Reprinted
February 27, 2008
ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL No. 352
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DIGEST OF SB 352
(Updated February 26, 2008 3:37 pm - DI 101)
Citations Affected: IC 4-22; IC 5-10.3; IC 5-10.4; IC 24-4.5; IC 24-7;
IC 28-1; IC 28-2; IC 28-5; IC 28-6.2; IC 28-7; IC 28-8; IC 28-10;
IC 28-11; IC 28-13.
Synopsis: Various financial institutions matters. Makes various
changes to the laws concerning: (1) financial institutions; and (2)
persons licensed under the Uniform Consumer Credit Code. Repeals
certain provisions concerning the regulation of money transmitters.
Effective: July 1, 2008.
Paul, Simpson
(HOUSE SPONSORS _ BARDON, BURTON)
January 14, 2008, read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial
Institutions.
January 24, 2008, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
January 28, 2008, read second time, ordered engrossed.
January 29, 2008, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 48, nays 0.
HOUSE ACTION
February 4, 2008, read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions.
February 14, 2008, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
February 26, 2008, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
Reprinted
February 27, 2008
Second Regular Session 115th General Assembly (2008)
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ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL No. 352
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
financial institutions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 4-22-2-37.1; (08)ES0352.2.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 4-22-2-37.1, AS AMENDED BY HEA 1137-2008,
SECTION 9, AS AMENDED BY SEA 156-2008, SECTION 1, AND
AS AMENDED BY SEA 190-2008, SECTION 17, IS CORRECTED
AND AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
2008]: Sec. 37.1. (a) This section applies to a rulemaking action
resulting in any of the following rules:
(1) An order adopted by the commissioner of the Indiana
department of transportation under IC 9-20-1-3(d) or
IC 9-21-4-7(a) and designated by the commissioner as an
emergency rule.
(2) An action taken by the director of the department of natural
resources under IC 14-22-2-6(d) or IC 14-22-6-13.
(3) An emergency temporary standard adopted by the
occupational safety standards commission under
IC 22-8-1.1-16.1.
(4) An emergency rule adopted by the solid waste management
board under IC 13-22-2-3 and classifying a waste as hazardous.
(5) A rule, other than a rule described in subdivision (6), adopted
by the department of financial institutions under IC 24-4.5-6-107
and declared necessary to meet an emergency.
(6) A rule required under IC 24-4.5-1-106 that is adopted by the
department of financial institutions and declared necessary to
meet an emergency under IC 24-4.5-6-107.
(7) A rule adopted by the Indiana utility regulatory commission to
address an emergency under IC 8-1-2-113.
(8) An emergency rule adopted by the state lottery commission
under IC 4-30-3-9.
(9) A rule adopted under IC 16-19-3-5 or IC 16-41-2-1 that the
executive board of the state department of health declares is
necessary to meet an emergency.
(10) An emergency rule adopted by the Indiana finance authority
under IC 8-21-12.
(11) An emergency rule adopted by the insurance commissioner
under IC 27-1-23-7.
(12) An emergency rule adopted by the Indiana horse racing
commission under IC 4-31-3-9.
(13) An emergency rule adopted by the air pollution control
board, the solid waste management board, or the water pollution
control board under IC 13-15-4-10(4) or to comply with a
deadline required by
or other date provided by federal law,
provided:
(A) the variance procedures are included in the rules; and
(B) permits or licenses granted during the period the
emergency rule is in effect are reviewed after the emergency
rule expires.
(14) An emergency rule adopted by the Indiana election
commission under IC 3-6-4.1-14.
(15) An emergency rule adopted by the department of natural
resources under IC 14-10-2-5.
(16) An emergency rule adopted by the Indiana gaming
commission under IC 4-32.2-3-3(b), IC 4-33-4-2, IC 4-33-4-3,
or
IC 4-33-4-14,
or IC 4-35-4-2.
(17) An emergency rule adopted by the alcohol and tobacco
commission under IC 7.1-3-17.5, IC 7.1-3-17.7, or
IC 7.1-3-20-24.4.
(18) An emergency rule adopted by the department of financial
institutions under IC 28-15-11.
(19) An emergency rule adopted by the office of the secretary of
family and social services under IC 12-8-1-12.
(20) An emergency rule adopted by the office of the children's
health insurance program under IC 12-17.6-2-11.
(21) An emergency rule adopted by the office of Medicaid policy
and planning under IC 12-15-41-15.
or IC 12-15-44-19(b).
(22) An emergency rule adopted by the Indiana state board of
animal health under IC 15-17-10-9.
(23) An emergency rule adopted by the board of directors of the
Indiana education savings authority under IC 21-9-4-7.
(24) An emergency rule adopted by the Indiana board of tax
review under IC 6-1.1-4-34 (repealed).
(25) An emergency rule adopted by the department of local
government finance under IC 6-1.1-4-33 (repealed).
(26) An emergency rule adopted by the boiler and pressure vessel
rules board under IC 22-13-2-8(c).
(27) An emergency rule adopted by the Indiana board of tax
review under IC 6-1.1-4-37(l) (repealed) or an emergency rule
adopted by the department of local government finance under
IC 6-1.1-4-36(j) (repealed) or IC 6-1.1-22.5-20.
(28) An emergency rule adopted by the board of the Indiana
economic development corporation under IC 5-28-5-8.
(29) A rule adopted by the department of financial institutions
under IC 34-55-10-2.5.
(30) A rule adopted by the Indiana finance authority:
(A) under IC 8-15.5-7 approving user fees (as defined in
IC 8-15.5-2-10) provided for in a public-private agreement
under IC 8-15.5;
(B) under IC 8-15-2-17.2(a)(10):
(i) establishing enforcement procedures; and
(ii) making assessments for failure to pay required tolls;
(C) under IC 8-15-2-14(a)(3) authorizing the use of and
establishing procedures for the implementation of the
collection of user fees by electronic or other nonmanual
means; or
(D) to make other changes to existing rules related to a toll
road project to accommodate the provisions of a public-private
agreement under IC 8-15.5.
(31) An emergency rule adopted by the board of the Indiana
health informatics corporation under IC 5-31-5-8.
(b) The following do not apply to rules described in subsection (a):
(1) Sections 24 through 36 of this chapter.
(2) IC 13-14-9.
(c) After a rule described in subsection (a) has been adopted by the
agency, the agency shall submit the rule to the publisher for the
assignment of a document control number. The agency shall submit the
rule in the form required by section 20 of this chapter and with the
documents required by section 21 of this chapter. The publisher shall
determine the format of the rule and other documents to be submitted
under this subsection.
(d) After the document control number has been assigned, the
agency shall submit the rule to the publisher for filing. The agency
shall submit the rule in the form required by section 20 of this chapter
and with the documents required by section 21 of this chapter. The
publisher shall determine the format of the rule and other documents
to be submitted under this subsection.
(e) Subject to section 39 of this chapter, the publisher shall:
(1) accept the rule for filing; and
(2) electronically record the date and time that the rule is
accepted.
(f) A rule described in subsection (a) takes effect on the latest of the
following dates:
(1) The effective date of the statute delegating authority to the
agency to adopt the rule.
(2) The date and time that the rule is accepted for filing under
subsection (e).
(3) The effective date stated by the adopting agency in the rule.
(4) The date of compliance with every requirement established by
law as a prerequisite to the adoption or effectiveness of the rule.
(g) Subject to subsection (h), IC 14-10-2-5, IC 14-22-2-6,
IC 22-8-1.1-16.1, and IC 22-13-2-8(c), and except as provided in
subsections (j), (k), and (l), a rule adopted under this section expires
not later than ninety (90) days after the rule is accepted for filing under
subsection (e). Except for a rule adopted under subsection (a)(13),
(a)(24), (a)(25), or (a)(27), the rule may be extended by adopting
another rule under this section, but only for one (1) extension period.
The extension period for a rule adopted under subsection (a)(28) may
not exceed the period for which the original rule was in effect. A rule
adopted under subsection (a)(13) may be extended for two (2)
extension periods. Subject to subsection (j), a rule adopted under
subsection (a)(24), (a)(25), or (a)(27) may be extended for an unlimited
number of extension periods. Except for a rule adopted under
subsection (a)(13), for a rule adopted under this section to be effective
after one (1) extension period, the rule must be adopted under:
(1) sections 24 through 36 of this chapter; or
(2) IC 13-14-9;
as applicable.
(h) A rule described in subsection
(a)(6), (a)(8), (a)(12), or (a)(29)
expires on the earlier of the following dates:
(1) The expiration date stated by the adopting agency in the rule.
(2) The date that the rule is amended or repealed by a later rule
adopted under sections 24 through 36 of this chapter or this
section.
(i) This section may not be used to readopt a rule under IC 4-22-2.5.
(j) A rule described in subsection (a)(24) or (a)(25) expires not later
than January 1, 2006.
(k) A rule described in subsection (a)(28) expires on the expiration
date stated by the board of the Indiana economic development
corporation in the rule.
(l) A rule described in subsection (a)(30) expires on the expiration
date stated by the Indiana finance authority in the rule.
(m) A rule described in subsection (a)(5) or (a)(6) expires on the
date the department is next required to issue a rule under the
statute authorizing or requiring the rule.
SOURCE: IC 5-10.3-5-5; (08)ES0352.2.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 5-10.3-5-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 5. (a) The custodians
must be banks or trust companies that are domiciled in the United
States and approved by the Indiana department of financial institutions
under IC 28-1-2-39 board to:
(1) act in a fiduciary capacity; and
(2) manage custodial accounts;
in Indiana. on behalf of the fund.
(b) The board is authorized to accept safekeeping receipts for
securities held by the custodians. Each custodian must have a
combined capital and surplus of at least ten million dollars
($10,000,000) according to the last published report of condition for
the bank or trust company and have physical custody of such securities.
The state board of accounts is authorized to rely on safekeeping
receipts from the custodian. The custodian may be authorized by the
agreement to:
(1) hold securities and other investments in the name of the fund,
in the name of a nominee of the custodian, or in bearer form;
(2) collect and receive income, interest, proceeds of sale,
maturities, redemptions, and all other receipts from the securities
and other investments;
(3) deposit all the receipts collected and received under
subdivision (2) in a custodian account or checking account as
instructed by the board;
(4) reinvest the receipts collected and received under subdivision
(2) as directed by the board;
(5) maintain accounting records and prepare reports which are
required by the board and the state board of accounts; and
(6) perform other services for the board as are customary and
appropriate for custodians.
(c) The custodian is responsible for all securities held in the name
of its nominee for the fund.
SOURCE: IC 5-10.4-3-13; (08)ES0352.2.3. -->
SECTION 3. IC 5-10.4-3-13, AS ADDED BY P.L.2-2006,
SECTION 28, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 13. (a) The board may enter into a custodial
agreement on terms the board considers in the best interest of the fund
with a bank or trust company that is domiciled in the United States and
approved by the Indiana department of financial institutions under
IC 28-1-2-39 board to:
(1) act in a fiduciary capacity; and
(2) manage custodial accounts;
in Indiana. on behalf of the fund.
(b) The agreement described in subsection (a) may authorize the
custodian to:
(1) hold the fund's securities and other investments in the name of
the fund or a nominee, or in bearer form;
(2) collect the income and other receipts from the securities and
other investments and deposit them subject to the instructions of
the board or the board's representative;
(3) reinvest the receipts on the direction of the board or the
board's representative;
(4) maintain accounting records and prepare reports as may be
required for use by the fund and the state board of accounts; and
(5) perform other services for the board that are appropriate and
customary for the custodian.
(c) The custodian is responsible for all securities held in the name
of its nominee for the fund.
SOURCE: IC 24-4.5-1-102; (08)ES0352.2.4. -->
SECTION 4. IC 24-4.5-1-102, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 102. Purposes; Rules of Construction_(1) This
article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its
underlying purposes and policies.
(2) The underlying purposes and policies of this article are:
(a) to simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing retail
installment sales, consumer credit, small loans, and usury;
(b) to provide rate ceilings to assure an adequate supply of credit
to consumers;
(c) to further consumer understanding of the terms of credit
transactions and to foster competition among suppliers of
consumer credit so that consumers may obtain credit at
reasonable cost;
(d) to protect consumer buyers, lessees, and borrowers against
unfair practices by some suppliers of consumer credit, having due
regard for the interests of legitimate and scrupulous creditors;
(e) to permit and encourage the development of fair and
economically sound consumer credit practices;
(f) to conform the regulation of consumer credit transactions to
the policies of the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act; and
(g) to make uniform the law including administrative rules among
the various jurisdictions.
(3) A reference to a requirement imposed by this article includes
reference to a related rule of the department adopted pursuant to this
article.
(4) A reference to a federal law in IC 24-4.5 is a reference to the law
in effect December 31, 2006. 2007.
(5) This article applies to a transaction if the director
determines that the transaction:
(a) is in substance a disguised consumer credit transaction; or
(b) involves the application of subterfuge for the purpose of
avoiding this article.
A determination by the director under this paragraph must be in
writing and shall be delivered to all parties to the transaction.
IC 4-21.5-3 applies to a determination made under this paragraph.
SOURCE: IC 24-4.5-1-201; (08)ES0352.2.5. -->
SECTION 5. IC 24-4.5-1-201, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 201. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this
section, this article applies to sales, leases, and loans made in this state
and to modifications, including refinancings, consolidations, and
deferrals, made in this state, of sales, leases, and loans, wherever made.
For purposes of this article, the following apply:
(a) A sale or modification of a sale agreement is made in this state
if the buyer's agreement or offer to purchase or to modify is
received by the seller or a person acting on behalf of the seller in
this state.
(b) A lease or modification of a lease agreement is made in this
state if the lessee's agreement or offer to lease or to modify is
received by the lessor or a person acting on behalf of the lessor in
this state.
(c) A loan or modification of a loan agreement is made in this
state if a writing signed by the debtor and evidencing the debt is
received by the lender or a person acting on behalf of the lender
in this state.
(d) Except as provided in subdivision (e), a sale, lease, or loan
transaction occurs in Indiana if a consumer who is a resident of
Indiana enters into a consumer sale, lease, or loan transaction with
a creditor or a person acting on behalf of the creditor in
another state and the creditor or the person acting on behalf of
the creditor has advertised or solicited sales, leases, or loans in
Indiana by any means, including by mail, brochure, telephone,
print, radio, television, the Internet, or electronic means.
However, during the period beginning July 1, 2007, and ending
June 30, 2009, this subdivision does not apply to an affiliate or a
subsidiary of a financial corporation issued a certificate of
authority to operate as an industrial loan and investment company
under IC 28-5 if all of the following apply:
(i) The industrial loan and investment company notifies the
department in writing that an affiliate or a subsidiary of the
industrial loan and investment company engages or plans to
engage in activity involving Indiana residents at an out of state
location. The notification required by this clause must list all
states other than Indiana in which consumer loans may be
made and must describe the nature of the proposed
transactions.
(ii) The industrial loan and investment company provides
written consent allowing the department to consult with and
review information provided by other state regulators, as may
be requested by the department, concerning the activities
identified in clause (i) of any affiliate or subsidiary engaging
in consumer lending to Indiana residents in the states
identified under clause (i).
(iii) The industrial loan and investment company provides
written consent allowing the department to inspect or examine
all out of state locations in which an affiliate or a subsidiary of
the industrial loan and investment company engages in the
activities identified under clause (i) for the purpose of
investigating the affiliate's or subsidiary's consumer lending
practices involving Indiana residents. An inspection or
examination performed by the department under this clause is
subject to the schedule of fees established by the department
under IC 28-11-3-5.
(e) A sale, lease, or loan transaction does not occur in Indiana
if a consumer who is a resident of Indiana enters into a
consumer sale, lease, or loan transaction secured by an
interest in land located outside Indiana.
For purposes of subdivisions (a) through (c), an offer is received by a
creditor or a person acting on behalf of the creditor in Indiana if the
offer is physically delivered, or otherwise transmitted or
communicated, to a person who has actual or apparent authority to act
for the creditor or the person acting on behalf of the creditor in
Indiana, regardless of whether approval, acceptance, or ratification by
any other agent or representative of the creditor or the person acting
on behalf of the creditor in another state is necessary to give legal
consequence to the consumer credit transaction.
(2) IC 24-4.5-5-101 through IC 24-4.5-5-108 apply to actions or
other proceedings brought in this state to enforce rights arising from
consumer credit sales, consumer leases, or consumer loans, or
extortionate extensions of credit, wherever made.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (2), a sale, lease, loan, or
modification thereof, made in another state to a person who was not a
resident of this state when the sale, lease, loan, or modification was
made is valid and enforceable in this state according to its terms to the
extent that it is valid and enforceable under the laws of the state
applicable to the transaction.
(4) For the purposes of this article, the residence of a buyer, lessee,
or debtor is the address given by the buyer, lessee, or debtor as the
buyer's, lessee's, or debtor's residence in any writing or electronic
communication made by the buyer, lessee, or debtor in connection with
a credit transaction. Until the buyer, lessee, or debtor notifies the
creditor or the person acting on behalf of the creditor of a new or
different address, the given address is presumed to be unchanged.
(5) Notwithstanding other provisions of this section:
(a) except as provided in subsection (2), this article does not apply
if the buyer, lessee, or debtor is not a resident of this state at the
time of a credit transaction and the parties then agree that the law
of the buyer's, lessee's, or debtor's residence applies; and
(b) this article applies if the buyer, lessee, or debtor is a resident
of this state at the time of a credit transaction and the parties then
agree that the law of this state applies.
(6) Except as provided in subsection (5), the following agreements
by a buyer, lessee, or debtor are invalid with respect to consumer credit
sales, consumer leases, consumer loans, or modifications thereof, to
which this article applies:
(a) that the law of another state shall apply;
(b) that the buyer, lessee, or debtor consents to the jurisdiction of
another state; and
(c) that fixes venue.
(7) The following provisions of this article specify the applicable
law governing certain cases:
(a) applicability (IC 24-4.5-6-102) of the provisions on powers
and functions of the department; and
(b) applicability (IC 24-4.5-6-201) of the provisions on
notification and fees.
(8) If a creditor or a person acting on behalf of the creditor has
violated the provisions of this article that apply to the authority to make
consumer loans (IC 24-4.5-3-502), the loan is void and the debtor is not
obligated to pay either the principal or loan finance charge, as set forth
in IC 24-4.5-5-202.
SOURCE: IC 24-4.5-1-301; (08)ES0352.2.6. -->
SECTION 6. IC 24-4.5-1-301, AS AMENDED BY P.L.57-2006,
SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 301. General Definitions . In addition to
definitions appearing in subsequent chapters in this article:
(1) "Agreement" means the bargain of the parties in fact as found in
their language or by implication from other circumstances, including
course of dealing or usage of trade or course of performance.
(2) "Agricultural purpose" means a purpose related to the
production, harvest, exhibition, marketing, transportation, processing,
or manufacture of agricultural products by a natural person who
cultivates, plants, propagates, or nurtures the agricultural products;
"Agricultural products" includes agricultural, horticultural, viticultural,
and dairy products, livestock, wildlife, poultry, bees, forest products,
fish and shellfish, and any and all products raised or produced on farms
and any processed or manufactured products thereof.
