Illinois § 47

Full text of Illinois Illinois Compiled Statutes § 47, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 47.

Reports to Commissioner. (a) All State banks shall make a full and accurate statement of their affairs at least 1 time during each calendar quarter which shall be certified to, under oath by the president, a vice-president or the cashier of such bank. If the statement is submitted in electronic form, the Commissioner may, in the call for the report, specify the manner in which the appropriate officer of the bank shall certify the statement of affairs. The statement shall be according to the form which may be prescribed by the Commissioner and shall exhibit in detail information concerning such bank at the close of business of any day the Commissioner may choose and designate in a call for such report. Each bank shall deliver its quarterly statement to the location specified by the Commissioner within 30 calendar days of the date of the call for such reports. If the quarterly statement is mailed, it must be postmarked within the period prescribed for delivery, and if the quarterly statement is delivered in electronic form, the bank shall generate and retain satisfactory proof that it has caused the report to be delivered within the period prescribed for delivery. (b) In addition to the foregoing reports, any bank which is the victim of a shortage of funds in excess of $10,000, an apparent misapplication of the bank's funds by an officer, employee or director, or any adverse legal action in an amount in excess of 10% of total unimpaired capital and unimpaired surplus of the bank, including but not limited to, the entry of an adverse money judgment against the bank or a write-off of assets of the bank, shall report that information in writing to the Commissioner within 7 days of the occurrence. Compliance with the time frames prescribed by the United States Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network shall be deemed compliance with this Section. Neither the bank, its directors, officers, employees or its agents, in the preparation or filing of the reports required by subsection (b) of this Section, shall be subject to any liability for libel, slander, or other charges resulting from information supplied in such reports, except when the supplying of such information is done in a corrupt or malicious manner or otherwise not in good faith. (Source: P.A. 92-483, eff. 8-23-01.)

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