) the financial records are disclosed in response to a lawful subpoena, summons, warrant, citation to discover assets, or court order that meets the requirements of subsection (e) of this Section.

(e) A savings bank shall disclose financial records under subsection (d) of this Section pursuant to a lawful subpoena, summons, warrant, citation to discover assets, or court order only after the savings bank mails a copy of the subpoena, summons, warrant, citation to discover assets, or court order to the person establishing the relationship with the savings bank, if living, and otherwise, his personal representative, if known, at his last known address by first class mail, postage prepaid, unless the savings bank is specifically prohibited from notifying the person by order of court.

(f) Any officer or employee of a savings bank who knowingly and willfully furnishes financial records in violation of this Section is guilty of a business offense and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000.

(g) Any person who knowingly and willfully induces or attempts to induce any officer or employee of a savings bank to disclose financial records in violation of this Section is guilty of a business offense and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000.

(h) If any member or shareholder desires to communicate with the other members or shareholders of the savings bank with reference to any question pending or to be presented at an annual or special meeting, the savings bank shall give that person, upon request, a statement of the approximate number of members or shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting and an estimate of the cost of preparing and mailing the communication. The requesting member shall submit the communication to the Secretary Commissioner who, upon finding it to be appropriate and truthful, shall direct that it be prepared and mailed to the members upon the requesting member's or shareholder's payment or adequate provision for payment of the expenses of preparation and mailing.

(i) A savings bank shall be reimbursed for costs that are necessary and that have been directly incurred in searching for, reproducing, or transporting books, papers, records, or other data of a customer required to be reproduced pursuant to a lawful subpoena, warrant, citation to discover assets, or court order.

(j) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a savings bank may sell or otherwise make use of lists of customers' names and addresses. All other information regarding a customer's account are subject to the disclosure provisions of this Section. At the request of any customer, that customer's name and address shall be deleted from any list that is to be sold or used in any other manner beyond identification of the customer's accounts.

(Source: P.A. 94-495, eff. 8-8-05; 94-851, eff. 6-13-06; 95-661, eff. 1-1-08.)

(205 ILCS 205/6002) (from Ch. 17, par. 7306-2)

Sec. 6002. Investment in loans. Subject to the regulations of the Secretary Commissioner, a savings bank may loan funds as follows:

(1) On the security of deposit accounts, but no such loan shall exceed the withdrawal value of the pledged account.

(2) On the security of real estate:

(A) of a value, determined in accordance with this Act, sufficient to provide good and ample security for the loan;

(B) with a fee simple title or a leasehold title;

(C) with the title established by evidence of title as is consistent with sound lending practices in the locality;

(D) with the security interest in the real estate evidenced by an appropriate written instrument and the loan evidenced by a note, bond, or similar written instrument; a loan on the security of the whole of the beneficial interest in a land trust satisfies the requirements of this paragraph if the title to the land is held by a corporate trustee and if the real estate held in the land trust meets the other requirements of this subsection;

(E) with a mortgage loan not to exceed 40 years.

(3) For the purpose of repair, improvement, rehabilitation, furnishing, or equipment of real estate.

(4) For the purpose of financing or refinancing an existing ownership interest in certificates of stock, certificates of beneficial interest, other evidence of an ownership interest in, or a proprietary lease from a corporation, trust, or partnership formed for the purpose of the cooperative ownership of real estate, secured by the assignment or transfer of certificates or other evidence of ownership of the borrower.

(5) Through the purchase of loans that, at the time of purchase, the savings bank could make in accordance with this Section and the bylaws.

(6) Through the purchase of installment contracts for the sale of real estate and title thereto that is subject to the contracts, but in each instance only if the savings bank, at the time of purchase, could make a mortgage loan of the same amount and for the same length of time on the security of the real estate.

(7) Through loans guaranteed or insured, wholly or in part, by the United States or any of its instrumentalities.

(8) Subject to regulations adopted by the Secretary Commissioner, through secured or unsecured loans for business, corporate, commercial, or agricultural purposes; provided that the total of all loans granted under this paragraph shall not exceed 15% of the savings bank's total assets unless a greater amount is authorized in writing by the Secretary Commissioner.

(9) For the purpose of mobile home financing subject, however, to the regulation of the Commissioner.

(10) Through loans secured by the cash surrender value of any life insurance policy or any collateral that would be a legal investment under the terms of this Act if made by the savings bank.

(11) Any provision of this Act or any other law, except for paragraph (18) of Section 6003, to the contrary notwithstanding, but subject to the Financial Institutions Insurance Sales Law and subject to the Secretary's Commissioner's regulations, any savings bank may make any loan or investment or engage in any activity that it could make or engage in if it were organized under State law as a savings and loan association or under federal law as a federal savings and loan association or federal savings bank.

(12) A savings bank may issue letters of credit or other similar arrangements only as provided for by regulation of the Secretary Commissioner with regard to aggregate amounts permitted, take out commitments for stand-by letters of credit, underlying documentation and underwriting, legal limitations on loans of the savings bank, control and subsidiary records, and other procedures deemed necessary by the Secretary Commissioner.

(13) For the purpose of vehicle automobile financing, subject to the regulation of the Commissioner. "Vehicle" shall include all motorized forms of transportation that constitute adequate collateral.