(3) "Average daily balance" means the sum of each of the daily
balances in a billing cycle divided by the number of days in the billing
cycle, and if the billing cycle is a month, the creditor may elect to treat
the number of days in each billing cycle as thirty (30).
(4) "Closing costs" with respect to a debt secured by an interest in
land includes:
(a) fees or premiums for title examination, title insurance, or
similar purposes, including surveys;
(b) fees for preparation of a deed, settlement statement, or other
documents;
(c) escrows for future payments of taxes and insurance;
(d) fees for notarizing deeds and other documents;
(e) appraisal fees; and
(f) credit reports.
(5) "Conspicuous": A term or clause is conspicuous when it is so
written that a reasonable person against whom it is to operate ought to
have noticed it.
(6) "Consumer credit" means credit offered or extended to a
consumer primarily for a personal, family, or household purpose.
(7) "Credit" means the right granted by a creditor to a debtor to
defer payment of debt or to incur debt and defer its payment.
(8) "Creditor" means a person:
(a) who regularly engages in the extension of consumer credit that
is subject to a credit service charge or loan finance charge, as
applicable, or is payable in installments; and
(b) to whom the obligation is initially payable, either on the face
of the note or contract, or by agreement when there is not a note
or contract.
(9) "Earnings" means compensation paid or payable for personal
services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus,
or otherwise, and includes periodic payments under a pension or
retirement program.
(10) "Lender credit card or similar arrangement" means an
arrangement or loan agreement, other than a seller credit card, pursuant
to which a lender gives a debtor the privilege of using a credit card,
letter of credit, or other credit confirmation or identification in
transactions out of which debt arises:
(a) by the lender's honoring a draft or similar order for the
payment of money drawn or accepted by the debtor;
(b) by the lender's payment or agreement to pay the debtor's
obligations; or
(c) by the lender's purchase from the obligee of the debtor's
obligations.
(11) "Official fees" means:
(a) fees and charges prescribed by law which actually are or will
be paid to public officials for determining the existence of or for
perfecting, releasing, or satisfying a security interest related to a
consumer credit sale, consumer lease, or consumer loan; or
(b) premiums payable for insurance in lieu of perfecting a security
interest otherwise required by the creditor in connection with the
sale, lease, or loan, if the premium does not exceed the fees and
charges described in paragraph (a) which would otherwise be
payable.
(12) "Organization" means a corporation, a government or
governmental subdivision, or an agency, a trust, an estate, a
partnership, a limited liability company, a cooperative, or an
association, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, or any
other entity, however organized.
(13) "Payable in installments" means that payment is required or
permitted by written agreement to be made in more than four (4)
installments not including a down payment.
(14) "Person" includes a natural person or an individual and or an
organization.
(15) "Person related to" with respect to an individual means:
(a) the spouse of the individual;
(b) a brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law of the individual;
(c) an ancestor or lineal descendants of the individual or the
individual's spouse; and
(d) any other relative, by blood or marriage, of the individual or
the individual's spouse who shares the same home with the
individual.
"Person related to" with respect to an organization means:
(a) a person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or
under common control with the organization;
(b) an officer or director of the organization or a person
performing similar functions with respect to the organization or
to a person related to the organization;
(c) the spouse of a person related to the organization; and
(d) a relative by blood or marriage of a person related to the
organization who shares the same home with the person.
(16) "Presumed" or "presumption" means that the trier of fact must
find the existence of the fact presumed unless and until evidence is
introduced which would support a finding of its nonexistence.
(17) "Mortgage transaction" means a transaction in which a first
mortgage or a land contract which constitutes a first lien is created or
retained against land.
(18) "Regularly engaged" means a person who extends consumer
credit more than:
(a) twenty-five (25) times; or
(b) five (5) times for transactions secured by a dwelling;
in the preceding calendar year. If a person did not meet these numerical
standards in the preceding calendar year, the numerical standards shall
be applied to the current calendar year.
(19) "Seller credit card" means an arrangement which gives to a
buyer or lessee the privilege of using a credit card, letter of credit, or
other credit confirmation or identification for the purpose of purchasing
or leasing goods or services from that person, a person related to that
person, or from that person and any other person. The term includes a
card that is issued by a person, that is in the name of the seller, and that
can be used by the buyer or lessee only for purchases or leases at
locations of the named seller.
(20) "Supervised financial organization" means a person, other than
an insurance company or other organization primarily engaged in an
insurance business:
(a) organized, chartered, or holding an authorization certificate
under the laws of a state or of the United States which authorizes
the person to make loans and to receive deposits, including a
savings, share, certificate, or deposit account; and
(b) subject to supervision by an official or agency of a state or of
the United States.
(21) "Mortgage servicer" means the last person to whom a
mortgagor or the mortgagor's successor in interest has been instructed
by a mortgagee to send payments on a loan secured by a mortgage.
(22) "Affiliate", with respect to any person subject to this article,
means a person that, directly or indirectly, through one (1) or more
intermediaries:
(a) controls;
(b) is controlled by; or
(c) is under common control with;
the person subject to this article.
SOURCE: IC 24-4.5-3-105; (08)ES0352.2.7. -->
SECTION 7. IC 24-4.5-3-105 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 105. Unless the loan is
made subject to IC 24-4.5-3 by agreement (IC 24-4.5-3-601), and
except with respect to disclosure (IC 24-4.5-3-301), debtors' remedies
(IC 24-4.5-5-201), providing payoff amounts (IC 24-4.5-3-209), and
powers and functions of the department (IC 24-4.5-6-101),
(IC 24-4.5-6-104), "consumer loan" does not include a loan primarily
secured by an interest in land which is a mortgage transaction, (as
defined in IC 24-4.5-1-301(17)).
SOURCE: IC 24-4.5-3-402; (08)ES0352.2.8. -->
SECTION 8. IC 24-4.5-3-402, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 402. (1)
This section does not apply to a first
lien mortgage transaction.
(2) Except as provided in IC 24-9-4-3 with respect to a high cost
home loan (as defined in IC 24-9-2-8), with respect to a consumer loan,
other than one pursuant to a revolving loan account or one on which
only loan finance charges are payable prior to the time that the final
scheduled payment is due, if any scheduled payment is more than twice
as large as the average of earlier scheduled payments, the debtor has
the right to refinance the amount of that payment at the time it is due
without penalty. The terms of the refinancing shall be no less favorable
to the debtor than the terms of the original loan. This section does not
apply to the extent that the payment schedule is adjusted to the seasonal
or irregular income of the debtor.
(2) (3) For the purposes of this section, .terms of the refinancing.
means:
(a) in the case of a fixed-rate consumer loan, the individual
payment amounts, the charges as a result of default by the debtor,
and the rate of the loan finance charge; and
(b) in the case of a variable rate consumer loan, the method used
to determine the individual payment amounts, the charges as a
result of default by the debtor, the method used to determine the
rate of the loan finance charge, the circumstances under which the
rate of the loan finance charge may increase, and any limitations
on the increase in the rate of the loan finance charge.
(3) (4) If a consumer loan is made under the authority of the
Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act (12 U.S.C. 3802 et seq.),
the note evidencing the mortgage must contain a reference to the
applicable federal law.
SOURCE: IC 24-4.5-3-503; (08)ES0352.2.9. -->
SECTION 9. IC 24-4.5-3-503, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 9, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 503. License to Make Consumer Loans_(1) The
department shall receive and act on all applications for licenses to
make consumer loans. Applications must be as prescribed by the
director of the department of financial institutions.
(2) A license shall not be issued unless the department finds that the
financial responsibility, character, and fitness of:
(a) the applicant and
any significant affiliate of the applicant;
(b) each executive officer, director, or manager of the
applicant, or any other individual having a similar status or
performing a similar function for the applicant; and
(c) if known, each person directly or indirectly owning of
record or owning beneficially at least ten percent (10%) of the
outstanding shares of any class of equity security of the
applicant;
of the members of the applicant (if the applicant is a copartnership or
an association) and of the officers and directors of the applicant (if the
applicant is a corporation) are such as to warrant belief that the
business will be operated honestly and fairly within the purposes of this
article.
(3) The director is entitled to request evidence of compliance with
this section at:
(a) the time of application;
(b) the time of renewal of a license; or
(c) any other time considered necessary by the director.
(3) (4) Evidence of compliance with this section may include:
(a) criminal background checks, including a national criminal
history
background check
(as defined in IC 10-13-3-12) by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
for any individual described in
subsection (2);
(b) credit histories; and
(c) other background checks considered necessary by the director.
If the director requests a national criminal history background
check under subdivision (a) for an individual described in
subsection (2), the director shall require the individual to submit
fingerprints to the department or to the state police department, as
appropriate, at the time evidence of compliance is requested under
subsection (3). The individual to whom the request is made shall
pay any fees or costs associated with the fingerprints and the
national criminal history background check. The national criminal
history background check may be used by the director to
determine the individual's compliance with this section. The
director or the department may not release the results of the
national criminal history background check to any private entity.
(4) (5) The department may deny an application under this section
if the director of the department determines that the application was
submitted for the benefit of, or on behalf of, a person who does not
qualify for a license.
(5) (6) Upon written request, the applicant is entitled to a hearing on
the question of the qualifications of the applicant for a license as
provided in IC 4-21.5.
(6) (7) The applicant shall pay the following fees at the time
designated by the department:
(a) An initial license fee as established by the department under
IC 28-11-3-5.
(b) An initial investigation fee as established by the department
under IC 28-11-3-5.
(c) An annual renewal fee as established by the department under
IC 28-11-3-5.
(7) (8) A fee as established by the department under IC 28-11-3-5
may be charged for each day the annual renewal fee under subsection
(6)(c) (7)(c) is delinquent.
(8) (9) The applicant may deduct the fees required under subsection
(6)(a) (7)(a) through
(6)(c) (7)(c) from the filing fees paid under
IC 24-4.5-6-203.
(9) (10) A loan license issued under this section is not assignable or
transferable.
(10) (11) Subject to subsection
(11), (12), the director may
designate an automated central licensing system and repository,
operated by a third party, to serve as the sole entity responsible for:
(a) processing applications and renewals for licenses under this
section; and
(b) performing other services that the director determines are
necessary for the orderly administration of the department's
licensing system.
(11) (12) The director's authority to designate an automated central
licensing system and repository under subsection
(10) (11) is subject
to the following:
(a) The director or the director's designee may not require any
person exempt from licensure under this article, or any employee
or agent of an exempt person, to:
(i) submit information to; or
(ii) participate in;
the automated central licensing system and repository.
(b) Information stored in the automated central licensing system
and repository is subject to the confidentiality provisions of
IC 28-1-2-30 and IC 5-14-3. A person may not:
(i) obtain information from the automated central licensing
system and repository, unless the person is authorized to do so
by statute;
or
(ii) initiate any civil action based on information obtained
from the automated central licensing system
and repository
if the information is not otherwise available to the person
under any other state law; or
(iii) initiate any civil action based on information obtained
from the automated central licensing system
and repository
if the person could not have initiated the action based on
information otherwise available to the person under any other
state law.
(c) Documents, materials, and other forms of information in the
control or possession of the automated central licensing system
and repository that are
confidential under IC 28-1-2-30 and that
are:
(i) furnished by the director, the director's designee, or a
licensee; or that are
(ii) otherwise obtained by the automated central licensing
system and repository;
are confidential and privileged by law and are not (i) subject to
inspection under IC 5-14-3, (ii) subject to subpoena, (iii) subject
to discovery, or (iv) admissible in evidence in any civil action.
However, the director or the director's designee may use the
documents, materials, or other information available to the
director or the director's designee in furtherance of any action
brought in connection with the director's duties under this article.
(d) Disclosure of documents, materials, and information:
(i) to the director or the director's designee; or
(ii) by the director or the director's designee;
under this subsection does not result in a waiver of any applicable
privilege or claim of confidentiality with respect to the
documents, materials, or information.
(e) Information provided to the automated central licensing
system and repository is subject to IC 4-1-11.
(f) This subsection does not limit or impair a person's right to:
(i) obtain information;
(ii) use information as evidence in a civil action or proceeding;
or
(iii) use information to initiate a civil action or proceeding;
if the information may be obtained from the director or the
director's designee under any law.
(g) The director may require a licensee required to submit
information to the automated central licensing system and
repository to pay a processing fee considered reasonable by the
director.
SOURCE: IC 24-4.5-3-504; (08)ES0352.2.10. -->
SECTION 10. IC 24-4.5-3-504, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 504. Revocation or Suspension of License_(1)
The department may issue to a person licensed to make consumer loans
an order to show cause why the license should not be revoked or
suspended for a period determined by the department. The order shall
state the place and time for a meeting with the department that is no
less than ten (10) days from the date of the order. After the meeting, the
department shall revoke or suspend the license if the department finds
that:
(a) the licensee has repeatedly and willfully violated this article
or any rule or order lawfully made pursuant to this article;
or
(b) the licensee has repeatedly and willfully violated federal
consumer credit laws; or
(b) (c) facts or conditions exist which would clearly have justified
the department in refusing to grant a license had these facts or
conditions been known to exist at the time the application for the
license was made.
(2) Except as provided in section 503.5 of this chapter, no
revocation or suspension of a license is lawful unless prior to
institution of proceedings by the department notice is given to the
licensee of the facts or conduct which warrant the intended action, and
the licensee is given an opportunity to show compliance with all lawful
requirements for retention of the license.
(3) If the department finds that probable cause for revocation of a
license exists and that enforcement of this article requires immediate
suspension of the license pending investigation, the department may,
after a meeting with the licensee hearing upon five (5) days written
notice to the licensee, enter an order suspending the license for not
more than thirty (30) days.
(4) Whenever the department revokes or suspends a license, the
department shall enter an order to that effect and forthwith notify the
licensee of the revocation or suspension. Within five (5) days after the
entry of the order the department shall deliver to the licensee a copy of
the order and the findings supporting the order.
(5) Any person holding a license to make consumer loans may
relinquish the license by notifying the department in writing of its
relinquishment, but this relinquishment shall not affect the person's
liability for acts previously committed.
(6) No revocation, suspension, or relinquishment of a license shall
impair or affect the obligation of any preexisting lawful contract
between the licensee and any debtor.
(7) The department may reinstate a license, terminate a suspension,
or grant a new license to a person whose license has been revoked or
suspended if no fact or condition then exists which clearly would have
justified the department in refusing to grant a license.
(8) If the director:
(a) has just cause to believe an emergency exists from which it is
necessary to protect the interests of the public; or
(b) determines that the license was obtained for the benefit of, or
on behalf of, a person who does not qualify for a license;
the director may proceed with the revocation of the license under
IC 4-21.5-3-6.
SOURCE: IC 24-4.5-3-505; (08)ES0352.2.11. -->
SECTION 11. IC 24-4.5-3-505, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 505. Records; Annual Reports_(1) Every
licensee shall maintain records in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles and practices in a manner that will enable the
department to determine whether the licensee is complying with the
provisions of this article. The record keeping system of a licensee shall
be sufficient if the licensee makes the required information reasonably
available. The department shall determine the sufficiency of the records
and whether the licensee has made the required information reasonably
available. The department shall be given free access to the records
wherever located. The records pertaining to any loan shall be retained
for two (2) years after making the final entry relating to the loan, but in
the case of a revolving loan account the two (2) years is measured from
the date of each entry. A person licensed or required to be licensed
under this chapter is subject to IC 28-1-2-30.5 with respect to any
records maintained by the person.
(2) Every licensee shall file with the department a composite report
as required by the department, but not more frequently than annually,
in the form prescribed by the department relating to all consumer loans
made by the licensee. The department shall consult with comparable
officials in other states for the purpose of making the kinds of
information required in the reports uniform among the states.
Information contained in the reports shall be confidential and may be
published only in composite form. The department may impose a fee
in an amount fixed by the department under IC 28-11-3-5 for each day
that a licensee fails to file the report required by this subsection.
(3) Every licensee shall file notification with the department if the
licensee:
(a) has a change in name, address, or principals;
(b) opens a new branch, closes an existing branch, or relocates an
existing branch;
(c) files for bankruptcy or reorganization; or
(d) is subject to revocation or suspension proceedings by a state
or governmental authority with regard to the licensee's activities;
not later than thirty (30) days after the date of the event described in
this subsection.
(4) Every licensee shall file notification with the department if a key
officer or director of the licensee: an individual described in section
503(2)(b) or 503(2)(c) of this chapter:
(a) is under indictment for a felony involving fraud, deceit, or
misrepresentation under the laws of Indiana or any other
jurisdiction; or
(b) has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to
a felony involving fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation under the
laws of Indiana or any other jurisdiction;
not later than thirty (30) days after the date of the event described in
this subsection.
SOURCE: IC 24-4.5-4-108; (08)ES0352.2.12. -->
SECTION 12. IC 24-4.5-4-108, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 108. Refund or Credit Required; Amount _ (1)
Upon prepayment in full of a consumer credit sale or consumer loan by
the proceeds of consumer credit insurance, the debtor or the debtor's
estate is entitled to a refund of:
(a) any portion of a separate charge for insurance which by reason
of prepayment is retained by the creditor or returned to the
creditor by the insurer unless the charge was computed from time
to time on the basis of the balances of the debtor's account; and
(b) any portion of an additional charge that is:
(i) assessed in accordance with IC 24-4.5-2-202
IC 24-4.5-2-202(1)(c) or IC 24-4.5-3-202
IC 24-4.5-3-202(1)(e); and
(ii) subject to rebate upon prepayment.
(2) This chapter does not require a creditor to grant a refund or
credit to the debtor if all refunds and credits due to the debtor under
this chapter amount to less than one dollar ($1), and except as provided
in subsection (1) does not require the creditor to account to the debtor
for any portion of a separate charge for insurance because:
(a) the insurance is terminated by performance of the insurer's
obligation;
(b) the creditor pays or accounts for premiums to the insurer in
amounts and at times determined by the agreement between them;
or
(c) the creditor receives directly or indirectly under any policy of
insurance a gain or advantage not prohibited by law.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (2), the creditor or the
creditor's assignee shall promptly make an appropriate refund or credit
to the debtor for any separate charge made for insurance or for an
additional charge described in subsection (1)(b) if:
(a) the insurance is not provided or is provided for a term shorter
than the term for which the charge to the debtor for insurance was
computed; or
(b) the insurance or the protection provided in exchange for
the additional charge described in subsection (1)(b) terminates
prior to the end of the scheduled term of the insurance coverage
because of prepayment in full or otherwise.
(4) An initial creditor, a subsequent creditor, or an assignee of
an initial or a subsequent creditor, shall maintain documentation
of any account that is subject to a refund or credit under this
section. The information maintained under this subsection shall be
made available to the department as necessary to determine
compliance with this section.
(4) (5) A refund or credit required by subsection (3) is appropriate
as to amount if it is computed according to a method prescribed or
approved by the insurance commissioner or a formula filed by the
insurer with the insurance commissioner at least thirty (30) days before
the debtor's right to a refund or credit becomes determinable, unless the
method or formula is used after the insurance commissioner notifies the
insurer that it is disapproved.
