214.725 Examination.
(1)
(a) Except as provided in par. (b), at least once every 18 months and more often if necessary, the division shall examine the books, records, operations and affairs of a savings bank. In the course of the examination, the division may also examine in the same manner any entity, company or individual that the division determines may have a relationship with the savings bank or a savings bank holding company, savings bank subsidiary, service corporation or affiliate of the savings bank, if the relationship may adversely affect the affairs, activities and safety and soundness of the savings bank.
(b) In lieu of any examination required under par. (a), the division may accept any examination that may have been made of any savings bank within a reasonable period by the federal deposit insurance corporation, any federal agency with primary responsibility for supervising savings banks chartered under the laws of the United States, or any agency of another state with primary responsibility for supervising savings banks chartered under the laws of that state.
(2) The division shall consider it to be necessary to conduct an examination more often than every 18 months if a required report from a savings bank indicates a material change in financial condition or a material violation of a state or federal law, of a federal regulation or of a rule of the division. If that condition is grounds for taking custody of the savings bank, the examination shall be initiated within 10 business days.
(3) Subject to sub. (3m), an examination shall include a review of all of the following:
(a) Quality of financial condition, including safety and soundness and investment and loan quality.
(b) Compliance with this chapter and other applicable state laws and rules and federal laws and regulations.
(c) Management policies.
(d) Overall safety and soundness of the savings bank, its parent savings bank holding company, savings bank subsidiaries, service corporations and affiliates.
(e) Remedial actions required to correct and to restore compliance with applicable statutes, regulations, rules and orders.
(f) Any other matter the division considers to be appropriate.
(3m) In conducting examinations under sub. (1) (a), the division may accept and rely on information collected by other agencies or independent 3rd parties in determining whether a savings bank has satisfied any requirement that is part of the examination.
(4) If a savings bank, its savings bank holding company or any of its savings bank subsidiaries or service corporations has not been audited at least once in the 12 months before the examination date under sub. (1) (a), notwithstanding sub. (1) (b), the division may order an audit of the entity's books and records to be made by an independent certified public accountant, selected by the division, who has experience in financial institution audits. The cost of the audit shall be paid for by the entity being audited.
(5) Employees of the division or other designated agents may administer oaths and examine and take and preserve testimony under oath as to anything in the affairs or ownership of the savings bank or the entity examined.
(6) An examination report under s. 214.735 or a report based upon an examination accepted under sub. (1) (b), may contain directives to correct violations or to perform acts to ensure the safety and soundness of the savings bank or the entity examined.
(7) If a savings bank fails to submit to an examination, the division shall report that failure to the attorney general, who shall institute proceedings to revoke its certificate of incorporation.
History: 1991 a. 221; 1995 a. 27; 2003 a. 263; 2011 a. 182; 2017 a. 340.