(14) For the purpose of financing primary, secondary, undergraduate, or postgraduate education.

(15) Through revolving lines of credit on the security of a first or junior lien on the borrower's personal residence, based primarily on the borrower's equity, the proceeds of which may be used for any purpose; those loans being commonly referred to as home equity loans.

(16) As secured or unsecured credit to cover the payment of checks, drafts, or other funds transfer orders in excess of the available balance of an account on which they are drawn, subject to the regulations of the Secretary Commissioner.

(Source: P.A. 90-301, eff. 8-1-97; 91-97, eff. 7-9-99.)

(205 ILCS 205/6013) (from Ch. 17, par. 7306-13)

Sec. 6013. Loans to one borrower.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the total loans and extensions of credit, both direct and indirect, by a savings bank to any person, other than a municipal corporation for money borrowed, outstanding at one time shall not exceed 25% of the savings bank's total capital plus general loan loss reserves.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the total loans and extensions of credit, both direct and indirect, by a savings bank to any person outstanding at one time and at least 100% secured by readily marketable collateral having a market value, as determined by reliable and continuously available price quotations, shall not exceed 10% of the savings bank's total capital plus general loan loss reserves. This limitation shall be separate from and in addition to the limitation contained in subsection (a).

(c) If the limit under subsection (a) or (b) on total loans to one borrower is less than $500,000, a savings bank that meets its minimum capital requirement under this Act may have loan and extensions of credit, both direct and indirect, outstanding to any person at one time not to exceed $500,000. With the prior written approval of the Commissioner, a savings bank that has capital in excess of 6% of assets may make loans and extensions of credit to one borrower for the development of residential housing properties, located or to be located in this State, not to exceed 30% of the savings bank's total capital plus general loan loss reserves.

(d) For purposes of this Section, the term "person" shall be deemed to include an individual, firm, corporation, business trust, partnership, trust, estate, association, joint venture, pool, syndicate, sole proprietorship, unincorporated association, any political subdivision, or any similar entity or organization.

(e) For the purposes of this Section any loan or extension of credit granted to one person, the proceeds of which are used for the direct benefit of a second person, shall be deemed a loan or extension of credit to the second person as well as the first person. In addition, a loan or extension of credit to one person shall be deemed a loan or extension of credit to others when a common enterprise exists between the first person and such other persons.

(f) For the purposes of this Section, the total liabilities of a firm, partnership, pool, syndicate, or joint venture shall include the liabilities of the members of the entity.

(g) For the purposes of this Section, the term "readily marketable collateral" means financial instruments or bullion that are salable under ordinary circumstances with reasonable promptness at a fair market value on an auction or a similarly available daily bid-and-ask price market. "Financial instruments" include stocks, bonds, notes, debentures traded on a national exchange or over the counter, commercial paper, negotiable certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances, and shares in money market or mutual funds.

(h) Each savings bank shall institute adequate procedures to ensure that collateral fully secures the outstanding loan or extension of credit at all times.

(i) If collateral values fall below 100% of the outstanding loan or extension of credit to the extent that the loan or extension of credit no longer is in conformance with subsection (b) and exceeds the 25% limitation of subsection (a), the loan must be brought into conformance with this Section within 5 business days except where judicial proceedings or other similar extraordinary occurrences prevent the savings bank from taking action.

(j) This Section shall not apply to loans or extensions of credit to the United States of America or its agencies or this State or its agencies or to any loan, investment, or extension of credit made pursuant to Section 6003 of this Act.

(k) This Section does not apply to the obligations as endorser, whether with or without recourse, or as guarantor, whether conditional or unconditional, of negotiable or nonnegotiable installment consumer paper of the person transferring the same if the bank's files or the knowledge of its officers of the financial condition of each maker of those obligations is reasonably adequate and if an officer of the bank, designated for that purpose by the board of directors of the bank, certifies that the responsibility of each maker of the obligations has been evaluated and that the bank is relying primarily upon each maker for the payment of the obligations. The certification shall be in writing and shall be retained as part of the records of the bank.

(l) The following shall be considered a loan or extension of credit within the meaning of this Section:

(1) all direct or indirect advances of funds to a person made on the basis of any obligation of that person to repay the funds or repayable from specific property pledged by or on behalf of that person; and

(2) to the extent specified by the Secretary, any liability of a savings bank to advance funds to or on behalf of a person pursuant to a contractual commitment.

(m) (l) The Secretary Commissioner may prescribe rules to carry out the purposes of this Section and to establish limits or requirements other than those specified in this Section for particular types of loans and extensions of credit.

(Source: P.A. 92-483, eff. 8-23-01; 92-700, eff. 7-19-02.)

(205 ILCS 205/6014) (from Ch. 17, par. 7306-14)

Sec. 6014. Secretary's Commissioner's regulations.

(a) The Secretary may Commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to determine permissible levels of investment and permissible concentrations of assets for savings banks applicable to all lending and investment authority granted by this Article 6. The rules and regulations shall give due regard to capital adequacy, operating income, underwriting standards, risk inherent in the investment or loan, and competitive parity with other financial institutions.