(5) (6) If a refund or credit required by subsection (1) or (3) is not
made to the debtor within sixty (60) days after the date the debt is
terminated, due to prepayment in full or otherwise, the creditor shall
pay to the debtor for each day after the sixty (60) day period has
expired an amount equal to the daily interest at the contracted annual
percentage rate on the amount of the refund required by subsection (1)
due at the time of prepayment or termination. The director may impose
an additional civil penalty of not greater than one thousand dollars
($1,000) per occurrence if a creditor engages in a pattern or practice of
failing to comply with the this subsection.
SOURCE: IC 24-4.5-6-203; (08)ES0352.2.13. -->
SECTION 13. IC 24-4.5-6-203, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 18, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 203. (1) Persons required to file notification who
are sellers, lessors, or lenders shall pay a fee in an amount and at
intervals to be prescribed by the director under IC 28-11-3-5. The fee
shall be a uniform amount for each one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000), or part thereof, in excess of one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000), of the original unpaid balances arising from consumer
credit sales, consumer leases, and consumer loans made in Indiana and
held either by the seller, lessor, or lender for more than thirty (30) days
after the inception of the sale, lease, or loan giving rise to the
obligations, or by an assignee who has not filed notification. A
refinancing of a sale, lease, or loan resulting in an increase in the
amount of an obligation is a new sale, lease, or loan to the extent of the
increase. In prescribing the fee, the department shall consider the costs
and expense incurred or estimated to be incurred by the department in
the administration of this article, including, but not limited to, the
supervision, regulation, and examination of persons subject to the
provisions of the article.
(2) Persons required to file notification who are assignees shall pay
a fee as prescribed and fixed by the department under subsection (1) on
the unpaid balances at the time of the assignment of obligations arising
from consumer credit sales, consumer leases, and consumer loans made
in Indiana taken by assignment during the preceding calendar year, but
an assignee need not pay a fee with respect to an obligation on which
the assignor or other person has already paid a fee.
(3) Persons required to file notification who are assignors shall pay
a fee as prescribed by the department under subsection (1) on the
unpaid balances at the time of the assignment of obligations arising
from consumer credit sales, consumer leases, and consumer loans made
in Indiana during the preceding calendar year unless the assignee has
already paid the fees.
(4) Persons required to renew a license under IC 24-4.5-3-503 may
deduct the fees paid under IC 24-4.5-3-503(6)(a)
IC 24-4.5-3-503(7)(a) through IC 24-4.5-3-503(6)(c)
IC 24-4.5-3-503(7)(c) from fees paid under this section.
(5) A person that is required to file notification under
IC 24-4.5-6-202 shall pay a fee at the same rate as prescribed and fixed
by the department under subsection (1) on the original unpaid balances
of all closed end credit obligations originating from the person's place
of business during the time preceding the notification as specified
under subsection (1), unless the fees for the obligations have been paid
by another person.
SOURCE: IC 24-4.5-7-202; (08)ES0352.2.14. -->
SECTION 14. IC 24-4.5-7-202, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 23, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 202. (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the only
fee that may be contracted for and received by the lender or an
assignee on a small loan is a charge, not to exceed twenty-five dollars
($25), for each:
(a) return by a bank or other depository institution of a:
(i) dishonored check;
(ii) negotiable order of withdrawal; or
(iii) share draft;
issued by the borrower; or
(b) time an authorization to debit the borrower's account is
dishonored.
This additional charge may be assessed one (1) time regardless of how
many times a check or an authorization to debit the borrower's account
may be submitted by the lender and dishonored.
(2) A lender may:
(a) present a borrower's check for payment; or
(b) exercise a borrower's authorization to debit the borrower's
account;
not more than three (3) times.
SOURCE: IC 24-4.5-7-404; (08)ES0352.2.15. -->
SECTION 15. IC 24-4.5-7-404, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 26, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 404. (1) As used in this section, .commercially
reasonable method of verification. means
one (1) or more a private
consumer credit reporting
services service that the department
determines to be capable of providing a lender with adequate
verification information necessary to ensure compliance with
subsection (4).
(2) With respect to a small loan, no lender may permit a person to
become obligated under more than one (1) loan agreement with the
lender at any time.
(3) A lender shall not make a small loan that, when combined with
the outstanding balance on another outstanding small loan owed to
another lender, exceeds a total of five hundred fifty dollars ($550),
excluding finance charges. A lender shall not make a small loan to a
borrower who has two (2) or more small loans outstanding, regardless
of the total value of the small loans. The amount of five hundred fifty
dollars ($550) in this subsection is subject to change under the
provisions on adjustment of dollar amounts (IC 24-4.5-1-106).
However, notwithstanding IC 24-4.5-1-106(1), the Reference Base
Index to be used under this subsection is the Index for October 2006.
(4) A lender complies with subsection (3) if the borrower represents
in writing that the borrower does not have any outstanding small loans
with the lender, another lender, an affiliate of the lender or another
lender, or a separate entity involved in a business association with the
lender or another lender in making small loans, and the lender
independently verifies the accuracy of the borrower's written
representation through a commercially reasonable method of
verification. A lender's method of verifying whether a borrower has any
outstanding small loans will be considered commercially reasonable if
the method includes a manual investigation or an electronic query of:
(a) the lender's own records, including both records maintained at
the location where the borrower is applying for the transaction
and records maintained at other locations within the state that are
owned and operated by the lender; and
(b)
an available third party
databases data base provided by
a
private consumer reporting
services. service.
(5) The department shall monitor the effectiveness of private
consumer credit reporting services in providing the verification
information required under subsection (4). If the department
determines that one (1) or more a commercially reasonable methods
method of verification are is available, the department shall:
(a) provide reasonable notice to all lenders identifying the
commercially reasonable methods method of verification that are
is available; and
(b) require each lender to use, consistent with the policies of the
department, one (1) of the identified commercially reasonable
methods method of verification as a means of complying with
subsection (4).
(6) If a borrower presents evidence to a lender that a loan has been
discharged in bankruptcy, the lender shall cause the record of the
borrower's loan to be updated in the database described in subsection
(4)(b) to reflect the bankruptcy discharge.
(7) A lender shall cause the record of a borrower's loan to be
updated in the database described in subsection (4)(b) to reflect:
(a) presentment of the borrower's check for payment; or
(b) exercise of the borrower's authorization to debit the borrower's
account.
If a check is returned or an authorization is dishonored because of
insufficient funds in the borrower's account, the lender shall reenter the
record of the loan in the database.
(8) A lender shall update information in a database described in
subsection (4)(b) to reflect partial payments made on an outstanding
loan, the record of which is maintained in the database.
(9) If a lender ceases doing business in Indiana, the director may
require one (1) or more operators the operator of the databases data
base described in subsection (4)(b) to remove records of the lender's
loans from the operator's database.
(10) The director may impose a civil penalty not to exceed one
hundred dollars ($100) for each violation of:
(a) this section; or
(b) any rule or policy adopted by the director to implement this
section.
(11) The excess amount of loan finance charge provided for in
agreements in violation of this section is an excess charge for purposes
of the provisions concerning effect of violations on rights of parties
(IC 24-4.5-5-202) and the provisions concerning civil actions by the
department (IC 24-4.5-6-113).
SOURCE: IC 24-4.5-7-406; (08)ES0352.2.16. -->
SECTION 16. IC 24-4.5-7-406, AS AMENDED BY P.L.57-2006,
SECTION 18, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 406.
(a) (1) An agreement with respect to a small
loan may not provide for charges as a result of default by the borrower
other than those specifically authorized by this chapter. A provision in
a small loan agreement in violation of this section is unenforceable.
(b) (2) A lender or an assignee of a small loan may seek only the
following remedies upon default by a borrower:
(1) (a) Recovery of:
(A) (i) the contracted principal amount of the loan; and
(B) (ii) the loan finance charge.
(2) (b) Collection of a fee for:
(A) (i) a returned check, negotiable order of withdrawal, or
share draft; or
(B) (ii) a dishonored authorization to debit the borrower's
account;
if contracted for under section 202 of this chapter.
(3) (c) Collection of postjudgment interest, if awarded by a court.
(4) (d) Collection of court costs, if awarded by a court.
(c) (3) A lender or an assignee of a small loan may not seek any of
the following damages or remedies upon default by a borrower:
(1) (a) Payment of the lender's attorney's fees.
(2) (b) Treble damages.
(3) (c) Prejudgment interest.
(4) (d) Damages allowed for dishonored checks under any statute
other than this chapter.
(5) (e) Any damages or remedies not set forth in subsection (b).
(2).
(d) (4) A contractual agreement in a small loan transaction must
include a notice of the following in 14 point bold type:
(1) (a) The remedies available to a lender or an assignee under
subsection (b). (2).
(2) (b) The remedies and damages that a lender or an assignee is
prohibited from seeking in a small loan transaction under
subsection (c). (3).
SOURCE: IC 24-4.5-7-409; (08)ES0352.2.17. -->
SECTION 17. IC 24-4.5-7-409, AS AMENDED BY P.L.57-2006,
SECTION 19, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 409. (1) This section applies to licensees and
unlicensed persons.
(2) A person who violates this chapter:
(a) is subject to a civil penalty up to two thousand dollars ($2,000)
imposed by the department;
(b) (a) is subject to the remedies provided in IC 24-4.5-5-202;
(c) (b) commits a deceptive act under IC 24-5-0.5 and is subject
to the penalties listed in IC 24-5-0.5;
(d) (c) has no right to collect, receive, or retain any principal,
interest, or other charges from a small loan; however, this
subdivision does not apply if the violation is the result of an
accident or bona fide error of computation; and
(e) (d) is liable to the borrower for actual damages, statutory
damages of two thousand dollars ($2,000) per violation, costs,
and attorney's fees; however, this subdivision does not apply if the
violation is the result of an accident or bona fide error of
computation.
The remedies described in this subsection are in addition to all
other remedies set forth in this article.
(3) The department may sue:
(a) to enjoin any conduct that constitutes or will constitute a
violation of this chapter; and
(b) for other equitable relief.
(4) The remedies provided in this section are cumulative but are not
intended to be the exclusive remedies available to a borrower. A
borrower is not required to exhaust any administrative remedies under
this section or any other applicable law.
SOURCE: IC 24-4.5-7-410; (08)ES0352.2.18. -->
SECTION 18. IC 24-4.5-7-410, AS AMENDED BY P.L.57-2006,
SECTION 20, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 410. A lender making small loans,
or an assignee
of a small loan, shall not commit nor cause to be committed any of the
following acts:
(a) Threatening to use or using the criminal process in any state
to collect on a small loan.
(b) Threatening to take action against a borrower that is
prohibited by this chapter.
(c) Making a misleading or deceptive statement regarding a small
loan or a consequence of taking a small loan.
(d) Contracting for or collecting attorney's fees on small loans
made under this chapter.
(e) Altering the date or any other information on a check or an
authorization to debit the borrower's account held as security.
(f) Using a device or agreement that the department determines
would have the effect of charging or collecting more fees,
charges, or interest than allowed by this chapter, including, but
not limited to:
(i) entering a different type of transaction with the borrower;
(ii) entering into a sales/leaseback arrangement;
(iii) catalog sales;
(iv) entering into transactions in which a customer receives a
purported cash rebate that is advanced by someone offering
Internet content services, or some other product or service,
when the cash rebate does not represent a discount or an
adjustment of the purchase price for the product or service; or
(v) entering any other transaction with the borrower that is
designed to evade the applicability of this chapter.
(g) Engaging in unfair, deceptive, or fraudulent practices in the
making or collecting of a small loan.
(h) Charging to cash a check representing the proceeds of a small
loan.
(i) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter:
(i) accepting the proceeds of a new small loan as payment of
an existing small loan provided by the same lender; or
(ii) renewing, refinancing, or consolidating a small loan with
the proceeds of another small loan made by the same lender.
(j) Including any of the following provisions in a loan document:
(i) A hold harmless clause.
(ii) A confession of judgment clause.
(iii) A mandatory arbitration clause, unless the terms and
conditions of the arbitration have been approved by the
director of the department.
(iv) An assignment of or order for payment of wages or other
compensation for services.
(v) A provision in which the borrower agrees not to assert a
claim or defense arising out of contract.
(vi) A waiver of any provision of this chapter.
(k) Selling insurance of any kind in connection with the making
or collecting of a small loan.
(l) Entering into a renewal with a borrower.
SOURCE: IC 24-7-1-6; (08)ES0352.2.19. -->
SECTION 19. IC 24-7-1-6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2008]: Sec. 6. This article does not apply to the rental of a
musical instrument through an elementary or a secondary school.
SOURCE: IC 28-1-2-30.5; (08)ES0352.2.20. -->
SECTION 20. IC 28-1-2-30.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]:
Sec. 30.5. (a) This section applies to
the following:
(1) Any:
(A) financial institution;
(B) person required to file notification with the department
under IC 24-4.5-6-202;
(C) person subject to IC 24-7; or
(D) other person subject to regulation by the department
under this title.
(2) Any person licensed or required to be licensed under
IC 24-4.5.
(b) As used in this section, "customer", with respect to a person
described in subsection (a), means an individual consumer, or the
individual's legal representative, who obtains or has obtained from
the person a financial:
(1) product; or
(2) service;
that is to be used primarily for personal, family, or household
purposes. The term does not include an affiliate of the person.
(c) As used in this section, "personal information" includes any
of the following:
(1) An individual's first and last names or first initial and last
name.
(2) Any of the following data elements:
(A) A Social Security number.
(B) A driver's license number.
(C) A state identification card number.
(D) A credit card number.
(E) A financial account number or debit card number.
(3) With respect to an individual, any of the following:
(A) Address.
(B) Telephone number.
(C) Information concerning the individual's:
(i) income or other compensation;
(ii) credit history;
(iii) credit score;
(iv) assets;
(v) liabilities; or
(vi) employment history.
(d) As used in this chapter, personal information is "encrypted"
if the personal information:
(1) has been transformed through the use of an algorithmic
process into a form in which there is a low probability of
assigning meaning without use of a confidential process or
key; or
(2) is secured by another method that renders the personal
information unreadable or unusable.
(e) As used in this chapter, personal information is "redacted"
if the personal information has been altered or truncated so that
not more than the last four (4) digits of:
(1) a Social Security number;
(2) a driver's license number;
(3) a state identification number; or
(4) an account number;
are accessible as part of the personal information.
(f) As used in this chapter, "personal records" means any
records that:
(1) are maintained, whether as a paper record or in an
electronic or a computerized form, by a person to whom this
section applies; and
(2) contain the unencrypted, unredacted personal information
of one (1) or more customers or potential customers.
(g) A person to whom this section applies shall keep and handle
personal records in a manner that:
(1) reasonably safeguards the personal records from
destruction, theft, or other loss; and
(2) protects the personal records from misuse.
(h) If a breach of the security of any personal records occurs,
the person maintaining the records is subject to the disclosure
requirements under IC 24-4.9-3, unless the person is exempt from
the disclosure requirements under IC 24-4.9-3-4.
(i) A person to whom this section applies may not dispose of
personal records without first:
(1) shredding, incinerating, or mutilating the personal
records; or
(2) erasing or otherwise rendering illegible or unusable the
personal information contained in the records.
(j) If a person to whom this section applies ceases doing
business, the person shall, as part of the winding up of the business,
safeguard any personal records maintained by the person in
accordance with this section until such time as the person is
entitled or required to destroy the records under:
(1) applicable law; or
(2) the person's own records maintenance policies.
SOURCE: IC 28-1-7-4; (08)ES0352.2.21. -->
SECTION 21. IC 28-1-7-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 4. (a) After the
resolutions approving a joint agreement of merger have been adopted
by the board of directors of each of the corporations, such resolutions
and joint agreement shall be submitted for approval by the department.
before the joint agreement is submitted to a vote of the shareholders of
the corporations. The department may, in its discretion, approve or
disapprove the resolution and joint agreement.
(b) In deciding whether to approve or disapprove a resolution and
joint agreement under this section, the department shall consider the
following factors:
(1) Whether the institutions subject to the proposed transaction
are operated in a safe, sound, and prudent manner.
(2) Whether the financial condition of any institution subject to
the proposed transaction will jeopardize the financial stability of
any other institutions subject to the proposed transaction.
(3) Whether the proposed transaction under this chapter will
result in an institution that has inadequate capital, unsatisfactory
management, or poor earnings prospects.
(4) Whether the management or other principals of the institution
that will result from the proposed transaction under this chapter
are qualified by character and financial responsibility to control
and operate in a legal and proper manner the resulting institution.
(5) Whether the public convenience and advantage will be served
by the resulting institution after the proposed transaction.
(6) Whether the institutions subject to the proposed transaction
under this chapter furnish all the information the department
requires in reaching the department's decision.
SOURCE: IC 28-1-7-5; (08)ES0352.2.22. -->
SECTION 22. IC 28-1-7-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 5. If The agreement of
merger is approved by the department, it shall be submitted to a vote
of the shareholders of each corporation, at the meeting directed by the
resolution of the board of directors of each corporation, and the
agreement shall be adopted by each corporation upon receiving the
affirmative votes of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares
of the capital stock of the corporation. A mutual savings association or
mutual savings bank shall adopt the agreement upon receiving the
affirmative vote of fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the votes cast at
the meeting called to consider such agreement of merger.
SOURCE: IC 28-1-7-12; (08)ES0352.2.23. -->
SECTION 23. IC 28-1-7-12 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 12. (a) After the
resolution approving a joint agreement of consolidation has been
adopted by the board of directors of each of the corporations, the
resolutions and joint agreement shall be submitted to the department.
for approval before the joint agreement is submitted to a vote of the
shareholders of the corporations. The department may, in its discretion,
approve or disapprove the resolutions and joint agreement.
(b) In deciding whether to approve or disapprove a transaction
under this chapter, the department shall consider the following factors:
(1) Whether the institutions subject to the proposed transaction
are operated in a safe, sound, and prudent manner.
(2) Whether the financial condition of any institution subject to
the proposed transaction will jeopardize the financial stability of
any other institutions subject to the proposed transaction.
(3) Whether the proposed transaction under this chapter will
result in an institution that has inadequate capital, unsatisfactory
management, or poor earnings prospects.
(4) Whether the management or other principals of the institution
that will result from the proposed transaction under this chapter
are qualified by character and financial responsibility to control
and operate in a legal and proper manner the resulting institution.
(5) Whether the public convenience and advantage will be served
by the resulting institution after the proposed transaction.
(6) Whether the institutions subject to the proposed transaction
under this chapter furnish all the information the department
requires in reaching the department's decision.
SOURCE: IC 28-1-7-13; (08)ES0352.2.24. -->
SECTION 24. IC 28-1-7-13 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 13. If The agreement
of consolidation is approved by the department, it shall be submitted to
a vote of the shareholders of each corporation and shall be adopted
upon receiving the same affirmative votes, and the adoption shall be
followed by the same notice to shareholders as is prescribed in sections
3, 5, and 6 of this chapter, as if the consolidation were a merger.
SOURCE: IC 28-1-13-1.2; (08)ES0352.2.25. -->
SECTION 25. IC 28-1-13-1.2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 1.2. As used in this
chapter, "loans and extensions of credit" includes 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 the person. To the extent specified by the
department, the term includes any liability of a bank to advance funds
to or on behalf of a person under a contractual commitment. has the
meaning set forth in 12 CFR 32.2.
