ARTICLE 4. Reports and Examinations [8150. - 8160.]

Cal. Financial Code - FIN 4.

in effect

Cal. Financial Code - FIN § 8150. Section 8150.

(a) On or before the last day of January in each year, or within 30 days following the end of the fiscal year, each association, savings and loan holding company, and those subsidiaries of an association or savings and loan holding company that the commissioner may require, shall make an annual written report to the commissioner, in a format to be prescribed by the commissioner. (b) Each report shall be verified by an authorized officer.

Cal. Financial Code - FIN § 8151. Section 8151.

Each association, savings and loan holding company and subsidiary of any association or savings and loan holding company that is required to file an annual report under Section 8150 also shall make any other reports that the commissioner may from time to time require, which shall be in a format and filed on a date that the commissioner may prescribe and shall, if required by the commissioner, be verified in the same manner as the annual report.

Cal. Financial Code - FIN § 8152. Section 8152.

From time to time the commissioner may, without previous notice, examine or cause an examination to be made into the affairs of each association, and any office of the association within or outside this state, savings and loan holding company and subsidiary of any association or savings and loan holding company subject to this division.

Cal. Financial Code - FIN § 8153. Section 8153.

(a) In lieu of a report or an examination under Section 8150 or 8152, the commissioner may accept any report made to, or examination made by, a federal or state authority that supervises financial institutions, or by a certified or other public accountant or firm of certified or other public accountants selected by the association and approved by the commissioner. (b) An examination under Section 8152 may be conducted in conjunction with an examination by a federal authority that supervises financial institutions.

Cal. Financial Code - FIN § 8154. Section 8154.

(a) Whenever, in the judgment of the commissioner, the condition of any association, savings and loan holding company, or any of their subsidiaries renders it necessary or expedient to make an extra examination or audit or to devote any extraordinary attention to its affairs, the commissioner shall do so or may appoint a certified public accountant or any expert to do so. (b) The association, savings and loan holding company, or subsidiary specially examined under this section may be required to pay the actual expenses incurred by the commissioner for all extra services rendered by the commissioner, by the appointed accountant, or any expert.

Cal. Financial Code - FIN § 8155. Section 8155.

(a) The commissioner is authorized in connection with any examination or audit of any association or any subsidiary to cause to be made appraisals of real estate or other property held by it or securing its assets. (b) Unless otherwise ordered by the commissioner, appraisal of real estate or other property in connection with any examination or audit pursuant to this article shall be made by a department appraiser or by an independent professional appraiser employed or selected by the commissioner, and the cost of the appraisal promptly shall be paid by the association or subsidiary to the commissioner or directly to the appraiser upon receipt by it of a statement of cost bearing the written approval of the commissioner. (c) A copy of the report of each appraisal caused to be made by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be furnished to the association or subsidiary within a reasonable time, not to exceed 60 days, following the completion of the appraisals.

Cal. Financial Code - FIN § 8156. Section 8156.

(a) Each association shall at least annually cause its books and accounts to be audited at its own expense by a certified public accountant or firm of certified public accountants selected by the association and approved by the commissioner. (b) The annual audit date and audit period shall be approved in writing by the commissioner prior to commencement of the audit. (c) Each savings association which engages certified public accountant services for any audit shall transmit to the accountant or accountants copies of the most recent report of condition made by the association pursuant to state or federal law and a copy of the most recent report of examination received by the savings association. (d) In addition to the copies of the reports required to be provided pursuant to subdivision (c), each savings association shall provide the auditing accountant or accountants with all of the following: (1) A copy of any supervisory memorandum of understanding with the association and any written agreement between the association and any federal financial regulatory agency or the commissioner which is in effect during the period covered by the audit. (2) A report of any action initiated or taken pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), (c), (e), (g), (i), or (s) of Section 8 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1818), and a report of any action taken by the commissioner pursuant to Section 8200 or 8201, or any other civil monetary penalty assessed under any provision of law with respect to the savings association or any institution-affiliated party.

Cal. Financial Code - FIN § 8157. Section 8157.

(a) The commissioner may prescribe the scope of the annual audit and may require the auditor to furnish information in addition to that contained in the audit report. (b) Each association shall furnish the commissioner annually, within 90 days after the end of the period covered by the audit, five copies of the financial statements, which shall be accompanied by a report signed by the auditor, prepared and containing the information prescribed in regulations of the commissioner. The financial statements shall be certified by the auditor.

Cal. Financial Code - FIN § 8158. Section 8158.

(a) The commissioner, or any department employee authorized by the commissioner, shall have free access to all books and records of an association, savings and loan holding company, and any of their subsidiaries that relate to the business of the association, holding company, or subsidiary, and to the books and records kept by any officer, agent, or employee that relate to the business of the association, holding company, or subsidiary. (b) The commissioner, or any department employee authorized by the commissioner, may summon witnesses and administer oaths or affirmations in the examination of the directors, officers, agents, or employees of any association, savings and loan holding company, any of their subsidiaries, or any other person, in relation to their affairs, transactions, and conditions, and may require and compel the production of records, books, papers, contracts, or other documents by court order, if not voluntarily produced. (c) This section applies to all parties designated in subdivisions (a) and (b) when an association is placed in conservatorship or receivership.

Cal. Financial Code - FIN § 8159. Section 8159.

For each department examination or appraisal made outside this state, a reasonable fee and the actual traveling expenses incurred shall be paid to the department by the association, savings and loan holding company, or subsidiary so examined.

Cal. Financial Code - FIN § 8160. Section 8160.

If an association, savings and loan holding company, or any subsidiary of an association or savings and loan holding company fails to report to the commissioner as required by this article, the commissioner may impose penalties in accordance with the following: (a) Any association, savings and loan holding company, or any subsidiary of an association or savings and loan holding company which (1) maintains procedures reasonably adapted to avoid any inadvertent error and, unintentionally and as a result of such an error (A) fails to make, obtain, transmit, or publish any report or information required by the commissioner by the due date set forth in this article or, if no due date is set forth in this article, the date specified by the commissioner, or (B) submits or publishes any false or misleading report or information or (2) inadvertently transmits or publishes any report which is minimally late, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each day during which the failure continues or the false or misleading information is not corrected. The association, savings and loan holding company, or subsidiary of an association or savings and loan holding company shall have the burden of proving that an error was inadvertent and that a report was inadvertently transmitted or published late. (b) Any association, savings and loan holding company, or any subsidiary of an association or savings and loan holding company which (1) fails to make, obtain, transmit, or publish any report or information required by the commissioner by the due date set forth in this article or, if no due date is set forth in this article, the date specified by the commissioner or (2) submits or publishes any false or misleading report or information, in a manner not described in subdivision (a) shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each day during which the failure continues or the false and misleading information is not corrected. (c) Any association, savings and loan holding company, or any subsidiary of an association or savings and loan holding company which knowingly or with reckless disregard for the accuracy of any information or report subject to this section submits or publishes any false or misleading report or information, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) or 1 percent of total assets of the savings institution, whichever is less, per day for each day during which the false or misleading information is not corrected. (d) Any penalty imposed under subdivisions (a), (b), or (c) shall be assessed and collected by the commissioner in the same manner as provided in Section 5330.

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