Sec. 210.
(1) The commissioner shall periodically establish a schedule of supervisory fees to be paid by savings banks. Except for a minimum fee consistent with subsection (2), the fee shall not be more than 25 cents for each $1,000.00 of total assets of the savings bank as reported by the savings bank on its report of condition as of December 31 of the previous year.
(2) Each savings bank shall pay an annual supervisory fee which shall be not less than $1,000.00.
(3) The commissioner shall provide an invoice of the annual supervisory fee to each savings bank by July 1 of each year. The annual supervisory fee shall be paid by August 15 of that year.
(4) The initial supervisory fee for a savings bank that obtained a charter as a result of a conversion shall be based on the total assets as reported in its report of condition as of December 31 of the previous year under the prior charter.
(5) The initial supervisory fee of a savings bank newly organized and chartered under this act, during the initial supervisory year, shall be the minimum supervisory fee established by the commissioner.
(6) The commissioner shall periodically establish a schedule of fees, beyond those charged for normal supervision, to be paid for applications, special evaluations and analyses, and examinations, including examinations of trust services and safe deposit and collateral deposit companies.
(7) The fees established under subsection (6) shall be equal to the estimated cost to the bureau for conducting the activity for which the fee is imposed.
(8) The commissioner may charge reasonable fees for furnishing and certifying copies of documents or serving notices required by this act.
(9) To the extent any fees assessed under this act are unpaid when due, the commissioner may, upon proper notice, maintain an action against the savings bank for the recovery of the fees plus interest and costs.
(10) The fees collected under this section are not refundable and shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the bureau and used only for the operation of the bureau.
History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001