(A)
(1) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the superintendent of financial institutions, the superintendent's agents, and employees shall keep privileged and confidential the examination reports, information obtained in an examination, or any other information obtained by reason of their official position. This section does not prevent the superintendent from properly releasing to or exchanging information relating to a savings and loan association, or its affairs, with the governor, the director of commerce, the deputy director of commerce, or representatives of state or federal financial institution regulatory authorities, or prevent such release by the association or its officers or directors, in the conduct of the business of the association.
(2) Any person who receives privileged and confidential examination reports or other information under the authority of this section is also subject to the requirements of this section and such person, knowing that such examination reports or information are privileged and confidential, shall not purposely divulge such reports or information in any manner.
(3) If the superintendent, an agent of the superintendent, or an employee of the superintendent purposely makes, or causes to be made, any false statements or reports regarding the affairs or condition of a savings and loan association, the act constitutes falsification under section 2921.13 of the Revised Code.
(B) Examination reports, information obtained in an examination, and any other information obtained by reason of the official position of the division of financial institutions shall not be discoverable from any source, and shall not be introduced into evidence, except in the following situations:
(1) In connection with criminal proceedings;
(2) When, in the opinion of the superintendent, it is necessary for the superintendent or for the agents or employees of the superintendent to take enforcement action under Chapter 1151., 1153., 1155., or 1157. of the Revised Code regarding the affairs of the savings and loan association examined;
(3) When litigation has been initiated by the superintendent in furtherance of the powers, duties, and obligations imposed upon the superintendent by Chapter 1151., 1153., 1155., or 1157. of the Revised Code;
(4) When authorized by agreements between the superintendent and financial institution regulatory authorities of this and other states, the United States, and other countries authorized by section 1155.091 of the Revised Code;
(5) When and in the manner authorized in section 1181.25 of the Revised Code.
(C) The discovery of examination reports and other related material pursuant to divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section shall be limited to information that directly relates to the association that is the subject of the enforcement action or the litigation.
(D)
(1) No person shall fail to comply with division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section.
(2) Whoever violates division (D)(1) of this section is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.
Effective Date: 06-18-2002
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