SOURCE: IC 28-1-20-4; (08)ES0352.2.26. -->
SECTION 26. IC 28-1-20-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.57-2006,
SECTION 31, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsections (c), (d),
(g),
and (k), and (o), it is unlawful for any person, firm, limited liability
company, or corporation (other than a bank or trust company, a bank
holding company, a subsidiary of a bank or trust company, a subsidiary
of a bank holding company, a subsidiary of a savings bank,
or a
subsidiary of a savings association
or a corporate fiduciary organized
or reorganized under IC 28 or statutes in effect at the time of
organization or reorganization or under the laws of the United States):
(1) to use the word "bank", "banc", or "banco" as a part of the
name or title of the person, firm, limited liability company, or
corporation; or
(2) to advertise or represent the person, firm, limited liability
company, or corporation to the public:
(A) as a bank or trust company or a corporate fiduciary; or
(B) as affording the services or performing the duties which by
law only a bank or trust company or a corporate fiduciary is
entitled to afford and perform.
(b) A financial institution organized under the laws of any state or
the United States is authorized to do business in Indiana:
(1) at its principal office;
(2) at any branch office; or
(3) otherwise;
using a name other than its official entity name if the financial
institution notifies the department at least ten (10) days before using
the other name.
(c) Notwithstanding the prohibitions of this section, an out-of-state
financial institution with the word "bank" in its legal name may use the
word "bank" if the financial institution is insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation or its successor.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a building and loan association
organized under IC 28-4 (before its repeal) may include in its name or
title:
(1) the words "savings bank"; or
(2) the word "bank" if the name or title also includes either the
words "savings bank" or letters "SB".
A building and loan association that includes "savings bank" in its title
under this section does not by that action become a savings bank for
purposes of IC 28-6.1.
(e) The name or title of a savings bank governed by IC 28-6.1 must
include the words "savings bank" or the letters "SB".
(f) A savings association may include in its name the words
"building and loan association".
(g) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a bank holding company (as
defined in 12 U.S.C. 1841) may use the word "bank" or "banks" as a
part of its name. However, this subsection does not permit a bank
holding company to advertise or represent itself to the public as
affording the services or performing the duties that by law a bank or
trust company only is entitled to afford and perform.
(h) The department is authorized to investigate the business affairs
of any person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation that uses
"bank", "banc", or "banco" in its title or holds itself out as a bank,
corporate fiduciary, or trust company for the purpose of determining
whether the person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation is
violating any of the provisions of this article, and, for that purpose, the
department and its agents shall have access to any and all of the books,
records, papers, and effects of the person, firm, limited liability
company, or corporation. In making its examination, the department
may examine any person and the partners, officers, members, or agents
of the firm, limited liability company, or corporation under oath,
subpoena witnesses, and require the production of the books, records,
papers, and effects considered necessary. On application of the
department, the circuit or superior court of the county in which the
person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation maintains a
place of business shall, by proper proceedings, enforce the attendance
and testimony of witnesses and the production and examination of
books, papers, records, and effects.
(i) The department is authorized to exercise the powers under
IC 28-11-4 against a person, firm, limited liability company, or
corporation that improperly holds itself out as a financial institution.
(j) A person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation who
violates this section is subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars
($500) per day for each and every day during which the violation
continues. The penalty imposed shall be recovered in the name of the
state on relation of the department and, when recovered, shall be paid
into the financial institutions fund established by IC 28-11-2-9.
(k) The word "bank", "banc", or "banco" may not be included in the
name of a corporate fiduciary.
(l) A person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation may not
use the name of an existing bank or bank holding company depository
financial institution or holding company of a depository financial
institution, or a name confusingly similar to that of an existing bank
or bank holding company depository financial institution or holding
company of a depository financial institution, when marketing to or
soliciting business from a customer or prospective customer if the
reference to the existing bank or bank holding company depository
financial institution or holding company of a depository financial
institution is:
(1) without the consent of the existing bank or bank holding
company; depository financial institution or holding company
of a depository financial institution; and
(2) in a manner that could cause a reasonable person to believe
that the marketing material or solicitation:
(A) originated from;
(B) is endorsed by; or
(C) is in any other way the responsibility of;
the existing bank or bank holding company depository financial
institution or holding company of a depository financial institution.
(m) An existing bank or bank holding company depository
financial institution or holding company of a depository financial
institution may, in addition to any other remedies available under the
law, report an alleged violation of subsection (l) to the department. If
the department finds that the marketing material or solicitation in
question is in violation of subsection (l), the department may direct the
person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation to cease and
desist from using that marketing material or solicitation in Indiana. If
that person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation persists in
using the marketing material or solicitation, the department may
impose a civil penalty of up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for
each violation. Each instance in which the marketing material or
solicitation is sent to a customer or prospective customer constitutes a
separate violation of subsection (l).
(n) Nothing in subsection (l) or (m) prohibits the use of or reference
to the name of an existing bank or bank holding company depository
financial institution or holding company of a depository financial
institution in marketing materials or solicitations, if the use or
reference does not deceive or confuse a reasonable person regarding
whether the marketing material or solicitation:
(1) originated from;
(2) is endorsed by; or
(3) is in any other way the responsibility of;
the existing bank or bank holding company. depository financial
institution or holding company of a depository financial institution.
(o) A person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation
may use the word "bank", "banc", or "banco" if it would not
create a substantial likelihood of misleading the public by implying
that the person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation is
a state or federally chartered bank or savings bank.
(p) As used in this section, "depository financial institution" has
the meaning set forth in IC 28-1-1-6.
(o) (q) The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to
implement this section.
SOURCE: IC 28-1-29-1; (08)ES0352.2.27. -->
SECTION 27. IC 28-1-29-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 1. The following words,
when used in this chapter, shall have the meaning ascribed to them
unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:
(1) "Person" includes individuals, sole proprietorships,
partnerships, associations, limited liability company, and
companies, trusts, joint ventures, corporations, unincorporated
organizations, and other entities, however organized.
(2) "Budget service company" "Debt management company" is
any person doing business as a budget counseling, credit
counseling, debt management, or debt pooling service or holding
himself the person out, by words of similar import, as providing
services to debtors in the management of their finances and debts,
and contracting with the debtor for a fee to receive from the
debtor and disburse money or anything of value. "Budget service
company" The term includes the following:
(A) An entity that simply holds any check, personal check,
money order, personal money order, draft, or any other
instrument for the transmission of money.
(B) A person or an entity known as a "budget service
company".
(3) "License" means a license issued under the provisions of this
chapter.
(4) "Licensee" means any person to whom a license has been
issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(5) "Contract debtor" means a debtor who has entered into a
contract with a licensee.
(6) "Debt" means an obligation arising out of personal, family, or
household use.
(7) "Debtor" means an individual whose principal debts and
obligations arise out of personal, family, or household use and
shall not apply to persons whose principal indebtedness arises out
of business purpose transactions.
(8) "Department" means the members of the department of
financial institutions.
(9) "Finances" means a savings deposit that is:
(A) made on behalf of a contract debtor;
(B) owned and controlled exclusively by the contract debtor
and not a licensee who has a power of attorney of the contract
debtor; and
(C) placed in a bank or savings institution chartered by the
state or federal government.
SOURCE: IC 28-1-29-3; (08)ES0352.2.28. -->
SECTION 28. IC 28-1-29-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 42, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 3. (a) No person shall operate a budget service
debt management company in Indiana without having obtained a
license from the department. For purposes of this section, a person is
operating in Indiana if:
(1) the person or any of the person's employees or agents are
located in Indiana; or
(2) the person:
(A) contracts with debtors who are residents of Indiana; or
(B) solicits business from residents of Indiana by
advertisements or other communications sent or delivered
through any of the following means:
(i) Mail.
(ii) Personal delivery.
(iii) Telephone.
(iv) Radio.
(v) Television.
(vi) The Internet or other electronic communications.
(vii) Any other means of communication.
(b) The director may request evidence of compliance with this
section at:
(1) the time of application;
(2) the time of renewal of a license; or
(3) any other time considered necessary by the director.
(c) For purposes of subsection (b), evidence of compliance with this
section may include:
(1) criminal background checks, including a national criminal
history background check (as defined in IC 10-13-3-12) by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation for any individual described in
section 5(b)(2) or 5(b)(3) of this chapter;
(2) credit histories; and
(3) other background checks considered necessary by the director.
If the director requests a national criminal history background
check under subdivision (1) for an individual described in that
subdivision, the director shall require the individual to submit
fingerprints to the department or to the state police department, as
appropriate, at the time evidence of compliance is requested under
subsection (b). The individual to whom the request is made shall
pay any fees or costs associated with the fingerprints and the
national criminal history background check. The national criminal
history background check may be used by the director to
determine the individual's compliance with this section. The
director or the department may not release the results of the
national criminal history background check to any private entity.
(d) The fee for a license or renewal shall be fixed by the department
under IC 28-11-3-5 and shall be nonrefundable. A licensee failing to
renew annually shall be required to pay The department may impose
a fee fixed by the department under IC 28-11-3-5 for a new application.
each day that a renewal fee due and payable under this subsection
is delinquent.
(e) If a person knowingly acts as a budget service debt
management company in violation of this chapter, any agreement the
person has made under this chapter is void and the debtor under the
agreement is not obligated to pay any fees. If the debtor has paid any
amounts to the person, the debtor, or the department on behalf of the
debtor, may recover the payment from the person that violated this
section.
(f) A license issued under this section is not assignable or
transferable.
SOURCE: IC 28-1-29-5; (08)ES0352.2.29. -->
SECTION 29. IC 28-1-29-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 44, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 5. (a) Every person doing business as a
budget
service debt management company shall make application to the
department for a license to engage in such business. Such application
shall be in the form prescribed by the department and shall contain
such information as the department may require.
(b) The department may not issue a license unless the department
finds that the financial responsibility, character, and fitness of:
(1) the applicant
and any significant affiliate of the applicant;
and
(2) the: (A) members of the applicant, if the applicant is a
partnership or association; or (B) officers and directors of the
applicant, if the applicant is a corporation;
(2) each executive officer, director, or manager of the
applicant, or any other individual having a similar status or
performing a similar function for the applicant; and
(3) if known, each person directly or indirectly owning of
record or owning beneficially at least ten percent (10%) of the
outstanding shares of any class of equity security of the
applicant;
warrant belief that the business will be operated honestly and fairly
under this article. The department is entitled to request evidence of an
applicant's financial responsibility, character, and fitness.
(c) An application submitted under this section must indicate
whether
(1) any
(A) members of the applicant, if the applicant is a
partnership or association; or (B) officers and directors of the applicant,
if the applicant is a corporation; individuals described in subsection
(b)(2) or (b)(3):
(1) are, at the time of the application, under indictment for a
felony involving fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation under the
laws of Indiana or any other jurisdiction; and or
(2) any: (A) members of the applicant, if the applicant is a
partnership or association; or (B) officers and directors of the
applicant, if the applicant is a corporation; have been convicted
of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a felony involving
fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation under the laws of Indiana or
any other jurisdiction.
(d) The department may deny an application under this section if the
director of the department determines that the application was
submitted for the benefit of, or on behalf of, a person who does not
qualify for a license.
(e) Upon written request, an applicant is entitled to a hearing under
IC 4-21.5 on the question of the qualifications of the applicant for a
license.
SOURCE: IC 28-1-29-7.5; (08)ES0352.2.30. -->
SECTION 30. IC 28-1-29-7.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 45, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 7.5. (a) This section applies if, after a person has
been issued a license or renewal license under this chapter, any of the
following apply:
(1) Any (A) members of the licensee, if the licensee is a
partnership or association; or (B) officers and directors of the
licensee, if the licensee is a corporation; individuals described
in section 5(b)(2) or 5(b)(3) of this chapter are under indictment
for a felony involving fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation under
the laws of Indiana or any other jurisdiction.
(2) Any (A) members of the licensee, if the licensee is a
partnership or association; or (B) officers and directors of the
licensee, if the licensee is a corporation; individuals described
in section 5(b)(2) or 5(b)(3) of this chapter have been convicted
of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a felony involving
fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation under the laws of Indiana or
any other jurisdiction.
(b) If this section applies, the licensee shall provide to the
department the information required under section 5(c) of this chapter:
(1) not later than thirty (30) days after any person described in
subsection (a):
(A) has been put on notice of the indictment; or
(B) has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere
to the felony;
whichever applies; or
(2) if the licensee's next license renewal fee under section 3(c) of
this chapter is due before the date described in subdivision (1),
along with the licensee's next license renewal fee under section
3(d) of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 28-1-29-8; (08)ES0352.2.31. -->
SECTION 31. IC 28-1-29-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 46, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 8. (a) A licensee shall deliver to every contract
debtor, at the time the contract is made, a copy of the contract, showing
the:
(1) date executed;
(2) rate of charge the licensee will impose;
(3) initial set up fee;
(4) cancellation fee;
(5) amount of debts claimed by the contract debtor to be due the
contract debtor's creditors;
(6) total amount of fee to be assessed by the licensee, including
the initial set up fee, but excluding the cancellation fee; and
(7) total amount of debt to be repaid under the contract;
and shall immediately notify all creditors of the licensee's and debtor's
relationship. The contract shall specify the schedule of payments from
the debtor under the debt program.
(b) A
license licensee may take no fee unless a debt program or a
finance program, or both, agreed upon by the licensee and the contract
debtor, has been arranged. All creditors must be notified of the debtor's
and licensee's relationship. Acceptance of a program payment
constitutes agreement by the creditor to the program.
(c) A licensee shall give to the contract debtor a dated receipt for
each payment, at the time of the payment, unless the payment is made
by check, money order, or direct deposit.
(d) A licensee shall, upon cancellation by a contract debtor of the
contract, notify immediately in writing all creditors of contract debtor.
(e) A licensee shall maintain in the licensee's business such books,
accounts, and records as will enable the department or the attorney
general to determine whether such license is complying with this
chapter. Such books, accounts, and records shall be preserved for at
least three (3) years after making the final entry of any contract
recorded therein.
A licensee is subject to IC 28-1-2-30.5 with respect
to any records maintained by the licensee.
(f) A licensee may not, except as provided in subsection (g), receive
a fee from the contract debtor for services in excess of fifteen percent
(15%) of the amount of the debt payable to creditors that the debtor
agrees to pay through the licensee, divided into equal monthly
payments over the term of the contract. The total monthly amount of
fees paid by the contract debtor to the licensee plus the fair share fees
paid by the contract debtor's creditors to the licensee shall not exceed
twenty percent (20%) of the monthly amount the debtor agrees to pay
through the licensee. The accrual method of accounting shall apply to
the creditor's fair share fees received by the licensee. The program fee
may be charged for any one (1) month or part of a month. As a portion
of the total fees and charges stated in the contract, the licensee may
require the debtor to pay a maximum initial payment of fifty dollars
($50). The initial payment must be deducted from the total contract
fees and charges to determine the monthly amortizable amount for
subsequent fees. Unless approved by the department, the licensee may
not retain in the debtor's trust account, for charges, an amount greater
than one (1) month's fee plus the close-out fee. Any fee charged by the
licensee to the debtor under this section for services rendered by the
licensee, other than the amount pursuant to subsection (g), is not
considered a debt owed by the debtor to the licensee.
(g) Upon:
(1) cancellation of the contract by a contract debtor; or
(2) termination of payments by a contract debtor;
a licensee may not withhold for the licensee's own benefit, in addition
to the amounts specified in subsection (f), more than one hundred
dollars ($100), which may be accrued as a close-out fee. The licensee
may not charge the contract debtor more than one (1) set up fee or
cancellation fee, or both, unless the contract debtor leaves the services
of the licensee for more than six (6) months.
(h) A licensee may not enter into a contract with a debtor unless a
thorough, written budget analysis of the debtor indicates that the debtor
can reasonably meet the payments required under a proposed debt
program or finance program.
(i) A licensee may not enter into a contract with a contract debtor for
a period longer than twenty-four (24) months.
(j) A licensee may provide services under this chapter in the same
place of business in which another business is operating, or from which
other products or services are sold, if the director issues a written
determination that:
(1) the operation of the other business; or
(2) the sale of other products and services;
from the location in question is not contrary to the best interests of the
licensee's contract debtors.
(k) A licensee without a physical location in Indiana may:
(1) solicit sales of; and
(2) sell;
additional products and services to Indiana residents if the director
issues a written determination that the proposed solicitation or sale is
not contrary to the best interests of contract debtors.
(l) A licensee may assess a charge not to exceed twenty-five
dollars ($25) for each return by a bank or other depository
institution of a dishonored check, negotiable order of withdrawal,
or share draft issued by the contract debtor.
SOURCE: IC 28-1-29-10; (08)ES0352.2.32. -->
SECTION 32. IC 28-1-29-10, AS AMENDED BY P.L.57-2006,
SECTION 35, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 10. The department may examine all books,
records, and accounts of any person doing business as a budget service
debt management company at least once a year. The cost of such
examination will be paid by the company upon a fee basis fixed by the
department under IC 28-11-3-5. The record keeping system of a
licensee shall be made available in Indiana for examination. The
department shall determine the sufficiency of the records and whether
the licensee has made the required information reasonably available.
For the purpose of discovering violations of this chapter and securing
information necessary for the enforcement of this chapter, the
department may investigate:
(1) a licensee; or
(2) a person that the department suspects is operating without a
valid license or in violation of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 28-1-29-12; (08)ES0352.2.33. -->
SECTION 33. IC 28-1-29-12, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 48, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 12. This chapter does not apply to any attorney at
law authorized to practice in this state, or to any individual,
partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation doing
business or operating in this state as a trust company or building and
loan association, licensed lending institution, court appointed receivers,
trustees in bankruptcy, or any not-for-profit corporation providing the
services of a budget service debt management company which does
not charge the debtor any fee for such services, other than fees that are:
(1) incurred and documented by the person in the course of
providing the services, such as fees for postage or fees paid to a
third party; and
(2) bona fide and reasonable, as may be defined by a policy or
rule of the department.
SOURCE: IC 28-2-13-22.6; (08)ES0352.2.34. -->
SECTION 34. IC 28-2-13-22.6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 22.6. (a) As used in this chapter,
"school" means:
(1) an elementary school (as defined in IC 20-18-2-4); or
(2) a secondary school (as defined in IC 20-18-2-18).
The term includes a public school (as defined in IC 20-18-2-15) or
a nonpublic school (as defined in IC 20-18-2-12).
(b) A state bank is entitled to establish an intermittent facility
on the premises of a school in Indiana for the purpose of offering
limited account services as an educational tool for students.
(c) The services that may be offered at an intermittent facility
established under this section include:
(1) the opening of accounts;
(2) the acceptance of deposits; and
(3) other services determined by the department.
(d) To establish an intermittent facility under this section, a
state bank is not required to submit an application to the
department. However, before establishing an intermittent facility
under this section, a state bank must:
(1) obtain the written permission of:
(A) the governing body of the school corporation, for a
public school; or
(B) the equivalent authority for a nonpublic school;
for the establishment and operation of the facility on the
premises of the school; and
(2) notify the department in writing of the intention of the
state bank to establish the intermittent facility.
