(1) As of April 11, 1988, the powers, duties, and functions of the state bank commissioner under this article are transferred to the state commissioner of financial services.
On April 11, 1988, all employees of the division of banking whose principal dutiesare concerned with the powers, duties, and functions transferred to the state commissioner of financial services and whose employment in the division of financial services is deemed necessary by the executive director of the department of regulatory agencies to carry out the purposes of this article are transferred to the division of financial services and shall become employees thereof. Such employees shall retain all rights to state personnel system and retirement benefits under the laws of this state, and their services shall be deemed to have been continuous.
On April 11, 1988, all items of property, real and personal, including office furnitureand fixtures, books, documents, and records of the division of banking pertaining to the powers, duties, and functions transferred to the state commissioner of financial services pursuant to this section shall be transferred to the division of financial services and shall become the property thereof.
Whenever the state bank commissioner or the division of banking is referred to ordesignated by any contract or other document in connection with the powers, duties, and functions transferred to the state commissioner of financial services, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the state commissioner of financial services or the division of financial services, as the case may be. All contracts entered into by the state bank commissioner or the division of banking prior to April 11, 1988, in connection with the powers, duties, and functions transferred to the state commissioner of financial services are hereby validated, with the state commissioner of financial services succeeding to all the rights and obligations of such contracts.
On April 11, 1988, any unexpended appropriations of funds for the current fiscalyear made to the division of banking and allocated for the administration and enforcement of this article shall be transferred to the division of financial services. The executive director of the department of regulatory agencies shall have the final authority to determine the allocation of funds for purposes of the transfer under this subsection (5).
The revisor of statutes is authorized to change all references to the state bank commissioner in this article to refer to the state commissioner of financial services and to change all references to the division of banking in this article to refer to the division of financial services.
Source: L. 88: Entire section added, p. 416, § 6, effective April 11. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 618, § 9, effective July 1.