(b) Violations of any of the provisions of this Article 6 shall constitute an unsafe and unsound practice and may subject the savings bank, its directors, officers, or agents to enforcement actions, civil money penalties, or other sanctions as provided in this Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1213.)

(205 ILCS 205/8006) (from Ch. 17, par. 7308-6)

Sec. 8006. Merger; Secretary's certificate. The executed merger agreement together with copies of the resolutions of the members or stockholders of each merging depository institution approving it, certified by the president or vice president, and attested to by the secretary of the savings bank, shall be filed with the Secretary. The Secretary shall then issue to the continuing savings bank a certificate of merger, setting forth the name of each merging depository institution, the name of the continuing savings bank, and the articles of incorporation of the continuing savings bank. The merger takes effect upon the issuance of the certificate of merger recording of the certificate in the same manner as the articles of incorporation in each county in which the business office of any of the merging depository institutions was located and in the county in which the business office of the continuing savings bank is located. When duly recorded, the certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the merger and of the correctness of the proceedings therefor except against the State.

(Source: P.A. 97-492, eff. 1-1-12.)

(205 ILCS 205/8012) (from Ch. 17, par. 7308-12)

Sec. 8012. Conversion of an existing depository institution to a savings bank.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an existing depository institution may become an Illinois savings bank by:

(1) Applying to the Secretary Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate for an Illinois savings bank charter.

(2) Obtaining insurance of accounts from a deposit insurance corporation.

(3) Complying with the provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations of the Secretary Commissioner, except that any requirements of publication, notice, and public hearing are hereby waived.

(4) Paying all outstanding bills for supervisory fees, examination fees, membership fees, other fees, penalties, and assessments associated with its original charter.

(5) (Blank). Recording a savings bank charter in the county of its company headquarters.

(6) Giving notice to its original chartering authority and surrendering its charter to its chartering authority upon approval of the Secretary Commissioner.

(b) A federal association required by a law of the United States to convert to a national bank or to a depository institution chartered under the laws of the State of Illinois that elects to become a savings bank may apply for an expedited process under this subsection. Upon filing with the Secretary Commissioner a certified copy of the conversion registration statement filed with the appropriate federal regulatory agency and a certificate issued by that federal regulatory agency showing that the federal association has complied with the provisions of federal law, the Secretary Commissioner shall issue a savings bank charter to the converting federal association, provided the converting federal association:

(i) furnishes evidence of insurance of accounts from a deposit insurance corporation; and

(ii) complies with the provisions of this Act and the rules of the Secretary Commissioner, except that any requirements of publication notice and public hearing are waived. ; and

(iii) records the savings bank charter in the county of its principal place of business.

(c) A federal savings association that converts to a savings bank under subsection (b) of this Section shall not be required to pay any application fees in connection with the conversion.

(Source: P.A. 89-508, eff. 7-3-96; 90-270, eff. 7-30-97.)

(205 ILCS 205/9002) (from Ch. 17, par. 7309-2)

Sec. 9002. Powers of Secretary. The Secretary shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties set forth in this Act or in any related Act.

(2) To establish regulations as may be reasonable or necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act.

(3) To make an annual report regarding the work of his office under this Act as he may consider desirable to the Governor, or as the Governor may request.

(4) To cause a suit to be filed in his name to enforce any law of this State that applies to savings banks, their service corporations, subsidiaries, affiliates, or holding companies operating under this Act, including the enforcement of any obligation of the officers, directors, agents, or employees of any savings bank.

(5) To prescribe a uniform manner in which the books and records of every savings bank are to be maintained.

(6) To establish a reasonable fee structure for savings banks and holding companies operating under this Act and for their service corporations and subsidiaries. The fees shall include, but not be limited to, annual fees, application fees, regular and special examination fees, and other fees as the Secretary establishes and demonstrates to be directly resultant from the Secretary's responsibilities under this Act and as are directly attributable to individual entities operating under this Act. The aggregate of all moneys collected by the Secretary on and after the effective date of this Act shall be paid promptly after receipt of the same, accompanied by a detailed statement thereof, into the Savings and Residential Finance Regulatory Fund subject to the provisions of Section 7-19.1 of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 including without limitation the provision for credits against regulatory fees. The amounts deposited into the Fund shall be used for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Office of Banks and Real Estate. Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph (6), the aggregate of all moneys collected by the Secretary under this Act shall be paid promptly after receipt of same, accompanied by a detailed statement thereof, into the Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund upon the creation of that fund under Section 7-19.2 of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, subject to the provisions of Section 7-19.2 of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, including without limitation the provision for credits against regulatory fees. The amounts deposited into the Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund under this paragraph (6) shall be used for the ordinary and contingent expenses of administering and enforcing this Act. Nothing in this Act shall prevent continuing the practice of paying expenses involving salaries, retirement, social security, and State-paid insurance of State officers by appropriation from the General Revenue Fund. The Secretary may require payment of the fees under this Act by an electronic transfer of funds or an automatic debit of an account of each of the savings banks.

(7) To establish a Savings Bank Regulatory Section within the Division of Banking.

The Secretary or any person appointed as receiver shall have all of the powers, rights, and privileges as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation when appointed as receiver, which shall originate at the time of the appointment and continue through the term of the receivership.

