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...When the signatures of two authorized representatives of a state bank are required, as for a certificate for an amendment of the state bank's articles of incorporation or amended articles of incorporation pursuant to section 1113.12, 1113.13, or 1114.11 of the Revised Code or for certification of a conversion pursuant to section 1115.01 of the Revised Code, a consolidation or merger pursuant to section 1115.11 of the...

...(A) When any provision in Chapters 1101. to 1127. or Chapter 1701. of the Revised Code requires a document regarding an existing, previously existing, or proposed state bank to be filed with the secretary of state, all of the following apply: (1) The person responsible for producing the document shall deliver the document, properly completed, to the superintendent of financial institutions, along with payment for an...

...Whoever violates division (E)(1) of section 1103.07 of the Revised Code shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to ten thousand dollars for each day the violation is committed, repeated, or continued.

...(A) Except where the Revised Code, the articles of incorporation, or the code of regulations require action to be authorized or taken by shareholders or members, all of the authority of a state bank shall be exercised by or under the direction of the bank's board of directors. The board of directors shall consist of not less than five directors. (B) Unless the articles of incorporation or the code of regulations pro...

...d guilty to, a felony or any crime involving an act of fraud, dishonesty, breach of trust, theft, or money laundering shall serve as a director of a bank or a subsidiary or affiliate of a bank. The superintendent of financial institutions may waive this restriction if the crime the person was convicted of or pleaded guilty to was a misdemeanor or minor misdemeanor or the equivalent thereof. (2) If during a term of o...

...(A) To qualify as a director, each person elected or appointed to the board of directors shall, within sixty days after election or appointment, take and subscribe an oath to diligently and honestly perform the duties of a director and to not knowingly violate or permit to be violated any federal banking law or any provision of Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code. (B) Promptly upon execution, and within sixt...

...Each officer and employee of a state bank, prior to the discharge of the officer's or employee's duties, shall be covered by an individual, schedule, or blanket fidelity bond in favor of the bank, with terms and issuing insurer approved by the board of directors. The amount of the bond shall be set by the board of directors, and shall be reasonable given the size of the bank and nature of its business. The board of d...

... manner of and authority for calling, giving notice of, and conducting meetings of the board of directors; (B) The appointment of committees of the board of directors, their authority, and the time, place, and manner of calling, giving notice of, and conducting their meetings.

...(A)(1) A state bank's board of directors shall meet monthly unless the bank's code of regulations provides for a different frequency of meetings, which shall not be less than quarterly. (2) Division (A)(1) of this section does not prohibit either of the following: (a) A state bank's board of directors meeting more frequently than required by division (A)(1) of this section or the bank's code of regulations; (b) Th...

...(A) Once elected or appointed, a director may be removed as follows: (1) By the board of directors or the superintendent of financial institutions if any of the following applies: (a) The director has filed for relief or is a debtor in a case filed under Title XI of the United States Code; (b) A court has determined the director is incompetent; (c) The director has been removed in accordance with federal law. (2...

...(A) A director, officer, employee, or other institution-affiliated party of a bank shall not be personally and individually liable for direct or indirect damages the bank, its shareholders or members, or any other person sustains in consequence of a violation of or failure to comply with any provision of Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code or the rules adopted under those chapters, including any civil money p...

...No state bank shall operate without adequate capital as determined by the superintendent of financial institutions. In evaluating the adequacy of a state bank's capital, the superintendent may consider any of the following: (A) The nature and volume of the bank's business; (B) The amount, nature, quality, and liquidity of the bank's assets; (C) The amount and nature of the bank's liabilities, including those that ...

...(A) A state bank may issue debt securities at the times, in the amounts, and subject to the terms approved in writing by the superintendent of financial institutions. (B) In the case of a stock state bank, the terms of debt securities may include either of the following: (1) Options to subscribe to or purchase the bank's shares at not less than par value; (2) The right to convert the debt securities to the bank's ...

...All stock state bank shares shall have par value, whether they are common shares or preferred shares.

...(A) A stock state bank may, with the approval of the bank's board of directors, the holders of a majority of the bank's voting shares, and the superintendent of financial institutions, adopt and carry out plans for the offering or sale of, the grant of, or the grant of options on, the bank's shares to any or all employees, officers, or directors of the bank or any of the bank's subsidiaries or affiliates, or to other...

...(A) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, the holders of any class of a stock state bank's shares, other than shares that are limited as to dividend rate and liquidation price, shall, upon the offering or sale for cash of shares of the same class, have the right, during a reasonable time and on reasonable terms fixed by the directors, to purchase the shares in proportion to their respective hold...

...With the prior written approval of the superintendent of financial institutions, a stock state bank may purchase its own shares in accordance with section 1701.35 of the Revised Code. (B) A stock state bank that acquires shares of its stock shall retire or dispose of the shares at the time and in the manner required by the superintendent.

...A stock state bank's board of directors may declare dividends and distributions on the bank's outstanding shares, subject to all of the following conditions: (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, payment of a dividend or distribution may only be funded from undivided profits or, subject to the approval of the superintendent of financial institutions, from a special reserve created from pr...

... bequest, and to make donations for the public welfare or for charitable, scientific, or educational purposes. (B) A state bank may perform all acts necessary to carry into effect the powers authorized by Title XI of the Revised Code and the purposes for which the bank was created.

...mitted for national banks and federal savings associations, other than those dealing with interest rates, regardless of the date the corresponding parity rule adopted by the superintendent of financial institutions under section 1121.05 of the Revised Code takes effect. If a state bank intends to take any such action before the adoption of the corresponding parity rule, the bank shall provide the superintendent with ...

... state bank may elect to operate as a savings and loan association by filing a written notice of that election with the superintendent of financial institutions. (C) Upon filing an election notice, a state bank shall be considered a savings and loan association if both of the following conditions are met: (1) Its qualified thrift investments equal or exceed sixty-five per cent of its portfolio assets. (2) Its qual...

...(A) No bank shall transact business in this state unless its deposit accounts are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation, except a bank that by the terms of its articles of incorporation or articles of association is not permitted to solicit or accept deposits other than trust funds. Each bank whose deposit accounts are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation shall maintain that insurance a...

...(A) A bank may, in good faith, rely: (1) On any and all information, agreements, documents, and signatures provided by its customers as being true, accurate, complete, and authentic and representing what they purport to represent; and (2) That the persons signing have full capacity and complete authority to execute and deliver any and all such documents and agreements and to act in such capacity as may be represent...

...1) A bank may serve as a depository for public funds of this state, other states of the United States, political subdivisions of this state and other states of the United States, the United States, agencies of the United States, foreign nations, political subdivisions of foreign nations, multinational organizations, and subdivisions of multinational organizations. (2)(a) A bank may provide security for the public fu...

...signature card constitutes clear and convincing evidence of both of the following: (a) The depositor-trustee's intent is to create a revocable trust for the benefit of the person for whom the account is designated. (b) One of the terms of the trust is that, on the death of the depositor-trustee, the balance of the deposit account belongs to the person for whose benefit the account was designated. (2) No written in...