(A) Every savings bank organized under the laws of this state, as of the thirty-first day of December and the thirtieth day of June of each year, shall make a report of the affairs and business of the savings bank for the preceding half year, showing its financial condition at the end thereof. The statement as of the thirty-first day of December shall be the annual statement of the savings bank. The superintendent of financial institutions may also require monthly reports.
(B) The superintendent, by written order mailed to the managing officer of a savings bank, may require any savings bank to submit to the superintendent within a reasonable time specified in the written order a report concerning its real estate and other assets, other than the appraisals required by section 1161.81 of the Revised Code.
(C) Any savings bank refusing or neglecting to file any report required by this section within the time specified shall forfeit one hundred dollars for every day that the default continues unless the penalty, in whole or in part, is waived by the superintendent. The superintendent may maintain an action in the name of the state to recover the forfeiture which, upon its collection, shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the savings institutions fund established under section 1181.18 of the Revised Code.
(D) Every savings bank shall maintain adequate, complete, and correct accounts and shall observe such generally accepted accounting principles and practices or generally accepted auditing standards, as the superintendent prescribes. The superintendent shall demand once a year, and at the expense of the savings bank, that its accounts be audited by an independent auditor. A copy of the audit report shall be submitted to the board of directors of the savings bank and filed, together with management's response, with the superintendent within thirty days after presentation of the completed report to the board or not later than the thirty-first day of March of the year next succeeding the year for which the audit was conducted, whichever occurs first, unless the time is extended by the superintendent.
(E) At the conclusion of the audit of a savings bank, an independent auditor shall attend a meeting at which there are present only the outside directors of the savings bank or a committee composed of and appointed by the outside directors and fully disclose at that time to those directors all audit exceptions that developed during the audit and all relevant data and information concerning the financial condition, investment practices, and other financial policies and procedures of the savings bank. The meeting shall be held at a time and place that is agreed upon by the independent auditor and the outside directors or their committee. A complete record of the proceedings of the meeting shall be kept in a minute book that is maintained solely for the purpose of keeping these records. Nothing in this division shall be construed to prevent the independent auditor from meeting at other times with inside directors, officers, or employees of the savings bank.
(F) The superintendent may prescribe a schedule for the preservation and destruction of books, records, certificates, documents, reports, correspondence, and other instruments, papers, and writings of a savings bank, even if the savings bank has been liquidated pursuant to law. A savings bank may dispose of any books, records, certificates, documents, reports, correspondence, and other instruments, papers, and writings that have been retained or preserved for the period prescribed by the superintendent pursuant to this division. The requirements of this division may be complied with by the preservation of records in the manner prescribed in section 2317.41 of the Revised Code.
Effective Date: 06-30-1999
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