(Source: P.A. 96-1365, eff. 7-28-10; 97-492, eff. 1-1-12.)

(205 ILCS 205/9002.1 new)

Sec. 9002.1. Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund.

(a) The aggregate of all moneys collected by the Secretary under this Act shall be paid promptly after receipt of the same, accompanied by a detailed statement thereof, into the State treasury and shall be set apart in the Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund. All earnings received from investments of funds in the Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund shall be deposited into the Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund and may be used for the same purposes as fees deposited into the Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund. The amount from time to time deposited into the Fund shall be used (i) to offset the ordinary administrative expenses as defined in this Section or (ii) as a credit against fees under subsection (b) of this Section. Nothing in this Section shall prevent continuing the practice of paying expenses involving salaries, retirement, Social Security, and State paid insurance of State officers by appropriation from the General Revenue Fund. However, the General Revenue Fund shall be reimbursed for those payments made on and after July 1, 1979 by an annual transfer of funds from the Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund. Money in the Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund may be transferred to the Professions Indirect Cost Fund as authorized under Section 2105-300 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.

(b) Adequate funds shall be available in the Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund to permit the timely payment of administration expenses. In each fiscal year, the total administration expenses shall be deducted from the total fees collected by the Secretary and the remainder transferred into the Cash Flow Reserve Account, unless the balance of the Cash Flow Reserve Account prior to the transfer equals or exceeds one-fourth of the total initial appropriations from the Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund for the subsequent year, in which case the remainder shall be credited to savings banks and applied against their fees for the subsequent year. The amount credited to each savings bank shall be in the same proportion as the Call Report Fees paid by each for the year bear to the total Call Report Fees collected for the year. If, after a transfer to the Cash Flow Reserve Account is made or if no remainder is available for transfer, the balance of the Cash Flow Reserve Account is less than one-fourth of the total initial appropriations for the subsequent year and the amount transferred is less than 5% of the total Call Report Fees for the year, additional amounts needed to make the transfer equal to 5% of the total Call Report Fees for the year shall be apportioned amongst, assessed upon, and paid by savings banks in the same proportion that the Call Report Fees of each, respectively, for the year bear to the total Call Report Fees collected for the year. The additional amounts assessed shall be transferred into the Cash Flow Reserve Account.

(c) Moneys in the Residential Finance Regulatory Fund apportioned to the moneys collected under the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 and the Savings Bank Act shall be transferred to the Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund. Any amount used or borrowed from the moneys apportioned to the moneys collected under the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 and this Act that would have been required to be returned to that apportionment shall be instead paid into the Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund in the same manner.

(205 ILCS 205/9002.5)

Sec. 9002.5. Regulatory fees.

(a) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and every year thereafter, each savings bank and each service corporation operating under this Act shall pay in quarterly installments equal to one-fourth of a fixed fee of $520, plus a variable fee based on one-fourth the total assets of the savings bank or service corporation, as shown in the corresponding quarterly statement of condition, at the following rates:

24.97˘ per $1,000 of the first $2,000,000 of total assets;

22.70˘ per $1,000 of the next $3,000,000 of total assets;

20.43˘ per $1,000 of the next $5,000,000 of total assets;

17.025˘ per $1,000 of the next $15,000,000 of total assets;

14.755˘ per $1,000 of the next $25,000,000 of total assets;

12.485˘ per $1,000 of the next $50,000,000 of total assets;

10.215˘ per $1,000 of the next $400,000,000 of total assets;

6.81˘ per $1,000 of the next $500,000,000 of total assets; and

4.54˘ per $1,000 of all total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000 of such savings bank or service corporation.

"Quarterly statement of condition" means the Report of Condition and Income (Call Report) filed with the appropriate federal banking agency, as defined by Section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).

(b) (Blank). The Secretary shall receive and there shall be paid to the Secretary an additional fee as an adjustment to the supervisory fee, based upon the difference between the total assets of each savings bank and each service corporation as shown by its financial report filed with the Secretary for the reporting period of the calendar year ended December 31 on which the supervisory fee was based and the total assets of each savings bank and each service corporation as shown by its financial report filed with the Secretary for the reporting period of the calendar year ended December 31 in which the quarterly payments are made according to the following schedule:

24.97˘ per $1,000 of the first $2,000,000 of total assets;

22.70˘ per $1,000 of the next $3,000,000 of total assets;

20.43˘ per $1,000 of the next $5,000,000 of total assets;

17.025˘ per $1,000 of the next $15,000,000 of total assets;

14.755˘ per $1,000 of the next $25,000,000 of total assets;

12.485˘ per $1,000 of the next $50,000,000 of total assets;

10.215˘ per $1,000 of the next $400,000,000 of total assets;

6.81˘ per $1,000 of the next $500,000,000 of total assets; and

4.54˘ per $1,000 of all total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000 of such savings bank or service corporation.

(c) (Blank). The Secretary shall receive and there shall be paid to the Secretary by each savings bank and each service corporation a fee of $520 for each approved branch office or facility office established under the Illinois Administrative Code. The determination of the fees shall be made annually as of the close of business of the prior calendar year ended December 31.

