Okla. Stat. tit. 6, § 6-203
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Powers of Board
Official statutory text
In addition to other powers conferred by the Oklahoma Banking
Code, the Board shall have power to:
1. Regulate its own procedures and practice, except as may be
hereafter provided by law;
2. Define any term not defined in the Oklahoma Banking Code;
3. Adopt and promulgate reasonable and uniform rules and
regulations to govern the conduct, operation and management of all
banks or trust companies created, organized or existing under or by
virtue of the laws of this state, and to govern the examination,
valuation of assets and the statements and reports of such banks or
trust companies, and the form on which such banks or trust companies
shall report their assets, liabilities and reserves, and charge off
bad debts and otherwise keep their records and accounts, and
otherwise to govern the administration of the Oklahoma Banking Code.
a. Each bank and trust company and each officer,
director, owner, stockholder, agent and employee
thereof shall comply with every rule and regulation
promulgated so long as the same remain in force.
b. The Board may amend, modify or repeal rules and
regulations now in force and effect or hereafter
adopted. Copies of such amendments and modifications
and notice of repeal shall be mailed to each state-
chartered bank and state-chartered trust company
within ten (10) days after such action is taken;
4. Restrict the withdrawal of deposits from all, or one or
more, banks where the Board finds that extraordinary circumstances
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make such restriction necessary for the proper protection of
depositors in the affected institution or institutions;
5. Authorize banks or trust companies under circumstances in
which they are not given authority under the Oklahoma Banking Code
to participate in any public agency hereafter created under the laws
of this state, or of the United States, the purpose of which is to
afford advantages or safeguards to banks or trust companies, and to
authorize compliance with all requirements and conditions imposed
upon such participants;
6. Order any person to cease violating a provision of the
Oklahoma Banking Code, federal banking law, or a lawful regulation
issued thereunder, or to cease engaging in any unsound banking or
trust practice. A copy of such order shall be mailed to each
director of the bank by which such person is employed;
7. Affirm, modify, reverse or stay the enforcement of any order
or ruling of the Commissioner concerning banks or trust companies;
and
8. Suspend a director, officer or employee of a bank or trust
company who becomes ineligible to hold the position, or who, after
receipt of an order to cease, violates the Oklahoma Banking Code,
federal banking law, or a lawful regulation or order issued
thereunder, or who is dishonest or who is reckless or grossly
incompetent in the conduct of banking business or who has engaged or
participated in any unsafe or unsound practice in connection with a
bank or trust company. It shall be a criminal offense for any such
person, after receipt of a suspension order, to perform any duty or
exercise any power of any bank or trust company until the Board
shall vacate such suspension order. A suspension order shall
specify the grounds thereof. A copy of the order shall be sent to
the bank or trust company concerned, and to each member of its board
of directors; provided, in absence of circumstances deemed by the
Board to require immediate action, no person shall be suspended
under the powers herein granted unless the person shall have first
been afforded a hearing before the Board after not less than ten
(10) days' notice thereof shall have been served upon the person by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested.
Code, the Board shall have power to:
1. Regulate its own procedures and practice, except as may be
hereafter provided by law;
2. Define any term not defined in the Oklahoma Banking Code;
3. Adopt and promulgate reasonable and uniform rules and
regulations to govern the conduct, operation and management of all
banks or trust companies created, organized or existing under or by
virtue of the laws of this state, and to govern the examination,
valuation of assets and the statements and reports of such banks or
trust companies, and the form on which such banks or trust companies
shall report their assets, liabilities and reserves, and charge off
bad debts and otherwise keep their records and accounts, and
otherwise to govern the administration of the Oklahoma Banking Code.
a. Each bank and trust company and each officer,
director, owner, stockholder, agent and employee
thereof shall comply with every rule and regulation
promulgated so long as the same remain in force.
b. The Board may amend, modify or repeal rules and
regulations now in force and effect or hereafter
adopted. Copies of such amendments and modifications
and notice of repeal shall be mailed to each state-
chartered bank and state-chartered trust company
within ten (10) days after such action is taken;
4. Restrict the withdrawal of deposits from all, or one or
more, banks where the Board finds that extraordinary circumstances
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies Page 21
make such restriction necessary for the proper protection of
depositors in the affected institution or institutions;
5. Authorize banks or trust companies under circumstances in
which they are not given authority under the Oklahoma Banking Code
to participate in any public agency hereafter created under the laws
of this state, or of the United States, the purpose of which is to
afford advantages or safeguards to banks or trust companies, and to
authorize compliance with all requirements and conditions imposed
upon such participants;
6. Order any person to cease violating a provision of the
Oklahoma Banking Code, federal banking law, or a lawful regulation
issued thereunder, or to cease engaging in any unsound banking or
trust practice. A copy of such order shall be mailed to each
director of the bank by which such person is employed;
7. Affirm, modify, reverse or stay the enforcement of any order
or ruling of the Commissioner concerning banks or trust companies;
and
8. Suspend a director, officer or employee of a bank or trust
company who becomes ineligible to hold the position, or who, after
receipt of an order to cease, violates the Oklahoma Banking Code,
federal banking law, or a lawful regulation or order issued
thereunder, or who is dishonest or who is reckless or grossly
incompetent in the conduct of banking business or who has engaged or
participated in any unsafe or unsound practice in connection with a
bank or trust company. It shall be a criminal offense for any such
person, after receipt of a suspension order, to perform any duty or
exercise any power of any bank or trust company until the Board
shall vacate such suspension order. A suspension order shall
specify the grounds thereof. A copy of the order shall be sent to
the bank or trust company concerned, and to each member of its board
of directors; provided, in absence of circumstances deemed by the
Board to require immediate action, no person shall be suspended
under the powers herein granted unless the person shall have first
been afforded a hearing before the Board after not less than ten
(10) days' notice thereof shall have been served upon the person by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested.
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