(e) A written notice provided to the department under
subsection (d)(2) must:
(1) be in the form; and
(2) contain the information;
prescribed by the department.
(f) An intermittent facility operated by a state bank under this
section:
(1) may be operated only during the school year; and
(2) must meet all other requirements of state law applying to
state banks.
SOURCE: IC 28-2-14-18; (08)ES0352.2.35. -->
SECTION 35. IC 28-2-14-18, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 53, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 18. (a) As used in this section, .affiliate. includes
the following:
(1) A financial institution.
(2) Any company that controls a financial institution and any
other company that is controlled by the company that controls a
financial institution.
(3) A bank subsidiary of a financial institution.
(4) Any company:
(A) that is controlled directly or indirectly, by a trust or
otherwise, by or for the benefit of shareholders who
beneficially or otherwise control, directly or indirectly, by trust
or otherwise, the financial institution or any company that
controls the financial institution; or
(B) in which a majority of the company's directors or trustees
constitute a majority of the persons holding any such office
with a financial institution or any company that controls the
financial institution.
(5) Any:
(A) company, including a real estate investment trust, that is
sponsored and advised on a contractual basis by the financial
institution or any subsidiary or affiliate of the financial
institution; or
(B) investment company with respect to which a financial
institution or any affiliate of a financial institution is an
investment advisor (as defined in section 2(a)(20) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a)).
(6) Any company that the department determines by regulation or
order to have a relationship with the financial institution or any
subsidiary or affiliate of the financial institution, such that
covered transactions by the financial institution or its subsidiary
with that company may be affected by the relationship to the
detriment of the financial institution or its subsidiary.
(b) The term .affiliate. does not include the following:
(1) Any company engaged solely in holding the premises of the
financial institution.
(2) Any company engaged solely in conducting a safe deposit
business.
(3) Any company engaged solely in holding obligations of the
United States or its agencies or obligations fully guaranteed by the
United States or its agencies as to principal and interest.
(4) Any company whose control of a financial institution results
from the exercise of rights arising from a bona fide debt
previously contracted for. The exemption provided by this
subdivision applies only:
(A) for the period specifically authorized under applicable
state or federal law or regulation; or
(B) in the absence of a law or regulation described in clause
(A), for a period of two (2) years after:
(i) the date of the company's exercise of the rights arising
from the debt; or
(ii) the effective date of the company's action under item (i);
whichever is later.
Upon application by the company or the financial institution, the
department may authorize, for good cause shown, an extension of
the period of exemption allowed under this subdivision.
Extensions granted by the department under this subdivision may
not exceed three (3) years in total.
(c) As used in this section, .financial institution. means any of the
following that is organized or reorganized under the laws of the United
States or any state (as defined in IC 28-2-17-19) and that has been
granted fiduciary powers:
(1) A bank.
(2) A bank and trust company.
(3) A savings bank.
(4) A trust company.
(5) A corporate fiduciary.
(6) An industrial loan and investment company.
(7) A savings association.
(8) A bank of discount and deposit.
(9) A loan and trust and safe deposit company.
(d) As used in this section, .trust business. means all rights, powers,
and duties granted to or imposed on a financial institution in the
exercise of its fiduciary powers, including the following:
(1) The authority to act as:
(A) the administrator, coadministrator, executor, coexecutor,
trustee, or cotrustee of or in respect to any estate or trust;
(B) the guardian of any person or estate that is being
administered under Indiana law;
(C) an agent;
(D) a custodian (including custodian under the Indiana
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act); or
(E) an attorney-in-fact.
The authority conferred by this subdivision includes any other
duties, powers, and appointments regularly administered by,
granted to, or conferred upon trust departments established and
maintained under IC 28-1-12-3(a) or the departments of national
banks and other financial institutions that are authorized to
exercise fiduciary powers.
(2) All rights, powers, and duties arising from having been named
or designated in any capacity described in subdivision (1) in any
will or other writing whenever executed, including wills and other
writings naming the predecessor affiliate that are executed after
the effective date of the resolution anticipated by subsection (e).
(e) The board of directors of any bank holding company or other
company that controls a financial institution may adopt a resolution to
cause an affiliate it controls affiliated financial institution to succeed
to part or all of the trust business of another affiliate it controls. If a
financial institution is not controlled by another company, the board of
directors of the financial institution may adopt a resolution to cause
part or all of its trust business to succeed to an affiliate. affiliated
financial institution. If the board of directors adopts such a resolution
and files a certified copy of it as required by subsection (f), the
successor affiliate becomes successor fiduciary in place of the
predecessor affiliate with all the rights, powers, and duties that were
granted to or imposed on the predecessor affiliate. The rights, powers,
and duties vest in the successor affiliate, after the taking effect of the
succession, irrespective of the date upon which the relation is
established, and irrespective of the date of any related written
agreement establishing the relationship or of the date of the death of
any decedent whose estate is being so administered. Nothing done in
connection with the succession effects a renunciation or revocation of
any letters of administration or letters testamentary pertaining to the
relation, nor does it effect a removal or resignation from the
executorship, trusteeship, or other fiduciary relationship.
(f) If a resolution is adopted under this section, the board of
directors shall file a certified copy of the resolution with the
department. The board of directors may file the copy in person or by
certified mail. The effective date of the succession to part or all of the
trust business, as set forth in the resolution, is the date provided in the
resolution, which must not be before or more than thirty (30) days after
the date of filing of the resolution. If the resolution provides no
effective date, the effective date is the date of filing.
SOURCE: IC 28-5-1-4; (08)ES0352.2.36. -->
SECTION 36. IC 28-5-1-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.141-2005,
SECTION 9, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section:
"Automated teller facility" means electronic or mechanical
equipment that performs routine transactions for the public at locations
off premises of the principal office or branch office of a company that
holds a certificate to engage in business under this chapter and that is
authorized to issue, negotiate, and sell certificates of investment or
indebtedness.
"Branch" means any office, agency, mobile unit, messenger service,
or other place of business at which:
(1) payments into certificates of investment or indebtedness
deposits are received;
(2) checks, negotiable or transferable instruments or orders, or
similar instruments, are paid; or
(3) money is lent.
However, the term does not include the principal office of a company
or an automated teller facility.
"Financial institution" has the same meaning as in IC 28-1-1-3.
(b) Any domestic corporation organized under the general
corporation laws of Indiana may engage in business as an industrial
loan and investment company subject to the limitations and restrictions
set forth in this chapter. The department may issue a certificate
authorizing a corporation to engage in business under this chapter after
the department considers and investigates all the following:
(1) The financial standing and character of the incorporators,
organizers, directors, principal shareholders, or controlling
corporations.
(2) The character, qualifications, and experience of the officers
and directors of the corporation.
(3) The future earnings prospects for the proposed corporation in
the community in which the corporation will be located.
(4) The adequacy of the corporation's capital.
If the department determines any of the factors described in
subdivisions (1) through (4) unfavorably, the department may not issue
a certificate authorizing the corporation to engage in business under
this chapter. Certificates issued under this section must state whether
the corporation is authorized to issue, negotiate, and sell certificates of
investment or indebtedness, accept deposits and, if not, must provide
that the corporation may do business under this article only as
restricted by section 21 of this chapter.
(c) Any company that is authorized to issue, negotiate, and sell
certificates of investment or indebtedness accept deposits and that
holds a certificate to engage in business under this chapter is entitled
to establish one (1) or more branches de novo and one (1) or more
branches by acquisition in any location or locations within Indiana, at
which any business of the company may be transacted to the same
extent as at the principal office of the company.
(d) As a condition to the establishment and operation of a branch or
branches under this section, the company must:
(1) obtain prior written approval of the department;
(2) operate each branch under the correct name of the company
and its name must contain in addition the word "branch"; and
(3) demonstrate that the applicant company will have adequate
capital, sound management, and adequate future earnings
prospects after the establishment of the branch.
(e) The location of the principal office or any branch established
under this section may be changed at any time when authorized by the
board of directors of the company and approved by the department.
(f) Any company desiring to open or establish one (1) or more
branches or change location of an existing branch or the principal
office must file a written application therefor, in such form and
containing such information as may be prescribed by the department.
If the department determines that the requirements of subsection (d)
have been satisfied, the department may in its discretion approve the
application.
(g) A company is entitled to open or establish an automated teller
facility in any location within Indiana or as permitted by the laws of the
state in which the automated teller machine is to be located. An
automated teller facility may be owned or operated individually by any
company or jointly on a cost sharing or fee basis.
(h) A branch by acquisition may be established under this section
only if done in compliance with applicable provisions of IC 28-1-7 or
IC 28-1-8.
(i) A company that is authorized to
issue, negotiate, and sell
certificates of investment or indebtedness accept deposits and that
holds a certificate to engage in business under this chapter is entitled
to establish one (1) or more branches de novo and one (1) or more
branches by acquisition in any location outside Indiana. Any business
of the company may be transacted at a branch established under this
subsection to the same extent as at the principal office of the company,
subject to IC 28-2-18-19.
SOURCE: IC 28-5-1-19; (08)ES0352.2.37. -->
SECTION 37. IC 28-5-1-19 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 19. A company may not
engage in the banking or trust business, operate a savings bank,
commercial bank or trust company, advertise or hold itself out to the
public as a bank, savings bank or trust company, or use the word
"bank" in connection with its name or business in any of its advertising
or literature. A company may not accept deposits or "savings accounts"
or advertise or hold itself out to the public as accepting deposits of
money or "savings accounts", unless the company maintains federal
deposit insurance, as authorized by section 6(a)(17) 6(a)(16) of this
chapter. A company may not advertise, print, display, publish,
distribute, or broadcast or cause or permit to be advertised, printed,
displayed, published, distributed, or broadcast, in any manner
whatsoever, any statement or representation with regard to the rates,
terms, or conditions for the lending of money, credit, goods, or things
in action which is false, misleading, or calculated to deceive. If any
company refers in any advertising matter to the rate of charge upon
loans to be made by it, the department may require such company to
state such rate of charge fully and clearly in such manner as it may
deem necessary to prevent misunderstanding thereof by prospective
borrowers. The department may order any company to desist from any
conduct which it shall find to be a violation of this section.
SOURCE: IC 28-6.2-1-10.1; (08)ES0352.2.38. -->
SECTION 38. IC 28-6.2-1-10.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 10.1. "Federal mutual holding
company" means a mutual savings bank holding company that:
(1) is organized or reorganized under the laws of the United
States;
(2) is regulated by the Office of Thrift Supervision or its
successor; and
(3) has control over a savings bank.
SOURCE: IC 28-6.2-2-1.5; (08)ES0352.2.39. -->
SECTION 39. IC 28-6.2-2-1.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 1.5. A mutual savings bank may,
upon application to and with the approval by the department and
the Office of Thrift Supervision, reorganize as a federal mutual
holding company by undertaking a transaction or series of
transactions substantially similar to those set forth in section 1 of
this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 28-7-1-0.5; (08)ES0352.2.40. -->
SECTION 40. IC 28-7-1-0.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 63, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 0.5. The following definitions apply throughout
this chapter:
(1) .Automated teller machine. (ATM) means a piece of
unmanned electronic or mechanical equipment that performs
routine financial transactions for authorized individuals.
(2) .Branch office. means an office, agency, or other place of
business at which deposits are received, share drafts are paid, or
money is lent to members of a credit union. The term does not
include:
(A) the principal office of a credit union;
(B) the principal office of a credit union affiliate;
(C) a branch office of a credit union affiliate;
(D) an automated teller machine; or
(E) a night depository.
(3) .Credit union. is a cooperative, nonprofit association,
incorporated under this chapter, for the purposes of educating its
members in the concepts of thrift and to encourage savings among
its members. A credit union should provide a source of credit at
a fair and reasonable rate of interest and provide an opportunity
for its members to use and control their own money in order to
improve their economic and social condition.
(4) .Department. refers to the department of financial institutions.
(5) .Surplus. means the credit balance of undivided earnings after
losses. The term does not include statutory reserves.
(6) .Unimpaired shares. means paid in shares less any losses for
which no reserve exists and for which there is no charge against
undivided earnings.
(7) .Related credit union service organization. means, in
reference to a credit union, a credit union service organization in
which the credit union has invested under section 9(3)(J) of this
chapter.
(8) .Premises. means any office, branch office, suboffice, service
center, parking lot, real estate, or other facility where the credit
union transacts or will transact business.
(9) .Furniture, fixtures, and equipment. means office furnishings,
office machines, computer hardware, computer software,
automated terminals, and heating and cooling equipment.
(10) .Fixed assets. means:
(A) premises; and
(B) furniture, fixtures, and equipment.
(11) .Audit period. means a twelve (12) month period designated
by the board of directors of a credit union.
(12) .Community. means:
(A) a second class city;
(B) a third class city;
(C) a town;
(D) a county other than a county containing a consolidated
city;
(E) a census tract;
(F) a township; or
(G) any other municipal corporation (as defined in
IC 36-1-2-10).
(13) .Control of a related interest. refers to a situation in which
an individual directly or indirectly, or through or in concert with
one (1) or more other individuals, possesses any of the following:
(A) The ownership of, control of, or power to vote at least
twenty-five percent (25%) of any class of voting securities of
the related interest.
(B) The control in any manner of the election of a majority of
the directors of the related interest.
(C) The power to exercise a controlling influence over the
management or policies of the related interest. For purposes of
this clause, an individual is presumed to have control,
including the power to exercise a controlling influence over
the management or policies of a related interest, if the
individual:
(i) is an executive officer or a director of the related interest
and directly or indirectly owns, controls, or has the power to
vote more than ten percent (10%) of any class of voting
securities of the related interest; or
(ii) directly or indirectly owns, controls, or has the power to
vote more than ten percent (10%) of any class of voting
securities of the related interest and no other person owns,
controls, or has the power to vote a greater percentage of
that class of voting securities.
(14) .Executive officer. includes any of the following officers of
a credit union:
(A) The chairman of the board of directors.
(B) The president.
(C) A vice president.
(D) The cashier.
(E) The secretary.
(F) The treasurer.
(15) .Immediate family., for purposes of section 17.1 of this
chapter, means the spouse of an individual, the individual's minor
children, and any of the individual's children, including adults,
residing in the individual's home.
(16) .Officer. means any individual who participates or has the
authority to participate in major policymaking functions of a
credit union, regardless of whether:
(A) the individual has an official title;
(B) the individual's title designates the individual as an
assistant; or
(C) the individual is serving without salary or other
compensation.
(17) .Related interest., with respect to an individual, means:
(A) a partnership, a corporation, or another business
organization that is controlled by the individual; or
(B) a political campaign committee:
(i) controlled by the individual; or
(ii) the funds or services of which benefit the individual.
(18) Except as provided in section 9(3)(J) of this chapter,
"unimpaired "capital and
unimpaired surplus. means the sum of:
(A) undivided profits;
(B) reserve for contingencies;
(C) regular reserve; and
(D) allowance for loan and lease losses.
SOURCE: IC 28-7-1-9; (08)ES0352.2.41. -->
SECTION 41. IC 28-7-1-9, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 64, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 9. A credit union has the following powers:
(1) To issue shares of its capital stock to its members. No
commission or compensation shall be paid for securing members
or for the sale of shares.
(2) To make loans to officers, directors, or committee members
under section 17.1 of this chapter.
(3) To invest in any of the following:
(A) Bonds, notes, or certificates that are the direct or indirect
obligations of the United States, or of the state, or the direct
obligations of a county, township, city, town, or other taxing
district or municipality or instrumentality of Indiana and that
are not in default.
(B) Bonds or debentures issued by the Federal Home Loan
Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1421 through 1449) or the Home Owners'
Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1461 through 1468).
(C) Interest-bearing obligations of the FSLIC Resolution Fund
and obligations of national mortgage associations issued under
the authority of the National Housing Act.
(D) Mortgages on real estate situated in Indiana which are
fully insured under Title 2 of the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1707 through 1715z).
(E) Obligations issued by farm credit banks and banks for
cooperatives under the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C.
2001 through 2279aa-14).
(F) In savings and loan associations, other credit unions that
are insured under IC 28-7-1-31.5, and certificates of
indebtedness or investment of an industrial loan and
investment company if the association or company is federally
insured. Not more than twenty percent (20%) of the assets of
a credit union may be invested in the shares or certificates of
an association or company; nor more than forty percent (40%)
in all such associations and companies.
(G) Corporate credit unions.
(H) Federal funds or similar types of daily funds transactions
with other financial institutions.
(I) Mutual funds created and controlled by credit unions, credit
union associations, or their subsidiaries. Mutual funds referred
to in this clause may invest only in instruments that are
approved for credit union purchase under this chapter.
(J) Shares, stocks, or obligations of any credit union service
organization (as defined in Section 712 of the Rules and
Regulations of the National Credit Union Administration) with
the approval of the department. Not more than ten percent
(10%) of the total paid in and unimpaired capital and surplus
and unimpaired shares of the credit union may be invested
under this clause. However, a credit union may invest more
than ten percent (10%) of the total paid in and unimpaired
capital and surplus and unimpaired shares with the prior
approval of the department. For purposes of this clause,
"unimpaired capital and unimpaired shares" has the meaning
set forth in 12 CFR 700.2.
(K) For a credit union that is well capitalized (as defined in
Section 702 of the Rules and Regulations of the National
Credit Union Administration), investment securities, as may
be defined by a policy or rule of the department and subject to
the following:
(i) The department may prescribe, by policy or rule,
limitations or restrictions on a credit union's investment in
investment securities.
(ii) The total amount of any investment securities purchased
or held by a credit union may never exceed at any given time
ten percent (10%) of the unimpaired capital and surplus of
the credit union. However, the limitations imposed by this
item do not apply to investments in the direct or indirect
obligations of the United States or in the direct obligations
of a United States territory or insular possession, or in the
direct obligations of the state or any municipal corporation
or taxing district in Indiana.
(iii) A credit union may not purchase for its own account
any bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness that is
commonly designated as a security that is speculative in
character or that has speculative characteristics. For the
purposes of this item, a security is speculative or has
speculative characteristics if at the time of purchase the
security is in default or is rated below the first four (4) rating
classes by a generally recognized security rating service.
(iv) A credit union may purchase for its own account a
security that is not rated by a generally recognized security
rating service if the credit union at the time of purchase
obtains financial information that is adequate to document
the investment quality of the security.
(v) A credit union that purchases a security for its own
account shall maintain sufficient records of the security to
allow the security to be properly identified by the
department for examination purposes.
(vi) Except as otherwise authorized by this title, a credit
union may not purchase any share of stock of a corporation.
(L) Collateralized obligations that are eligible for purchase and
sale by federal credit unions. However, a credit union may
purchase for its own account and sell the obligations only to
the extent that a federal credit union can purchase and sell
those obligations.
(4) To deposit its funds into:
(A) depository institutions that are federally insured; or
(B) state chartered credit unions that are privately insured by
an insurer approved by the department.
(5) To purchase, hold, own, or convey real estate as may be
conveyed to the credit union in satisfaction of debts previously
contracted or in exchange for real estate conveyed to the credit
union.