(d) For purposes of this Section, "fiscal year" means a period beginning July 1 of any year and ending June 30 of the next year. The Secretary shall receive for each fiscal year, commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, a contingent fee equal to the lesser of the aggregate of the fees paid by all savings banks under subsection (a) of this Section for that year, or the amount, if any, whereby the aggregate of the administration expenses, as defined in subsection (e) of this Section, for that fiscal year exceeds the sum of the aggregate of the fees payable by all savings banks for that year under subsection (a) of this Section, plus any amounts transferred into the Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund from the State Pensions Fund for that year, plus all other amounts collected by the Secretary for that year under any other provision of this Act. The aggregate amount of the contingent fee thus arrived at for any fiscal year shall be apportioned amongst, assessed upon, and paid by the savings banks, respectively, in the same proportion that the fee of each under subsection (a) of this Section for that year bears to the aggregate for that year of the fees collected under subsection (a) of this Section. The aggregate amount of the contingent fee, and the portion thereof to be assessed upon each savings bank, respectively, shall be determined by the Secretary and shall be paid by each, respectively, within 120 days after the close of the period for which the contingent fee is computed and is payable, and the Secretary shall give advance notice of the amount of the contingent fee payable by the savings bank and of the date fixed by the Secretary for payment of the fee.

(e) For purposes of this Section, "administration expenses" means for any fiscal year the ordinary and contingent expenses for that year incident to making the examinations provided for by, and for otherwise administering, this Act, including all salaries and other compensation paid for personal services rendered for the State by officers or employees of the State, including the Secretary and the Director, communication equipment and services, office furnishings, surety bond premiums, and travel expenses of those officers and employees, employees, expenditures or charges for the acquisition, enlargement, or improvement of, or for the use of, any office space, building, or structure, or expenditures for the maintenance thereof or for furnishing heat, light, or power with respect thereto, all to the extent that those expenditures are directly incidental to such examinations or administration; the Secretary shall not be required by this subsection to maintain in any fiscal year's budget appropriated reserves for accrued vacation and accrued sick leave that is required to be paid to employees of the Secretary upon termination of their service with the Secretary in an amount that is more than is reasonably anticipated to be necessary for any anticipated turnover in employees, whether due to normal attrition or due to layoffs, terminations, or resignations.

(Source: P.A. 95-1047, eff. 4-6-09.)

(205 ILCS 205/9012) (from Ch. 17, par. 7309-12)

Sec. 9012. Disclosure of reports of examinations and confidential supervisory information; limitations.

(a) Any report of examination, visitation, or investigation prepared by the Secretary Commissioner under this Act, any report of examination, visitation, or investigation prepared by the state regulatory authority of another state that examines a branch of an Illinois State savings bank in that state, any document or record prepared or obtained in connection with or relating to any examination, visitation, or investigation, and any record prepared or obtained by the Secretary Commissioner to the extent that the record summarizes or contains information derived from any report, document, or record described in this subsection shall be deemed confidential supervisory information. "Confidential supervisory information" shall not include any information or record routinely prepared by a savings bank and maintained in the ordinary course of business or any information or record that is required to be made publicly available pursuant to State or federal law or rule. Confidential supervisory information shall be the property of the Secretary Commissioner and shall only be disclosed under the circumstances and for the purposes set forth in this Section.

The Secretary Commissioner may disclose confidential supervisory information only under the following circumstances:

(1) The Secretary Commissioner may furnish confidential supervisory information to federal and state depository institution regulators, or any official or examiner thereof duly accredited for the purpose. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to limit the obligation of any savings bank to comply with the requirements relative to examinations and reports nor to limit in any way the powers of the Commissioner relative to examinations and reports.

(2) The Secretary Commissioner may furnish confidential supervisory information to the United States or any agency thereof that to any extent has insured a savings bank's deposits, or any official or examiner thereof duly accredited for the purpose. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to limit the obligation relative to examinations and reports of any savings bank in which deposits are to any extent insured by the United States or any agency thereof nor to limit in any way the powers of the Commissioner with reference to examination and reports of the savings bank.

(3) The Secretary Commissioner may furnish confidential supervisory information to the appropriate law enforcement authorities when the Secretary Commissioner reasonably believes a savings bank, which the Secretary Commissioner has caused to be examined, has been a victim of a crime.

(4) The Secretary Commissioner may furnish confidential supervisory information related to a savings bank, which the Secretary Commissioner has caused to be examined, to the administrator of the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.

(5) The Secretary Commissioner may furnish confidential supervisory information relating to a savings bank, which the Secretary Commissioner has caused to be examined, relating to its performance of obligations under the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act to the Illinois Department of Revenue.

(6) The Secretary Commissioner may furnish confidential supervisory information relating to a savings bank, which the Secretary Commissioner has caused to be examined, under the federal Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act, 31 United States Code, Section 1051 et seq.

(7) The Secretary Commissioner may furnish confidential supervisory information to any other agency or entity that the Secretary Commissioner determines to have a legitimate regulatory interest.

(8) The Secretary Commissioner may furnish confidential supervisory information as otherwise permitted or required by this Act and may furnish confidential supervisory information under any other statute that by its terms or by regulations promulgated thereunder requires the disclosure of financial records other than by subpoena, summons, warrant, or court order.

