Membership; term; officers; quorum; conduct of meetings; notice; proceedings; executive sessions; records
Ind. Code § 5-13-12-2
in effectSec. 2. (a) The board for depositories consists of the governor, the treasurer of state, the state comptroller, the chairperson of the department of financial institutions, the chief examiner of the state board of accounts, and four (4) appointed members. For appointments after June 30, 2010, one (1) member shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one (1) member shall be appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate, and two (2) members shall be appointed by the governor. All appointed members must be residents of Indiana. The speaker of the house of representatives shall make the appointment to fill the first vacancy on the board, and the president pro tempore of the senate shall make the appointment to fill the second vacancy on the board that occurs after June 30, 2010. For appointments after June 30, 2010, all four (4) appointed members must be a chief executive officer or a chief financial officer of a depository at the time of the appointment if the depository is domiciled in Indiana. If the depository is not domiciled in Indiana, the appointee must be the most senior corporate officer of the depository with management or operational responsibility, or both, or the person designated to manage public funds for the depository that is located in Indiana. In making the governor's appointments, the governor shall provide for geographic representation of all regions of Indiana, including both urban and rural communities. In addition, the appointees must, at the time of the appointment, be employed by the following depositories:
(1) One (1) member appointed by the governor who must be the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer of a depository that is a state chartered credit union.
(2) One (1) member appointed by the governor who must be employed by a depository that:
(A) is not a state chartered credit union; and
(B) has total deposits of less than two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000).
(3) The member appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate must be employed by a depository that:
(A) is not a state chartered credit union; and
(B) has total deposits of at least two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) but less than one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000).
(4) The member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives must be employed by a depository that:
(A) is not a state chartered credit union; and
(B) has total deposits of at least one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000).
Total deposits shall be determined using the depository's reported deposits based on the information contained in the most recent June 30th FDIC Summary of Deposits, Market Share Selection for Indiana. The term of an appointed member is four (4) years from the effective date of the member's appointment. Each appointed member holds office for the term of this appointment and serves after the expiration of that appointment until the member's successor is appointed and qualified. An appointed member may be reappointed if the individual satisfies the requirements of this subsection at the time of the reappointment. Any appointed member may be removed from office by, and at the pleasure of, the appointing authority.
(b) The officers of the board consist of a chairman, a secretary-investment manager, a vice chairman, and other officers the board determines to be necessary. The governor shall name a member of the board to serve as its chairman. The treasurer of state shall serve as the secretary-investment manager of the board. The board, by majority vote, shall elect the other officers. Officers, except the secretary-investment manager, shall be named or elected for one (1) year terms in January of each year. The members and officers of the board are not entitled to any compensation for their services but are entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses on the same basis as state employees.
(c) Five (5) members of the board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all actions of the board must be approved by at least a simple majority of those members voting on each individual business issue. The board may adopt, amend, or repeal bylaws and rules for the conduct of its meetings and the number and times of its meetings. The board shall hold a regular meeting at least once semiannually and may hold other regular and special meetings as prescribed in its rules. All meetings of the board are open to the public under IC 5-14-1.5. However, the board shall discuss the following in executive session:
(1) The financial strength of a particular financial institution.
(2) The collateral requirements of a particular financial institution.
(3) Any other matters concerning a particular financial institution.
All records of the board are subject to public inspection under IC 5-14-3. However, records regarding matters that are discussed in executive session are confidential.
(d) Two (2) days notice of the time and place of all meetings to determine and fix the assessment rate to be paid by depositories on account of insurance on public funds or the establishment or redetermination of the reserve for losses of the insurance fund shall be given by one (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the city of Indianapolis. The time, place, notice, and waiver requirements for the members of the board for all meetings shall be determined by its rules. The secretary-investment manager of the board shall enter the board's proceedings at length in a record provided for that purpose, and the records of the proceedings shall be approved and signed respectively by the chairman or vice chairman and attested by the secretary-investment manager.
As added by P.L.19-1987, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.115-2010, SEC.13; P.L.134-2012, SEC.8; P.L.9-2024, SEC.141; P.L.213-2025, SEC.65.
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