(6) To own, hold, or convey real estate as may be purchased by
the credit union upon judgment in its favor or decrees of
foreclosure upon mortgages.
(7) To issue shares of stock and upon the terms, conditions,
limitations, and restrictions and with the relative rights as may be
stated in the bylaws of the credit union, but no stock may have
preference or priority over the other to share in the assets of the
credit union upon liquidation or dissolution or for the payment of
dividends except as to the amount of the dividends and the time
for the payment of the dividends as provided in the bylaws.
(8) To charge the member's share account for the actual cost of a
necessary locator service when the member has failed to keep the
credit union informed about the member's current address. The
charge shall be made only for amounts paid to a person or concern
normally engaged in providing such service, and shall be made
against the account or accounts of any one (1) member not more
than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(9) To transfer to an accounts payable account, a dormant
account, or a special account share accounts which have been
inactive, except for dividend credits, for a period of at least two
(2) years. The credit union shall not consider the payment of
dividends on the transferred account.
(10) To invest in fixed assets with the funds of the credit union.
An investment in fixed assets in excess of five percent (5%) of its
assets is subject to the approval of the department.
(11) To establish branch offices, upon approval of the department,
provided that all books of account shall be maintained at the
principal office.
(12) To pay an interest refund on loans proportionate to the
interest paid during the dividend period by borrowers who are
members at the end of the dividend period.
(13) To purchase life savings and loan protection insurance for
the benefit of the credit union and its members, if:
(A) the coverage is placed with an insurance company licensed
to do business in Indiana; and
(B) no officer, director, or employee of the credit union
personally benefits, directly or indirectly, from the sale or
purchase of the coverage.
(14) To sell and cash negotiable checks, travelers checks, and
money orders for members.
(15) To purchase members' notes from any liquidating credit
union, with written approval from the department, at prices agreed
upon by the boards of directors of both the liquidating and the
purchasing credit unions. However, the aggregate of the unpaid
balances of all notes of liquidating credit unions purchased by any
one (1) credit union shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of
its
unimpaired the purchasing credit union's capital and surplus
unless special written authorization has been granted by the
department.
(16) To exercise such incidental powers necessary or requisite to
enable it to carry on effectively the business for which it is
incorporated.
(17) To act as a custodian or trustee of any trust created or
organized in the United States and forming part of a tax
advantaged savings plan which qualifies or qualified for specific
tax treatment under Section 223, 401(d), 408, 408A, or 530 of the
Internal Revenue Code, if the funds of the trust are invested only
in share accounts or insured certificates of the credit union.
(18) To issue shares of its capital stock or insured certificates to
a trustee or custodian of a pension plan, profit sharing plan, or
stock bonus plan which qualifies for specific tax treatment under
Sections 401(d) or 408(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(19) A credit union may exercise any rights and privileges that
are:
(A) granted to federal credit unions; but
(B) not authorized for credit unions under the Indiana Code
(except for this section) or any rule adopted under the Indiana
Code;
if the credit union complies with section 9.2 of this chapter.
(20) To sell, pledge, or discount any of its assets. However, a
credit union may not pledge any of its assets as security for the
safekeeping and prompt payment of any money deposited, except
that a credit union may, for the safekeeping and prompt payment
of money deposited, give security as authorized by federal law.
(21) To purchase assets of another credit union and to assume the
liabilities of the selling credit union.
(22) To act as a fiscal agent of the United States and to receive
deposits from nonmember units of the federal, state, or county
governments, from political subdivisions, and from other credit
unions upon which the credit union may pay varying interest rates
at varying maturities subject to terms, rates, and conditions that
are established by the board of directors. However, the total
amount of public funds received from units of state and county
governments and political subdivisions that a credit union may
have on deposit may not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total
assets of that credit union, excluding those public funds.
(23) To join the National Credit Union Administration Central
Liquidity Facility.
(24) To participate in community investment initiatives under the
administration of organizations:
(A) exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code; and
(B) located or conducting activities in communities in which
the credit union does business.
Participation may be in the form of either charitable contributions
or participation loans. In either case, disbursement of funds
through the administering organization is not required to be
limited to members of the credit union. Total contributions or
participation loans may not exceed one tenth of one percent
(0.001) of total assets of the credit union. A recipient of a
contribution or loan is not considered qualified for credit union
membership. A contribution or participation loan made under this
subdivision must be approved by the board of directors.
(25) To establish and operate an automated teller machine
(ATM):
(A) at any location within Indiana; or
(B) as permitted by the laws of the state in which the
automated teller machine is to be located.
(26) To demand and receive, for the faithful performance and
discharge of services performed under the powers vested in the
credit union by this article:
(A) reasonable compensation, or compensation as fixed by
agreement of the parties;
(B) all advances necessarily paid out and expended in the
discharge and performance of its duties; and
(C) unless otherwise agreed upon, interest at the legal rate on
the advances referred to in clause (B).
(27) Subject to any restrictions the department may impose, to
become the owner or lessor of personal property acquired upon
the request and for the use of a member and to incur additional
obligations as may be incident to becoming an owner or lessor of
such property.
SOURCE: IC 28-7-1-17.1; (08)ES0352.2.42. -->
SECTION 42. IC 28-7-1-17.1, AS ADDED BY P.L.141-2005,
SECTION 17, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 17.1. (a)
Subject to subsection (b), A credit union
may make a loan to the credit union's individual
officers, directors and
committee members under the following terms and conditions:
(1) The loan must comply with all requirements under this chapter
that apply to loans made to other borrowers.
(2) The loan may not be on terms more favorable than those
extended to other borrowers.
(3) The borrower may not:
(A) take part in the consideration of; or
(B) vote on;
the borrower's loan application.
(4) Except as provided in subsection (b), a credit union may not
make a loan under this section to an individual, the individual's
immediate family, or the individual's related interests if the
amount of the loan, either by itself or when added to the amounts
of all other loans made under this section to the individual, the
individual's immediate family, or the individual's related interests,
exceeds the greater of:
(A) five percent (5%) of the credit union's unimpaired capital
and surplus; or
(B) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000);
unless the loan is first approved by the credit union's board of
directors.
(5) A credit union may not make a loan under this section to an
individual, the individual's immediate family, or the individual's
related interests if the amount of the loan, either by itself or when
added to the amounts of all other loans made under this section to
the individual, the individual's immediate family, or the
individual's related interests, exceeds the lending limits set forth
in IC 28-7-1-39.
(6) Subject to subsection (b), The total amount of all loans made
under this section may not exceed the credit union's unimpaired
capital and surplus. However, the limit set forth in this
subdivision does not apply to either of the following:
(A) A loan, in any amount, secured by a perfected security
interest in bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or
treasury bills of the United States or in other obligations
fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United
States.
(B) A loan, in any amount, secured by a perfected security
interest in a segregated deposit account in the lending
credit union.
(b) The limits set forth in subsections Approval by the board of
directors under subsection (a)(4) and (a)(6) do not apply to any of the
following: (1) is not required for an extension of credit made under
a line of credit approved under subsection (a)(4) if the extension of
credit is made not later than fourteen (14) months after the line of
credit was approved.
(2) A loan, in any amount, to finance the education of an
individual's child.
(3) A loan, in any amount, to finance or refinance the purchase,
construction, maintenance, or improvement of a residence of the
individual, if:
(A) the loan is secured by a first lien on the residence and the
residence is owned, or will be owned after the loan is made, by
the individual; and
(B) in the case of a refinancing, the loan includes only the
amount used to repay the original loan, plus any closing costs
and any additional amount used for any purpose described in
this subdivision.
(4) A loan, in any amount, secured by a perfected security interest
in bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or treasury bills of
the United States or in other obligations fully guaranteed as to
principal and interest by the United States.
(5) A loan, in any amount, secured by a perfected security interest
in a segregated deposit account in the lending credit union.
(6) A loan made to an individual, the individual's immediate
family, or the individual's related interests, for any other purpose,
if the total amount of loans to the individual, the individual's
immediate family, or the individual's related interests under this
section does not exceed, at any given time, the greater of:
(A) two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the credit union's
unimpaired capital and unimpaired surplus; or
(B) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000);
but in no event more than one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000).
(c) At least quarterly, the president or manager shall prepare and
deliver to the board of directors a report listing the outstanding
indebtedness of all officers, directors, and committee members. A
report prepared under this subsection must be retained at the credit
union for three (3) years and shall not be filed with the department
unless specifically requested. A report required by this subsection must
include:
(1) the amount of each indebtedness; and
(2) a description of the terms and conditions of each loan,
including:
(A) the interest rate;
(B) the original amount and date of the loan;
(C) the maturity date;
(D) payment terms;
(E) security, if any; and
(F) any unusual term or condition of a particular extension of
credit.
(d) (c) The department may apply the provisions of 12 CFR 215
(Regulation O) in applying and administering this section.
SOURCE: IC 28-7-1-17.2; (08)ES0352.2.43. -->
SECTION 43. IC 28-7-1-17.2 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 17.2. (a) A credit union may make
a loan to the credit union's individual officers under the following
terms and conditions:
(1) The loan must comply with all requirements under this
chapter that apply to loans made to other borrowers.
(2) The loan may not be on terms more favorable than those
extended to other borrowers unless the loan is made in
connection with a benefit or compensation plan that:
(A) is widely available to employees of the credit union;
and
(B) does not give preference to any officers of the credit
union over other employees of the credit union.
(3) The loan must be promptly reported to the credit union's
board of directors.
(4) A loan to the officer, the officer's immediate family, or the
officer's related interests, either by itself or when added to the
amounts of all other loans made under this section to the
officer, the officer's immediate family, or the officer's related
interests, for any purpose, may not exceed, at any given time,
the greater of:
(A) two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the credit union's
capital and unimpaired surplus; or
(B) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000);
but in no event more than one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000).
(b) The limits set forth in subsection (a)(4) do not apply to any
of the following:
(1) An extension of credit made under a line of credit
approved under this section if the extension of credit is made
not later than fourteen (14) months after the line of credit was
approved.
(2) A loan, in any amount, to finance the education of an
officer's child.
(3) A loan, in any amount, to finance or refinance the
purchase, construction, maintenance, or improvement of a
residence of an officer, if:
(A) the loan is secured by a first lien on the residence and
the residence is owned, or will be owned after the loan is
made, by the officer; and
(B) in the case of a refinancing, the loan includes only the
amount used to repay the original loan, plus any closing
costs and any additional amount used for any purpose
described in this subdivision.
(4) A loan, in any amount, secured by a perfected security
interest in bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or
treasury bills of the United States or in other obligations fully
guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States.
(5) A loan, in any amount, secured by a perfected security
interest in a segregated deposit account in the lending credit
union.
(c) A credit union may not make a loan under this section to an
officer, the officer's immediate family, or the officer's related
interests if the amount of the loan, either by itself or when added
to the amounts of all other loans made under this section to the
officer, the officer's immediate family, or the officer's related
interests, exceeds the lending limits set forth in IC 28-7-1-39.
(d) The department may apply the provisions of 12 CFR 215
(Regulation O) in applying and administering this section.
SOURCE: IC 28-7-1-17.3; (08)ES0352.2.44. -->
SECTION 44. IC 28-7-1-17.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 17.3. At least quarterly, the
president or manager shall prepare and deliver to the board of
directors a report listing the outstanding indebtedness of all
officers, directors, and committee members. A report prepared
under this subsection must be retained at the credit union for three
(3) years and shall not be filed with the department unless
specifically requested. A report required by this section must
include:
(1) the amount of each indebtedness; and
(2) a description of the terms and conditions of each loan,
including:
(A) the interest rate;
(B) the original amount and date of the loan;
(C) the maturity date;
(D) payment terms;
(E) security, if any; and
(F) any unusual term or condition of a particular extension
of credit.
SOURCE: IC 28-7-1-22; (08)ES0352.2.45. -->
SECTION 45. IC 28-7-1-22 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 22. A credit union may
borrow from any source. The total borrowing of a credit union may not
at any time exceed fifty per cent (50%) of the unimpaired shares
capital and surplus and reserve fund of the credit union.
SOURCE: IC 28-7-1-39; (08)ES0352.2.46. -->
SECTION 46. IC 28-7-1-39, AS AMENDED BY P.L.1-2006,
SECTION 493, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 39. (a) As used in this section,
"loans and extensions of credit" includes all direct or indirect advances
of funds made to a member on the basis of:
(1) an obligation of the member to repay the funds; or
(2) a pledge of specific property by or on behalf of the member
and from which the funds advanced are repayable.
The term includes any contractual liability of a credit union to advance
funds to or on behalf of a member, to the extent specified by the
department.
(b) As used in this section, "member" includes an individual, a sole
proprietorship, a partnership, a joint venture, an association, a trust, an
estate, a business trust, a limited liability company, a corporation, a
sovereign government, or an agency, instrumentality, or political
subdivision of a sovereign government, or any similar entity or
organization.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (e), the total loans and
extensions of credit by a credit union to a member outstanding at any
given time and not fully secured, as determined in a manner consistent
with subsection (d), by collateral with a market value at least equal to
the amount of the loan or extension of credit may not exceed fifteen
percent (15%) of the
unimpaired capital and
unimpaired surplus of the
credit union.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e), the total loans and
extensions of credit by a credit union to a member outstanding at any
given time and fully secured by readily marketable collateral having a
market value, as determined by reliable and continuously available
price quotations, at least equal to the amount of funds outstanding may
not exceed ten percent (10%) of the
unimpaired capital and
unimpaired
surplus of the credit union. The limitation in this subsection is separate
from and in addition to the limitation set forth in subsection (c).
(e) The limitations set forth in subsections (c) and (d) are subject to
the following exceptions:
(1) Loans or extensions of credit arising from the discount of
commercial or business paper evidencing an obligation to the
member negotiating it with recourse are not subject to any
limitation based on capital and surplus.
(2) The purchase of bankers' acceptances of the kind described in
12 U.S.C. 372 and issued by a financial institution organized or
reorganized under the laws of Indiana or any other state or the
United States are not subject to any limitation based on capital
and surplus.
(3) Loans or extensions of credit secured by bills of lading,
warehouse receipts, or similar documents transferring or securing
title to readily marketable staples are subject to a limitation of
thirty-five percent (35%) of capital and surplus in addition to the
general limitations if the market value of the staples securing each
additional loan or extension of credit at all times equals or
exceeds one hundred fifteen percent (115%) of the outstanding
amount of the loan or extension of credit. The staples shall be
fully covered by insurance whenever it is customary to insure
such staples.
(4) Loans or extensions of credit secured by bonds, notes,
certificates of indebtedness, or Treasury bills of the United States
or by any other obligation fully guaranteed as to principal and
interest by the United States are not subject to any limitation
based on capital and surplus.
(5) Loans or extensions of credit to or secured by unconditional
takeout commitment or guarantees of any department, agency,
bureau, board, commission, or establishment of the United States
or any corporation wholly owned directly or indirectly by the
United States are not subject to any limitation based on capital
and surplus.
(6) Loans or extensions of credit secured by a segregated deposit
account in the lending credit union are not subject to any
limitation based on capital and surplus.
(7) Loans or extensions of credit to any credit union, when the
loans or extensions of credit are approved by the director of the
department, are not subject to any limitation based on capital and
surplus.
(8) Loans or extensions of credit to the Student Loan Marketing
Association are not subject to any limitation based on capital and
surplus.
(f) Loans or extensions of credit arising from the discount of
negotiable or nonnegotiable installment consumer paper that carries a
full recourse endorsement or unconditional guarantee by the member
transferring the paper are subject under this section to a maximum
limitation equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the capital and surplus,
notwithstanding the collateral requirements set forth in subsection (d).
(g) If the credit union's files or the knowledge of the credit union's
officers of the financial condition of each maker of consumer paper
described in subsection (f) is reasonably adequate, and an officer of the
credit union designated for that purpose by the board of directors of the
credit union certifies in writing that the credit union is relying primarily
upon the responsibility of each maker for payment of the loans or
extensions of credit and not upon any full or partial recourse
endorsement or guarantee by the transferor, the limitations of this
section as to the loans or extensions of credit of each maker shall be the
sole applicable loan limitations.
(h) Loans or extensions of credit secured by shipping documents or
instruments transferring or securing title covering livestock or giving
a lien on livestock when the market value of the livestock securing the
obligation is not at any time less than one hundred fifteen percent
(115%) of the face amount of the note covered are subject under this
section, notwithstanding the collateral requirements set forth in
subsection (d), to a maximum limitation equal to twenty-five percent
(25%) of the capital and surplus.
(i) Loans or extensions of credit that arise from the discount by
dealers in dairy cattle of paper given in payment for dairy cattle, which
paper carries a full recourse endorsement or unconditional guarantee
of the seller and that are secured by the cattle being sold, are subject
under this section, notwithstanding the collateral requirements set forth
in subsection (d), to a limitation of twenty-five percent (25%) of the
capital and surplus.
(j) Except as otherwise provided, an officer, director, employee, or
attorney of a credit union who stipulates for, receives, or consents or
agrees to receive, any fee, commission, gift, or thing of value, from any
person, for the purpose of procuring or endeavoring to procure for any
member any loan from or the purchase or discount of any paper, note,
draft, check, or bill of exchange by the credit union, commits a Class
A misdemeanor.
(k) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any credit union
that holds obligations of indebtedness in violation of the limitations
prescribed in this section shall, not later than July 1, 2006, cause the
amount of the obligations to conform to the limitations prescribed by
this chapter and by the provisions of this section. The department may,
in its discretion, extend the time for effecting this conformity, in
individual instances, if the interests of the depositors will be protected
and served by an extension. Upon the failure of a credit union to
comply with the limitations, in accordance with this section or in
accordance with any order of the department concerning the
limitations, the department may declare that the credit union is
conducting its business in an unauthorized or unsafe manner and
proceed in accordance with IC 28-1-3.1-2.
(l) The department may apply the provisions of 12 CFR 32 in the
application and administration of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 28-7-5-2; (08)ES0352.2.47. -->
SECTION 47. IC 28-7-5-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.57-2006,
SECTION 38, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 2. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires:
"Director" refers to the director of the department.
"Pawnbroker" means any person, partnership, association, limited
liability company, or corporation lending money on the deposit or
pledge of personal property, or who deals in the purchase of personal
property on the condition of selling the property back again at a
stipulated price, other than choses in action, securities, or printed
evidence of indebtedness.
"Pledge" means personal property deposited with a pawnbroker as
security for a loan.
"Pledger" means the person who delivers personal property into the
possession of a pawnbroker as security for a loan unless such person
discloses that the person is or was acting for another; and in such event
"pledger" means the disclosed principal.
"Department" means the department of financial institutions.
"Person" means an any individual, a firm, an association, a limited
liability company, a sole proprietorship, partnership, a joint stock
association, a trust, or a joint venture, corporation, unincorporated
organization, or other form of entity, however organized.
"Month" means a period extending from a given date in one (1)
calendar month to the like date in the succeeding calendar month or, if
there is no such like date, then to the last day of the succeeding
calendar month. For purposes of this chapter, each month is considered
to have thirty (30) days.