(9) At the request of the affected savings bank, the Secretary Commissioner may furnish confidential supervisory information relating to the savings bank, which the Secretary Commissioner has caused to be examined, in connection with the obtaining of insurance coverage or the pursuit of an insurance claim for or on behalf of the savings bank; provided that, when possible, the Secretary Commissioner shall disclose only relevant information while maintaining the confidentiality of financial records not relevant to such insurance coverage or claim and, when appropriate, may delete identifying data relating to any person.

(10) The Secretary Commissioner may furnish a copy of a report of any examination performed by the Secretary Commissioner of the condition and affairs of any electronic data processing entity to the savings banks serviced by the electronic data processing entity.

(11) In addition to the foregoing circumstances, the Secretary Commissioner may, but is not required to, furnish confidential supervisory information under the same circumstances authorized for the savings bank pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section, except that the Secretary Commissioner shall provide confidential supervisory information under circumstances described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of this Section only upon the request of the savings bank.

(b) A savings bank or its officers, agents, and employees may disclose confidential supervisory information only under the following circumstances:

(1) to the board of directors of the savings bank, as well as the president, vice-president, cashier, and other officers of the savings bank to whom the board of directors may delegate duties with respect to compliance with recommendations for action, and to the board of directors of a savings bank holding company that owns at least 80% of the outstanding stock of the savings bank or other financial institution; .

(2) to attorneys for the savings bank and to a certified public accountant engaged by the savings bank to perform an independent audit; provided that the attorney or certified public accountant shall not permit the confidential supervisory information to be further disseminated; .

(3) to any person who seeks to acquire a controlling interest in, or who seeks to merge with, the savings bank; provided that the person shall agree to be bound to respect the confidentiality of the confidential supervisory information and to not further disseminate the information other than to attorneys, certified public accountants, officers, agents, or employees of that person who likewise shall agree to be bound to respect the confidentiality of the confidential supervisory information and to not further disseminate the information; .

(4) to the savings bank's insurance company, if the supervisory information contains information that is otherwise unavailable and is strictly necessary to obtaining insurance coverage or pursuing an insurance claim for or on behalf of the savings bank; provided that, when possible, the savings bank shall disclose only information that is relevant to obtaining insurance coverage or pursuing an insurance claim, while maintaining the confidentiality of financial information pertaining to customers; and provided further that, when appropriate, the savings bank may delete identifying data relating to any person; or .

(5) to any person conducting a review of the savings bank on behalf of the savings bank for purposes of complying with any enforcement action taken by a bank regulatory agency, only if the bank obtains preapproval for release of the confidential supervisory information by the Secretary and the person agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the confidential supervisory information and to not further disseminate the confidential supervisory information.

The disclosure of confidential supervisory information by a savings bank pursuant to this subsection (b) and the disclosure of information to the Secretary Commissioner or other regulatory agency in connection with any examination, visitation, or investigation shall not constitute a waiver of any legal privilege otherwise available to the savings bank with respect to the information.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law, confidential supervisory information shall be the property of the Secretary Commissioner and shall be privileged from disclosure to any person except as provided in this Section. No person in possession of confidential supervisory information may disclose that information for any reason or under any circumstances not specified in this Section without the prior authorization of the Secretary Commissioner. Any person upon whom a demand for production of confidential supervisory information is made, whether by subpoena, order, or other judicial or administrative process, must withhold production of the confidential supervisory information and must notify the Secretary Commissioner of the demand, at which time the Secretary Commissioner is authorized to intervene for the purpose of enforcing the limitations of this Section or seeking the withdrawal or termination of the attempt to compel production of the confidential supervisory information.

(2) Any request for discovery or disclosure of confidential supervisory information, whether by subpoena, order, or other judicial or administrative process, shall be made to the Secretary Commissioner, and the Secretary Commissioner shall determine within 15 days whether to disclose the information pursuant to procedures and standards that the Secretary Commissioner shall establish by rule. If the Secretary Commissioner determines that such information will not be disclosed, the Secretary's Commissioner's decision shall be subject to judicial review under the provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and venue shall be in either Sangamon County or Cook County.

(3) Any court order that compels disclosure of confidential supervisory information may be immediately appealed by the Secretary Commissioner, and the order shall be automatically stayed pending the outcome of the appeal.

(d) If any officer, agent, attorney, or employee of a savings bank knowingly and willfully furnishes confidential supervisory information in violation of this Section, the Secretary Commissioner may impose a civil monetary penalty up to $1,000 for the violation against the officer, agent, attorney, or employee.

(e) Subject to the limits of this Section, the Secretary Commissioner also may promulgate regulations to set procedures and standards for disclosure of the following items:

(1) All fixed orders and opinions made in cases of appeals of the Secretary's Commissioner's actions.

(2) Statements of policy and interpretations adopted by the Secretary's Commissioner's office, but not otherwise made public.

(3) Nonconfidential portions of application files, including applications for new charters. The Secretary Commissioner shall specify by rule as to what part of the files are confidential.

(4) Quarterly reports of income, deposits, and financial condition.

(Source: P.A. 93-271, eff. 7-22-03.)