SOURCE: IC 28-7-5-3; (08)ES0352.2.48. -->
SECTION 48. IC 28-7-5-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 3. No person or entity
shall engage in business as a pawnbroker, act as a pawnbroker, transact
or solicit business as a pawnbroker, or use in an advertisement a word
or statement that states or represents that the person or entity is a
pawnbroker, except as authorized by this chapter and without first
obtaining a license from the department.
SOURCE: IC 28-7-5-4; (08)ES0352.2.49. -->
SECTION 49. IC 28-7-5-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 68, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 4. (a) Application for a pawnbroker's license shall
be submitted on a form prescribed by the department and must include
all information required by the department. An application submitted
under this section must identify the location or locations at which the
applicant proposes to engage in business as a pawnbroker in Indiana.
If any business, other than the business of acting as a pawnbroker under
this chapter, will be conducted by the applicant or another person at
any location identified under this subsection, the applicant shall
indicate for each location at which another business will be conducted:
(1) the nature of the other business;
(2) the name under which the other business operates;
(3) the address of the principal office of the other business;
(4) the name and address of the business's resident agent in
Indiana; and
(5) any other information the director may require.
(b) An application submitted under this section must indicate
whether (1) the applicant any individual described in section 8(a)(2)
or 8(a)(3) of this chapter at the time of the application:
(1) is under indictment for a felony involving fraud, deceit, or
misrepresentation under the laws of Indiana or any other
jurisdiction; or
(2) has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to
a felony involving fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation under the
laws of Indiana or any other jurisdiction.
(c) The director may request that the applicant provide evidence of
compliance with this section at:
(1) the time of application;
(2) the time of renewal of a license; or
(3) any other time considered necessary by the director.
(d) For purposes of subsection (c), evidence of compliance with this
section may include:
(1) criminal background checks, including a national criminal
history background check (as defined in IC 10-13-3-12) by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation for any individual described in
subsection (b);
(2) credit histories; and
(3) other background checks considered necessary by the director.
If the director requests a national criminal history background
check under subdivision (1) for an person described in that
subdivision, the director shall require the individual to submit
fingerprints to the department or to the state police department, as
appropriate, at the time evidence of compliance is requested under
subsection (c). The individual to whom the request is made shall
pay any fees or costs associated with the fingerprints and the
national criminal history background check. The national criminal
history background check may be used by the director to
determine the individual's compliance with this section. The
director or the department may not release the results of the
national criminal history background check to any private entity.
SOURCE: IC 28-7-5-8; (08)ES0352.2.50. -->
SECTION 50. IC 28-7-5-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.57-2006,
SECTION 41, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 8. (a) Upon an applicant's filing of the application
required by section 4 of this chapter and payment of the license fee, if
the department finds the financial standing, competence, business
experience, and character of:
(1) the applicant and any significant affiliate of the applicant;
(2) each executive officer, director, or manager of the
applicant, or any other individual having a similar status or
performing a similar function for the applicant; and
(3) if known, each person directly or indirectly owning of
record or owning beneficially at least ten percent (10%) of the
outstanding shares of any class of equity security of the
applicant;
are such that the business will be operated honestly, fairly, and
efficiently and that the convenience and needs of the public exist for
the operation of the business in the community wherein the applicant
proposes to operate, it shall issue and deliver a license to the applicant,
which license shall authorize the applicant to engage in the business of
pawnbroking.
(b) The director is entitled to request evidence of compliance with
the requirements of this section by the licensee, including any affiliate
or person described in subsection (a), at:
(1) the time of issuance of the license;
(2) the time of renewal of the license; or
(3) any other time considered necessary by the director.
A license shall remain in effect until it is surrendered, revoked, or
suspended. If the department denies the application, it shall notify the
applicant of the denial and return the sum paid by the applicant as a
license fee. The department may hold a public hearing if the
department considers the hearing necessary.
(b) (c) The department may deny an application under this section
if the director determines that the application was submitted for the
benefit of, or on behalf of, a person who does not qualify for a license.
SOURCE: IC 28-7-5-10.1; (08)ES0352.2.51. -->
SECTION 51. IC 28-7-5-10.1, AS ADDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 69, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 10.1. (a) A licensee that decides to cease engaging
in business as a pawnbroker in Indiana shall do the following not later
than thirty (30) days before closing the licensee's pawnbroking
business:
(1) Notify the department of:
(A) the licensee's intention to cease engaging in business as a
pawnbroker in Indiana; and
(B) the date on which the licensee's pawnbroking business will
cease.
(2) Surrender the license to the department.
(3) Provide the following to all pledgers that have loans
outstanding with the licensee:
(A) Notice of:
(i) the licensee's intention to cease engaging in business as
a pawnbroker in Indiana; and
(ii) the date on which the licensee's pawnbroking business
will cease.
(B) Instructions, approved by the director, on how pledged
articles may be redeemed before the date identified under
clause (A)(ii).
(b) If:
(1) a licensee ceases engaging in business as a pawnbroker in
Indiana without complying with subsection (a); and
(2) the director determines that it is in the public interest that
the department oversee the liquidation of the licensee's
business;
the director may appoint a liquidating agent to conclude the affairs
of the licensee's pawnbroker business in Indiana. The department
may use the proceeds of the licensee's bond under section 5 of this
chapter to pay the expenses of the liquidation.
SOURCE: IC 28-7-5-10.6; (08)ES0352.2.52. -->
SECTION 52. IC 28-7-5-10.6, AS ADDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 70, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 10.6. (a) This section applies if, after a person has
been issued a license or renewal license under this chapter,
any of the
following apply: (1) the licensee any individual described in section
8(a)(2) or 8(a)(3) of this chapter:
(1) is under indictment for a felony involving fraud, deceit, or
misrepresentation under the laws of Indiana or any other
jurisdiction;
or
(2)
The licensee has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo
contendere to a felony involving fraud, deceit, or
misrepresentation under the laws of Indiana or any other
jurisdiction.
(b) If this section applies, the licensee shall provide to the
department the information required under section 4(b) of this chapter:
(1) not later than thirty (30) days after the licensee
or any
individual described in section 8(a)(2) or 8(a)(3) of this
chapter:
(A) has been put on notice of the indictment; or
(B) has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere
to the felony;
whichever applies; or
(2) if the licensee's next license renewal fee under section 11 of
this chapter is due before the date described in subdivision (1),
along with the licensee's next license renewal fee under section 11
of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 28-7-5-17; (08)ES0352.2.53. -->
SECTION 53. IC 28-7-5-17 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 17. Each licensee shall
file a report as requested by the director, but not more frequently than
annually, giving any relevant information the department may
reasonably require concerning the business and operations of each
licensed place of business conducted by the licensee within the state.
The report must be in the form prescribed by the director. The
department may impose a fee of five dollars ($5) per day on any report
that is not received when requested. established under IC 28-11-3-5
for each day the report is delinquent.
SOURCE: IC 28-7-5-38.1; (08)ES0352.2.54. -->
SECTION 54. IC 28-7-5-38.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 38.1. If the department
determines, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that a person
has violated this chapter, the department may, in addition to or
instead of all other remedies available under this chapter, impose
on the person a civil penalty that does not exceed ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) per violation.
SOURCE: IC 28-7-5-39; (08)ES0352.2.55. -->
SECTION 55. IC 28-7-5-39 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 39. (a) Records and
information generated by licensees in the course of their business are
confidential under IC 5-14-3-4.
(b) A law enforcement or prosecutorial official may obtain or
receive records and information described in subsection (a) relating to
pawnbroking transactions for use in the official law enforcement
purpose of investigating crime.
(c) Law enforcement officials may disclose the name and address of
the pawnbroker to an adverse claimant in the case of a dispute over
ownership of property in possession of the pawnbroker.
(d) A person licensed or required to be licensed under this
chapter is subject to IC 28-1-2-30.5 with respect to any records
maintained by the person.
(e) The director may provide for the release of information
under this chapter to representatives of state, federal, or foreign:
(1) financial institution; or
(2) money services business;
supervisory agencies.
SOURCE: IC 28-8-4-20; (08)ES0352.2.56. -->
SECTION 56. IC 28-8-4-20, AS AMENDED BY P.L.57-2006,
SECTION 55, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 20. (a) A person may not engage in the business
of money transmission without a license required by this chapter.
(b) An application for a license must be submitted on a form
prescribed by the department and must include the information
required by the department.
(c) An application submitted under this section must indicate
whether any individuals described in section 35(b)(2) or 35(b)(3) of
this chapter:
(1) are, at the time of the application, under indictment for a
felony involving fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation under the
laws of Indiana or any other jurisdiction; or
(2) have been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo
contendere to a felony involving fraud, deceit, or
misrepresentation under the laws of Indiana or any other
jurisdiction.
(c) (d) The director may request
that the applicant provide evidence
of compliance with this section at:
(1) the time of application;
(2) the time of renewal of a license; or
(3) any other time considered necessary by the director.
(d) (e) For purposes of subsection
(c), (d), evidence of compliance
may include:
(1) criminal background checks, including a national criminal
history
background check
(as defined in IC 10-13-3-12) by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
for an individual described in
section 35(b)(2) or 35(b)(3) of this chapter;
(2) credit histories; and
(3) other background checks considered necessary by the director.
If the director requests a national criminal history background
check under subdivision (1) for an individual described in that
subdivision, the director shall require the individual to submit
fingerprints to the department or to the state police department, as
appropriate, at the time evidence of compliance is requested under
subsection (d). The individual to whom the request is made shall
pay any fees or costs associated with the fingerprints and the
national criminal history background check. The national criminal
history background check may be used by the director to
determine the individual's compliance with this section. The
director or the department may not release the results of the
national criminal history background check to any private entity.
SOURCE: IC 28-8-4-25; (08)ES0352.2.57. -->
SECTION 57. IC 28-8-4-25, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 75, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 25. In addition to the items listed in section 24 of
this chapter, if an applicant is
a corporation, not organized as a sole
proprietorship, the applicant must provide the following items and
information relating to the applicant's
corporate organizational
structure:
(1) State of incorporation
or organization.
(2) Date of incorporation
or organization.
(3) A certificate from the state in which the applicant was
incorporated
or organized stating that the
corporation entity is
in good standing.
(4) A description of the
corporate organizational structure of the
applicant, including the following:
(A) The identity of the parent of the applicant.
(B) The identity of each subsidiary of the applicant.
(C) The names of the stock exchanges,
if any, in which the
applicant, the parent, and the subsidiaries are publicly traded.
(5) The:
(A) name;
(B) business address;
(C) residence address; and
(D) employment history;
for each
executive officer, key shareholder, and officer or
manager who will be in charge of the applicant's licensed
activities. individual described in section 35(b)(2) or 35(b)(3)
of this chapter.
(6) The:
(A) history of material litigation; and
(B) the history of criminal indictments, convictions, and guilty
or nolo contendere pleas for felonies involving fraud, deceit,
or misrepresentation under the laws of Indiana or any other
jurisdiction;
for each
executive officer, key shareholder, and director of the
applicant. individual described in section 35(b)(2) or 35(b)(3)
of this chapter.
(7) Except as provided in subdivision (8), copies of the applicant's
audited financial statements for the current year and, if available,
for the preceding two (2) years, including a:
(A) balance sheet;
(B) statement of income or loss;
(C) statement of changes in shareholder equity; and
(D) statement of changes in financial position.
(8) If the applicant is a wholly owned subsidiary of:
(A) a corporation publicly traded in the United States,
financial statements for the current year or the parent
corporation's Form 10K reports filed with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission for the preceding three
(3) years may be submitted with the applicant's unaudited
financial statements; or
(B) a corporation publicly traded outside the United States,
similar documentation filed with the parent corporation's
non-United States regulator may be submitted with the
applicant's unaudited financial statements.
(9) Copies of filings, if any, made by the applicant with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or with a
similar regulator in a country other than the United States, not
more than one (1) year before the date of filing of the application.
SOURCE: IC 28-8-4-35; (08)ES0352.2.58. -->
SECTION 58. IC 28-8-4-35, AS AMENDED BY P.L.57-2006,
SECTION 57, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 35. (a) The director shall begin an investigation
after an application is complete.
(b) The director shall investigate the (1) financial condition and
responsibility, (2) financial and business experience, and (3) character
and general fitness of: an
(1) the applicant and any significant affiliate of the applicant;
(2) each executive officer, director, or manager of the
applicant, or any other individual having a similar status or
performing a similar function for the applicant; and
(3) if known, each controlling person.
(c) The director may conduct an onsite investigation of the
applicant, the reasonable cost of which shall be borne by the applicant.
(d) The director shall issue a license to an applicant authorizing the
applicant to engage in the licensed activities in Indiana for a term
expiring December March 31 of the year in which the license is issued
if the director finds that:
(1) the applicant's business will be conducted honestly, fairly, and
in a manner commanding the confidence and trust of the
community; and
(2) the applicant has fulfilled the requirements imposed by this
chapter.
(e) On Upon application, the director shall determine whether a
particular person qualifies as a controlling person. The director may
waive any or all requirements of this chapter pertaining to a controlling
person for good cause shown.
(f) If the director finds that:
(1) an applicant does not satisfy the requirements in subsection
(d); or
(2) an application was submitted for the benefit of, or on behalf
of, a person who does not qualify for a license;
the director may deny the application. The director must set forth the
reasons for the denial in writing and send a copy of the reasons to the
applicant.
SOURCE: IC 28-8-4-40.6; (08)ES0352.2.59. -->
SECTION 59. IC 28-8-4-40.6, AS ADDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 81, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 40.6. (a) This section applies if, after a person has
been issued a license or renewal license under this chapter, any of the
following apply:
(1) The licensee, or any individual described in section 25(6) or
26(4) 35(b)(2) or 35(b)(3) of this chapter, is under indictment for
a felony involving fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation under the
laws of Indiana or any other jurisdiction.
(2) The licensee, or any individual described in section 25(6) or
26(4) 35(b)(2) or 35(b)(3) of this chapter, has been convicted of
or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a felony involving fraud,
deceit, or misrepresentation under the laws of Indiana or any other
jurisdiction.
(b) If this section applies, the licensee shall provide to the
department the information required under section 24(5)(B) or
25(6)(B) or 26(4)(B) of this chapter, whichever applies:
(1) not later than thirty (30) days after the licensee or individual
described in section 25(6) or 26(4) 35(b)(2) or 35(b)(3) of this
chapter:
(A) has been put on notice of the indictment; or
(B) has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere
to the felony;
whichever applies; or
(2) if the licensee's next license renewal fee under section 37 of
this chapter is due before the date described in subdivision (1),
along with the licensee's next license renewal fee under section 37
of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 28-8-4-45.5; (08)ES0352.2.60. -->
SECTION 60. IC 28-8-4-45.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 45.5. The following persons are
subject to IC 28-1-2-30.5 with respect to any records maintained by
the person:
(1) A person licensed or required to be licensed under this
chapter.
(2) An authorized delegate of a person described in
subdivision (1).
SOURCE: IC 28-8-4-47; (08)ES0352.2.61. -->
SECTION 61. IC 28-8-4-47, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 82, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 47. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, all information or reports obtained by the director from an
applicant, a licensee, or an authorized delegate, whether obtained
through reports, applications, examination, audits, investigation, or
otherwise, including:
(1) all information contained in or related to:
(A) examination;
(B) investigation;
(C) operation; or
(D) condition;
reports prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of the director; or
(2) financial statements, balance sheets, or authorized delegate
information;
are confidential and may not be disclosed or distributed outside the
department by the director or any officer or employee of the
department, except as provided in subsection (b).
(b) The director may provide for the release of information to
representatives of:
(1) financial institution and money services business supervisory
agencies;
(2) law enforcement agencies; or
(3) prosecutorial agencies or offices;
of a state (as defined in IC 28-2-17-19), the United States, or a foreign
country. An agency or office that receives information from the director
under this subsection shall maintain the confidentiality of the
information as described in IC 28-1-2-30.
(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the director from releasing
to the public a list of persons licensed under this chapter or from
releasing aggregated financial data on such licensees.
SOURCE: IC 28-8-5-9; (08)ES0352.2.62. -->
SECTION 62. IC 28-8-5-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 9. As used in this
chapter, "person" means an any individual, a sole proprietorship,
partnership, an association, a joint stock association, a trust, or a joint
venture, limited liability company, corporation, unincorporated
organization, or other form of entity, however organized.
SOURCE: IC 28-8-5-11; (08)ES0352.2.63. -->
SECTION 63. IC 28-8-5-11, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 84, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 11. (a) A person shall not engage in the business
of cashing checks for consideration without first obtaining a license.
(b) Each application for a license shall be in writing in such form as
the director may prescribe and shall include all of the following:
(1) The following information pertaining to the applicant:
(A) Name.
(B) Residence address.
(C) Business address.
(2) The following information pertaining to
corporate directors of
the applicant, officers of the applicant, owners of the applicant (if
a proprietorship), and partners of the applicant, if applicable: any
individual described in section 12(b)(1) of this chapter:
(A) Name.
(B) Residence address.
(C) Business address.
(D) Whether the person:
(i) is, at the time of the application, under indictment for a
felony involving fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation under
the laws of Indiana or any other jurisdiction; or
(ii) has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo
contendere to a felony involving fraud, deceit, or
misrepresentation under the laws of Indiana or any other
jurisdiction.
(3) The address where the applicant's office or offices will be
located. If any business, other than the business of cashing checks
under this chapter, will be conducted by the applicant or another
person at any of the locations identified under this subdivision,
the applicant shall indicate for each location at which another
business will be conducted:
(A) the nature of the other business;
(B) the name under which the other business operates;
(C) the address of the principal office of the other business;
(D) the name and address of the business's resident agent in
Indiana; and
(E) any other information that the director may require.
(4) Such other data, financial statements, and pertinent
information as the director may require.
(c) The application shall be filed with a nonrefundable fee fixed by
the department under IC 28-11-3-5.
SOURCE: IC 28-8-5-12; (08)ES0352.2.64. -->
SECTION 64. IC 28-8-5-12, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 85, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 12. (a) The department shall determine the
financial responsibility, business experience, character, and general
fitness of the applicant before issuing the license.
(b) The department may refuse to issue a license
if for any of the
following reasons:
(1)
an applicant who is an individual Any of the following has
been convicted of a felony involving fraud, deceit, or
misrepresentation under the laws of Indiana or any other
jurisdiction:
or
(A) An executive officer, director, or manager of the
applicant, or any other individual having a similar status
or performing a similar function for the applicant.
(B) Any person directly or indirectly owning of record or
owning beneficially at least ten percent (10%) of the
outstanding shares of any class of equity security of the
applicant.
(2) The application was submitted for the benefit of, or on behalf
of, a person who does not qualify for a license.
(c) The director of the department may request evidence of
compliance with this section by the licensee at:
(1) the time of application;
(2) the time of renewal of the licensee's license; or
(3) any other time considered necessary by the director.
(d) For purposes of subsection (c), evidence of compliance may
include:
(1) criminal background checks, including a national criminal
history
background check
(as defined in IC 10-13-3-12) by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
for any individual described in
subsection (b)(1);
(2) credit histories; and
(3) other background checks considered necessary by the director.
If the director requests a national criminal history background
check under subdivision (1) for an individual described in that
subdivision, the director shall require the individual to submit
fingerprints to the department or to the state police department, as
appropriate, at the time evidence of compliance is requested under
subsection (c). The individual to whom the request is made shall
pay any fees or costs associated with the fingerprints and the
national criminal history background check. The national criminal
history background check may be used by the director to
determine the individual's compliance with this section. The
director or the department may not release the results of the
national criminal history background check to any private entity.
SOURCE: IC 28-8-5-18; (08)ES0352.2.65. -->
SECTION 65. IC 28-8-5-18 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 18. (a) A licensee shall
keep its books, accounts, and records satisfactory to the department for
each transaction for at least three (3) years from the transaction date.
(b) A licensee shall keep its books, accounts, and records separate
from those of any other type of business and in a manner that reflects
the order of the licensee's transactions.
(c) A person licensed or required to be licensed under this
chapter is subject to IC 28-1-2-30.5 with respect to any records
maintained by the person.
SOURCE: IC 28-10-1-1; (08)ES0352.2.66. -->
SECTION 66. IC 28-10-1-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 88, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 1. A reference to a federal law or federal
regulation in IC 28 is a reference to the law or regulation in effect
December 31, 2006. 2007.
SOURCE: IC 28-11-1-13.5; (08)ES0352.2.67. -->
SECTION 67. IC 28-11-1-13.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]:
Sec. 13.5. (a) The department may
accept payment of any of the following by credit card, debit card,
charge card, or similar method:
(1) A fee established by the department under IC 28-11-3-5.
(2) A penalty assessed by the department under this title or
IC 24-4.5.
(3) A fee assessed:
(A) in connection with the director's designation of an
automated central licensing system and repository under
IC 24-4.5-3-503(10); and
(B) for:
(i) processing applications and renewals for licenses
under IC 24-4.5-3; or
(ii) performing other services that the director
determines are necessary for the orderly administration
of the department's licensing system under IC 24-4.5-3.
(b) If a fee or penalty described in subsection (a) is paid by
credit card, debit card, charge card, or similar method, the liability
is not finally discharged until the department receives payment or
credit from the institution responsible for making the payment or
credit.
(c) The department may contract with a bank or credit card
vendor for acceptance of bank or credit cards. If there is a vendor
transaction charge or discount fee, whether billed to the
department or charged directly to the department's account, the
department or the bank or credit card vendor may collect from the
person using the bank or credit card a uniform fee that is
determined by the department.
SOURCE: IC 28-11-2-2; (08)ES0352.2.68. -->
SECTION 68. IC 28-11-2-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 2. (a) The director, with
the approval of the members, shall organize the department.
(b) The department must consist of at least the following divisions:
(1) The division of banks and trust companies.
(2) The division of building and loan associations.
(3) (2) The division of consumer credit.
(4) (3) The division of credit unions.
SOURCE: IC 28-11-3-1; (08)ES0352.2.69. -->
SECTION 69. IC 28-11-3-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 1. (a) The department
shall examine the affairs of every financial institution as often as the
department considers necessary. Examinations may be made without
notice to the institution to be examined.
(b) In making an examination, the department may examine any of
the officers or agents of the institution under oath.
(c) The department may require an independent audit by a certified
public accountant, subject to the standards the department determines.
(d) The department, in the classification of assets, may disregard the
amount of an asset in its analysis of capital adequacy of the financial
institution until the amount of the asset is recovered.
(e) After the examiners complete the examination of a financial
institution, the examiners:
(1) shall submit their written findings and recommendations to:
(A) the board of directors; and
(B) other parties authorized by the board of directors and
approved by the director; and
(2) may confer with the parties listed in subdivision (1) on the
findings and recommendations.
(f) Upon the conclusion of an examination, a full, true, and detailed
report of the condition of the financial institution shall be made to the
department by the examiners in the form prescribed by the department.
(g) A financial institution subject to examination by the department
may not cause, by contract or otherwise, any data processing or other
similar service to be performed, either on or off its premises, until
written assurances are furnished to the department by the financial
institution and the entity providing the service that the performance of
the service will be subject to regulation and examination by the
department to the same extent as if the service was being performed by
the financial institution on its own premises. Entities that provide data
processing or other similar services to more than one (1) financial
institution need only file one (1) written assurance to cover all financial
institutions to which the entity provides services.
(h) The report of an examination conducted under this section:
(1) is the exclusive property of the department; and
(2) except as provided in subsection (i), shall not be distributed,
published, or duplicated without the prior authorization of the
director.
(i) A financial institution that is or seeks to become a member of
the Federal Home Loan Bank System may provide a copy of a
report of an examination conducted by the department to the
Federal Home Loan Bank for the confidential use of the Federal
Home Loan Bank if the director and the Federal Home Loan Bank
have entered into a written agreement that provides that the report
of the examination:
(1) remains the property of the department; and
(2) is not:
(A) subject to inspection under IC 5-14-3;
(B) subject to subpoena;
(C) subject to discovery; or
(D) admissible in evidence in any civil action.
(i) (j) Except as provided in subsection (i), a person who
knowingly or intentionally possesses, distributes, publishes, or
duplicates a report of an examination conducted under this section
without the prior authorization of the director commits a Class B
misdemeanor.
SOURCE: IC 28-11-3-3; (08)ES0352.2.70. -->
SECTION 70. IC 28-11-3-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2007,
SECTION 97, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 3. (a) The director or the director's designee
may disclose or make available to a:
(1) state, or federal, or foreign law enforcement agency;
(2) state, or federal, or foreign financial institution supervisory
agency;
(3) state, or federal, or foreign prosecutorial agency;
(4) state, federal, or foreign money services business
supervisory agency;
(4) (5) private insurer of deposit accounts or share accounts of a
financial institution; or
(5) (6) state, or federal, or foreign agency responsible for
licensing, registering, chartering, or supervising any regulated:
(A) business; or
(B) nonprofit activity; or
(7) the Federal Home Loan Bank;
confidential information described under IC 28-1-2-30 or pertaining to
a regulated business or nonprofit activity.
(b) Confidential information provided by the director or the
director's designee under this section is privileged by law, remains
the property of the department, and is not:
(1) subject to inspection under IC 5-14-3;
(2) subject to subpoena;
(3) subject to discovery; or
(4) admissible in evidence in any civil action.
(c) The director may enter into information sharing agreements
with parties authorized to received information under this section.
SOURCE: IC 28-11-4-7; (08)ES0352.2.71. -->
SECTION 71. IC 28-11-4-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 7. (a) If the department
finds that the conditions specified in section 2 or 3 of this chapter have
been established, the department may issue a final order.
(b) A final order must include separately stated findings of fact and
conclusions of law for all aspects of the order.
(c) A final order may do any of the following:
(1) Require the financial institution and its directors, officers,
employees, and agents to do any of the following:
(A) Cease and desist from the practice or violation.
(B) Take affirmative action to correct the conditions resulting
from the practice or violation.
(2) Suspend or prohibit a director, an officer, or an employee from
participating in the affairs of a financial institution or subsidiary.
(3) Impose a civil penalty not to exceed the amount specified in
section 9 of this chapter.
(d) A final order shall be issued in writing within ninety (90) days
after conclusion of the hearing, unless this period is waived or extended
with the written consent of all parties or for good cause shown. A final
order issued under this chapter may be made public by the department.
(e) If the financial institution, director, or officer does not appear
individually or by a duly authorized representative at the hearing, the
financial institution, director, or officer is considered to have consented
to the issuance of a final order.
(f) The director may keep a final order confidential if the
director determines that the immediate release of the order would
endanger:
(1) the stability of the financial institution; or
(2) the security of depositors' funds.
However, after two (2) years after the date of its issuance, a final
order is no longer confidential under IC 28-1-2-30.
SOURCE: IC 28-11-4-10; (08)ES0352.2.72. -->
SECTION 72. IC 28-11-4-10 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 10. The department
may enforce an order issued under this chapter any of the following by
applying for appropriate relief to a court having jurisdiction:
(1) An order issued under this chapter.
(2) A written agreement entered into by the department and:
(A) a financial institution; or
(B) any director, officer, employee, or agent of the
financial institution.
(3) Any condition imposed in writing by the department on:
(A) a financial institution; or
(B) any director, officer, employee, or agent of the
financial institution;
in connection with any application, notice, or request
concerning the financial institution.
SOURCE: IC 28-11-4-12; (08)ES0352.2.73. -->
SECTION 73. IC 28-11-4-12 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 12. (a) The director of
the department may exercise the enforcement powers of this chapter
against an affiliate of a financial institution, or against an officer, a
director, or an employee of the affiliate, as if the affiliate were a
financial institution if the director determines that a practice of the
affiliate, or of the officer, director, or employee, could cause either:
(1) the financial institution to suffer substantial loss or other
damage; or
(2) the interests of the financial institution's depositors to be
seriously prejudiced by reason of a violation, practice, or breach
of fiduciary duty.
(b) In exercising the director's enforcement powers under this
chapter against an officer, a director, or an employee of an
affiliate, the director may:
(1) remove the officer, director, or employee from the
person's office, position, or employment;
(2) prohibit any participation by the officer, director, or
employee in the conduct of the affairs of any financial
institution; or
(3) take both of the actions set forth in subdivisions (1) and
(2).
(b) (c) The director of the department may issue and serve upon the
officer, director, or the officer employee of the affiliate a notice of
charges of the practice, violation, or act.
(c) (d) For purposes of this section, affiliate has the meaning set
forth in IC 28-1-18.2.
SOURCE: IC 28-11-5-4; (08)ES0352.2.74. -->
SECTION 74. IC 28-11-5-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 4. (a) Upon the
acceptance of an application under section 3 of this chapter, the
department shall investigate and consider all of the following:
(1) The financial standing and character of the incorporators,
organizers, directors, principal shareholders, or controlling
corporations.
(2) The character, qualifications, and experience of the officers
and directors of the proposed financial institution.
(3) The future earnings prospects for the proposed financial
institution.
(4) The adequacy of the financial institution's proposed capital, if
the financial institution is to be a bank, trust company, corporate
fiduciary, or savings bank.
(b) The members of the department may disapprove the application
if:
(1) any of the factors listed in subsection (a) are determined to be
unfavorable;
(2) any of the incorporators, directors, principal shareholders, or
officers of the proposed financial institution have been convicted
of a felony under Indiana law, the laws of any other state, or the
laws of the United States; or
(3) the applicant has knowingly or intentionally submitted an
application under this chapter that contains false information.
(c) The applicant shall submit to the department or to the Indiana
state police, as appropriate, two (2) sets of fingerprints for each
incorporator, director, principal shareholder, and officer, if requested
by the department under section 4.5 of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 28-11-5-4.5; (08)ES0352.2.75. -->
SECTION 75. IC 28-11-5-4.5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 4.5. (a) To
provide
obtain additional information for the purposes of section 4 of this
chapter, the
state police department, at the request of the department
shall provide fingerprint and background checks on all incorporators,
directors, principal shareholders, and officers director may require:
(1) criminal background checks, including a national criminal
history background check (as defined in IC 10-13-3-12) by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(2) credit histories; and
(3) other background checks considered necessary by the
director;
for any incorporator, director, principal shareholder, or officer of
a proposed financial institution.
(b) If a disqualifying record is not identified by the state police
department, the fingerprints submitted under section 4(c) of this
chapter shall be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
a national criminal history check.
(c) The department shall pay all expenses associated with
investigations performed by the state police department or the Federal
Bureau of Investigation as a result of an application filed under section
3 of this chapter.
(b) If the director requests a national criminal history
background check under subsection (a) for any individual
described in subsection (a), the director shall require the individual
to submit fingerprints to the department or to the state police
department, as appropriate. The individual to whom the request is
made shall pay any fees or costs associated with the fingerprints
and the national criminal history background check. A national
criminal history background check conducted under subsection (a)
may be used by the department to:
(1) conduct an investigation under section 4(a)(1) or 4(a)(2) of
this chapter; or
(2) disapprove an application under section 4(b)(2) of this
chapter.
The director or the department may not release the results of the
national criminal history background check to any private entity.
SOURCE: IC 28-11-5-10; (08)ES0352.2.76. -->
SECTION 76. IC 28-11-5-10 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 10. (a) Subject to subsection (g),
a financial institution subject to this chapter may:
(1) be organized as a limited liability company;
(2) convert to a limited liability company; or
(3) merge with or into a limited liability company;
under the laws of Indiana or the United States, including any rules
or regulations adopted or promulgated under the laws of Indiana
or the United States.
(b) A bank organized as a limited liability company is subject to:
(1) IC 23-18; and
(2) this title.
If a provision of IC 23-18 conflicts with a provision of this title or
with any rule of the department, the provision of this title or the
rule the department controls.
(c) Any filing required to be made under IC 23-18 shall be made
in the same manner as for a bank that is organizing or is organized
in stock form.
(d) The department may prescribe any requirements for:
(1) the articles of organization; and
(2) the operating agreement;
of a financial institution that is organized and operates as a limited
liability company.
(e) The department has the exclusive authority under this title
to regulate a financial institution organized as a limited liability
company. A financial institution that is a limited liability company
is subject to the department's authority in the same manner as a
bank that is organized in stock form.
(f) A financial institution that is a limited liability company is
subject to the provisions of this title that apply to banks, except for
the provisions concerning corporate governance (IC 28-13), in the
same manner as a financial institution that is organized in stock
form, subject to the following:
(1) In the case of a manager managed limited liability
company, "director" means a manager of the limited liability
company.
(2) In the case of a member managed limited liability
company, "director" means a member of the limited liability
company.
(g) A financial institution may not:
(1) organize as;
(2) convert to; or
(3) merge with or into;
a limited liability company without the prior approval of the
department under this title.
SOURCE: IC 28-13-4-3; (08)ES0352.2.77. -->
SECTION 77. IC 28-13-4-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 3. (a) A corporation
may declare a dividend of so much of the undivided profits of the
corporation as is considered expedient by the board of directors.
(b) A corporation must obtain the approval of the department for the
payment of a dividend if the total of all dividends declared by the
corporation during the calendar year, including the proposed dividend,
would exceed the sum of the
retained net income for the year to date
combined with its retained net income for the previous two (2) years.
(c) As used in subsection (b), "retained net income" means the net
income of a specified period, calculated under the consolidated report
of income instructions, less the total amount of all dividends declared
for the specified period.
(d) The department may establish criteria for a corporation to be
exempt from the dividend approval requirements of this section. In
establishing the criteria, the department shall consider:
(1) the corporation's composite uniform financial institutions
rating assigned as a result of the corporation's most recent federal
or state examination, or in the case of a corporate fiduciary, the
corporate fiduciary rating assigned as a result of the corporate
fiduciary's most recent state examination;
(2) the resulting Tier 1 leverage capital ratio; and
(3) the existence of any corrective or supervisory order or
agreement.
SOURCE: IC 28-13-10-9; (08)ES0352.2.78. -->
SECTION 78. IC 28-13-10-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 9. (a) As used in this
section, "emergency" means:
(1) any condition or occurrence that:
(A) may interfere physically with the conduct of normal
business operations; or
(B) poses an imminent or existing threat to the safety or
security of persons, property, or both persons and property;
at one (1) or more of the offices of a corporation;
or
(2) any condition or occurrence that:
(A) is declared a state of disaster emergency by the
governor under IC 10-14-3-12; and
(B) applies to an area that includes one (1) or more of the
offices of a corporation; or
(2) (3) the death of or funeral services for an employee, officer, or
director of a corporation
or for a former employee, officer, or
director of a corporation.
(b) A corporation may be closed on any part of a legal holiday by
giving reasonable notice to its customers of its intention to be closed in
observance of the holiday.
(c) Whenever a corporation is to be closed on a day or part of a day
other than a legal holiday, the board of directors shall pass a resolution
concerning the closing, and give reasonable notice of the closing to the
customers of the corporation.
(d) The board of directors of a corporation may establish and
observe different banking hours and designate different fixed days, if
any, for closing the principal office and each separate branch office of
the corporation.
(e) Any day designated by the President of the United States or by
the governor as a day of mourning, celebration, or other special
observance is a legal holiday for corporations.
(f) Whenever the officers of a corporation believe that an emergency
exists or is impending, which affects or may affect one (1) or more of
a corporation's offices, the officers have the authority, in the reasonable
and proper exercise of their discretion, to determine not to open any
one (1) or more of such offices or, if having opened, to close any one
(1) or more of such offices during the continuation of the emergency.
The office or offices so closed shall remain closed until the time the
officers determine that the emergency has ended. However, such office
or offices may not remain closed for more than forty-eight (48)
consecutive hours on business days, excluding other legal holidays,
without requesting the approval of the director of the department of
financial institutions.
(g) A corporation closing an office or offices under subsection (f)
shall give prompt notice of its action to the director of the department
of financial institutions.
(h) Any date on which a corporation is closed under this section is
a legal holiday with respect to the business affairs of the corporation.
No liability or loss of rights of any kind, on the part of any corporation,
director, officer, or employee, accrues or results by virtue of any
closing authorized by this section.
SOURCE: IC 28-13-16-6; (08)ES0352.2.79. -->
SECTION 79. IC 28-13-16-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 6.
(a) The department
shall review a financial institution's notice or application to acquire or
establish a qualifying or nonqualifying subsidiary to determine:
(1) whether the proposed activities are legally permissible; and
(2) whether the proposal endangers the safety or soundness of the
financial institution.
The director shall either approve or disapprove the application for a
nonqualifying subsidiary within sixty (60) days after the date on which
the department receives the application. The period for approval or
disapproval of the application may be extended by the department
based on a determination that additional information from the financial
institution or additional time for analysis is required.
(b) If there will be a change in the scope or nature of the
business activity of a qualifying subsidiary of a financial
institution, the financial institution shall provide the department
with written notice before the change occurs. The department shall
notify the requesting financial institution of the department's
receipt of the notice and shall review the notice to determine:
(1) whether the proposed change is legally permissible; and
(2) whether the proposed change endangers the safety or
soundness of the financial institution.
The qualifying subsidiary may exercise or engage in the proposed
activity thirty (30) days after the date on which the department
receives the financial institution's notice, as indicated in the
department's notice of receipt, unless otherwise notified by the
department.
(c) If there will be a change in the scope or nature of the
business activity of a nonqualifying subsidiary of a financial
institution, the financial institution shall submit to the department
an application containing a complete description of the proposed
change. The department shall notify the requesting financial
institution of the department's receipt of the application and shall
review the application to determine:
(1) whether the proposed change is legally permissible; and
(2) whether the proposed change endangers the safety or
soundness of the financial institution.
The director shall either approve or disapprove the application not
later than sixty (60) days after the date on which the department
receives the application. The period for approval or disapproval of
the application may be extended by the department based on a
determination that additional information from the financial
institution or additional time for analysis is required.
SOURCE: IC 28-1-2-39; IC 28-8-4-22; IC 28-8-4-23; IC 28-8-4-26.
; (08)ES0352.2.80. -->
SECTION 80. THE FOLLOWING ARE REPEALED [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2008]: IC 28-1-2-39; IC 28-8-4-22; IC 28-8-4-23;
IC 28-8-4-26.