(205 ILCS 205/11001) (from Ch. 17, par. 7311-1)

Sec. 11001. Affirmative action to correct conditions resulting from violations of law, regulations, or orders or any other formal or informal enforcement actions from practices. The Commissioner is hereby granted authority to issue orders under this Act that require a savings bank or an institution-affiliated party to take affirmative action to correct any conditions resulting from any violations or practices cited with respect to the order. The order may require the savings bank or the institution-affiliated party to:

(1) Make restitution or provide reimbursement, indemnification, or guarantees for or against losses if:

(A) the savings bank or the institution affiliated party was unjustly enriched or received direct or indirect personal benefit in connection with the violation or practice; or

(B) the violation or practice involved a reckless disregard for applicable laws, regulations, or written agreements or written orders of the Commissioner or other appropriate regulator.

(2) Restrict the savings bank's growth or institute appropriate operating restrictions.

(3) Dispose of any loan or asset involved.

(4) Rescind agreements or contracts.

(5) Submit candidates for future directors, employees, or officers to the Commissioner for approval.

(6) Take any other actions the Commissioner deems necessary.

(Source: P.A. 86-1213.)

(205 ILCS 205/11008) (from Ch. 17, par. 7311-8)

Sec. 11008. Unauthorized participation by convicted individual.

(a) Except with the prior written consent of the Secretary Commissioner, no savings bank shall knowingly employ or otherwise permit an individual to serve as an officer, director, employee, or agent of the savings bank if the individual person who has been convicted of a felony or any criminal offense involving dishonesty or a breach of trust may own or control directly or indirectly more than 0.001% of the capital stock of, receive benefit directly or indirectly from, or participate directly or indirectly in any manner in the affairs of a savings bank.

(b) A savings bank may not permit participation by a person described in subsection (a).

(c) Whoever knowingly violates subsection (a) or (b) is guilty of a Class 3 felony and may be fined not more than $10,000 for each day of violation.

(Source: P.A. 91-97, eff. 7-9-99; 92-483, eff. 8-23-01.)

(205 ILCS 205/Art. 12.1 heading new)

ARTICLE 12.1. Effect of Repeal of

Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985

(205 ILCS 205/12101 new)

Sec. 12101. Effect of repeal. This Article sets forth the effect of and means of transition necessitated by the repeal of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985.

(205 ILCS 205/12102 new)

Sec. 12102. Effect on existing associations. Any existing association organized under the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 shall be deemed, without approval of the association, its members, or the Secretary, to be a savings bank as if the association had been organized under this Act. The resulting savings bank, from the date of the repeal of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, shall be operated in accordance with this Act and the rules established pursuant to this Act.

(205 ILCS 205/12103 new)

Sec. 12103. Definitions. For purposes of this Article, terms are defined as follows:

"Existing association" means an association organized or, except for existing foreign associations, otherwise operating under the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 at the time that Act was repealed pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.

"Existing foreign association" means an association or savings bank organized under the laws of any other state, territory, or country, but not including an association or savings bank chartered under the laws of the United States, that, at the time of the repeal of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, operated in this State under Article 2B of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985.

"Representative office" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2 of the Foreign Bank Representative Office Act.

"Resulting savings bank" means a savings bank under this Act that was an existing association that is deemed to be a savings bank pursuant to Section 12102 of this Act.

(205 ILCS 205/12104 new)

Sec. 12104. Charter, bylaws, and directors of resulting savings bank.

(a) The statement of incorporation, charter, or certificate of complete organization of any existing association shall be deemed to be the charter of the resulting savings bank until such time, which shall be no more than one year after the date of the repeal of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, articles of incorporation in compliance with this Act and the rules established pursuant to this Act are proposed by the resulting savings bank and are approved by and a charter issued accordingly by the Secretary.

(b) The bylaws of any existing association shall be deemed to be the bylaws of the resulting savings bank until such time, which shall be no more than one year after the date of the repeal of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, bylaws in compliance with this Act and the rules established pursuant to this Act are adopted by the resulting savings bank. The resulting savings bank shall promptly notify the Secretary of the adoption of these bylaws.

(c) The directors of any existing association shall be deemed to be the directors of the resulting savings bank until the first election of directors after the existing association is deemed a savings bank under Section 12102 of this Act, or until expiration of their terms as directors, and shall have the power to manage the resulting savings bank pursuant to this Act.

(d) Except as it relates to the terms of directors, the Secretary for good cause may extend up to one year the time limits imposed by this Section.

(e) The Secretary shall charge no fee for actions undertaken by a resulting savings bank to comply with this Section.

(205 ILCS 205/12105 new)

Sec. 12105. Powers of resulting savings bank. A resulting savings bank shall have all the rights, privileges, and powers granted by this Act and other laws applicable to savings banks, and the entire assets, business, and goodwill of the existing association shall be vested in the resulting savings bank without deed or transfer, provided the resulting savings bank may execute deeds or instruments of conveyance as may be convenient to confirm such transfer, and such resulting savings bank shall assume and be liable for all debts, accounts, undertaking, contractual obligations, and liabilities of the existing association.

(205 ILCS 205/12106 new)

Sec. 12106. Obligations of resulting savings bank. The resulting savings bank shall be subject to the duties, relations, obligations, trusts, and liabilities of the existing association, whether as debtor, depository, registrar, transfer agent, executor, administrator, trustee, or otherwise and shall be liable to pay and discharge all such debts and liabilities, to perform all such duties, and to administer all such trusts in the same manner and to the same extent as if the resulting savings bank had itself incurred the obligation or liability or assumed the duty, relation, or trust; and all rights of creditors and all liens upon property of the resulting savings bank shall be entitled to receive, accept, collect, hold, and enjoy any and all gifts, bequests, devises, conveyances, trusts, and appointments in favor of or in the name of the existing association, whether made or created to take effect before or after the establishment of the resulting savings bank.

(205 ILCS 205/12107 new)

Sec. 12107. Effect on special funds.

(a) The Savings and Residential Finance Regulatory Fund established under Section 7-19.1 of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 is hereby re-designated the Residential Finance Regulatory Fund. The fund shall continue in existence under the Illinois Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987, as amended, without interruption and shall retain all moneys therein, except moneys required to be transferred or returned from the Savings and Residential Finance Regulatory Fund, now designated the Residential Finance Regulatory Fund, to the Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 7-19.2 of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 shall continue to be required to be transferred or returned to the Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund as if subsection (e) of Section 7-19.2 of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 had not been repealed.

(b) The Savings Institutions Regulatory Fund established under Section 7-19.2 of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 shall continue in existence under Section 9002.1 of this Act without interruption and shall retain all moneys therein.

(205 ILCS 205/12108 new)

Sec. 12108. Effect on foreign associations. Any existing foreign association shall be deemed to be an out-of-state savings bank under this Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or the Foreign Bank Representative Office Act, an existing foreign association may retain any branch or office in the State that properly existed in the State at the time of the repeal of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 and continue to engage in the same activities in the State therefrom as were engaged in at the time of the repeal of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act without further application or notice to or approval of the Secretary. An existing foreign association that maintains a representative office in Illinois at the time of the repeal of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 shall be issued a license and shall be subject to the Foreign Bank Representative Office Act in accordance with Section 9 of that Act.

(205 ILCS 205/12109 new)

Sec. 12109. Effect on the Board of Savings Institutions. The Board shall continue to operate without interruption and as if it had been originally established under Article 12.2 of this Act. The members of the Board of Savings Institutions serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall continue to serve the balance of their terms.

(205 ILCS 205/12110 new)

Sec. 12110. Applicability of other Acts. Whenever in any Act the terms "savings and loan", "building and loan", "mutual building loan and homestead", "building loan and homestead", or other similar name are used with reference to an association organized for the purposes of associations incorporated under the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 or a similar act, such reference shall be applicable to a savings banks operating under this Act. Whenever in any Act the terms "members", "shareholders" or "investors" are used in connection with such associations, however named, the same shall refer to members and holders of capital of savings banks operating under this Act.

(205 ILCS 205/Art. 12.2 heading new)

ARTICLE 12.2. Board of Savings Institutions

(205 ILCS 205/12201 new)

Sec. 12201. Board of Savings Institutions; appointment. The Board of Savings Institutions shall be composed of the Director of Banking, who shall be its chairman and have power to vote, and 7 additional persons appointed by the Governor. Three of the 7 persons appointed by the Governor shall represent the public interest. Four of the 7 additional persons appointed by the Governor shall have been engaged actively in savings and loan or savings bank management in this State for at least 5 years immediately prior to appointment. Each member of the Board appointed by the Governor shall be reimbursed for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in attending the meetings of the Board. Members, excluding the chairman, shall be appointed for 4-year terms to expire on the third Monday in January. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, members of the Board shall serve until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. A member who tenders a written resignation shall serve only until the resignation is accepted by the chairman. The chairman may remove a member who fails to attend 3 consecutive Board meetings without an excused absence. The Governor shall fill any vacancy by the appointment of a member for the unexpired term in the same manner as in the making of original appointments.

(205 ILCS 205/12202 new)

Sec. 12202. Board of Savings Institutions; organization and meetings. The Board of Savings Institutions shall adopt bylaws for the holding and conducting of meetings and shall keep a record of all meetings and transactions and make such other provisions for the daily conduct of its business as it deems necessary. A majority of the members of the Board, excluding those members who are no longer serving as members as provided in Section 12201 of this Act, shall constitute a quorum. The act of the majority of the members of the Board present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board. Regular meetings shall be held as provided in the bylaws and special meetings may be called by the chairman or upon the request of any 3 members of the Board. The Board shall maintain permanent records of its meetings, hearings, and decisions at the office of the chairman. The chairman shall provide adequate quarters and personnel for use by the Board.

(205 ILCS 205/12203 new)

Sec. 12203. Board of Savings Institutions; powers. The Board of Savings Institutions shall have the following powers:

(1) to advise the Governor and Secretary on all matters relating to the regulation of savings banks; and

(2) to advise the Governor on legislation proposed to amend this Act or any related Act.

(205 ILCS 105/Act rep.)

Section 20. The Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 is repealed.

(205 ILCS 205/1007.70 rep.)

(205 ILCS 205/9017 rep.)

Section 25. The Savings Bank Act is amended by repealing Sections 1007.70 and 9017.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.