51A-6A-17. Persons convicted of certain crimes ineligible to serve as board member, officer, or key employee--Civil penalty--Criminal background investigation.
Except with the written consent of the director, no person may serve as a board member, officer, or key employee of a trust company who has been convicted of any felony or any crime involving fraud, dishonesty, or a breach of trust. Any trust company who willfully violates this prohibition is subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars for each day the violation continues. A civil penalty imposed pursuant to this section for a single violation may not exceed fifty thousand dollars. Any civil penalty imposed by the director under this section is subject to review by the commission in accordance with chapter 1-26.
As part of any application to obtain authority to transact business as a private trust company, the applicant shall obtain and provide for each proposed incorporator, organizer, board member, manager, officer, and key employee of the proposed company, as applicable, the results of an independent criminal background investigation acceptable to the director, and independent credit report from a consumer reporting agency as described in 15 U.S.C. 1681a(p) as of January 1, 2010, and a report of ongoing or pending litigation.
As part of any application to obtain authority to transact trust company business as a public trust company, each proposed incorporator, organizer, board member, manager, officer, and key employee, as applicable, shall submit to a state and federal criminal background investigation by means of fingerprint checks by the Division of Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon application, the division shall submit completed fingerprint cards to the Division of Criminal Investigation for purposes of conducting both the state and federal criminal background investigation. Upon completion of the criminal background check, the Division of Criminal Investigation shall forward to the division all information obtained as a result of the criminal background investigation. For any person described above who is not a citizen of the United States, the director may conduct an international background investigation or require the applicant or person to obtain and provide the results of an international background investigation acceptable to the director. The applicant shall also obtain and provide the results of an independent credit report from a consumer reporting agency as described in 15 U.S.C. 1681a(p) as of January 1, 2010, and a report of ongoing or pending litigation for each person as described above.
Prior to beginning employment with any trust company, each potential director, manager, member, officer, or key employee shall undergo the same investigation process as required above for new applicants. At the discretion of the director, any person subject to the requirements of this section may enter into service on a temporary basis pending receipt of results from the criminal background investigation. For purposes of this section, a key employee does not include an employee whose primary responsibilities are limited to clerical or support duties, and officer does not include any person who is not involved in the ongoing policy making or management of the trust company.
Any trust company shall immediately notify the division of any material change in the background of any person subject to the background investigation process as described above.
The division may require a fingerprint-based state, federal, and international criminal background investigation, as applicable, for any director, officer, or employee, who is the subject of an investigation by the division. Failure to submit to or cooperate with the criminal background investigation is grounds for the denial of an application or may result in the revocation of a trust company's authority to transact trust company business.
The applicant or trust company, as the case may be, shall pay any fees or costs associated with the fingerprinting, background investigations, or reports required by this section. A person who has undergone a state, federal, or international background investigation required by this section, may, at the discretion of the director, be allowed to fulfill this requirement for future trust company employment by sworn affidavit stating that there have been no material changes to the person's background.
Source: SL 1995, ch 268, §15; SL 2010, ch 232, §19; SL 2012, ch 252, §16; SL 2013, ch 239, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 06A - Creation Of Trust Companies
Section 51A-6A-1 - Definitions.
Section 51A-6A-2 - Confidential information.
Section 51A-6A-3 - "Community" defined.
Section 51A-6A-4 - Application for incorporation--Approval procedure--Emergency procedure.
Section 51A-6A-5 - Considerations in ruling on application-Proceedings on application.
Section 51A-6A-6 - Application fee.
Section 51A-6A-7.1 - Corporation laws applied.
Section 51A-6A-8 - Amendment of articles--Extension of existence.
Section 51A-6A-9 - Starting date of trust company existence--Commencement of business.
Section 51A-6A-10 - Statement of payment of capital--Certificate of organization.
Section 51A-6A-11 - Authority to transact business required--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 51A-6A-11.2 - Office space requirements.
Section 51A-6A-11.3 - Approval of other office space requirements.
Section 51A-6A-12 - List of owners--Annual submission to director--Verification of list.
Section 51A-6A-13 - Governing board--Membership--Election--Vacancies.
Section 51A-6A-14 - Officers of governing board--Bond required.
Section 51A-6A-15 - Meetings of governing board--Examination and audit of books and records.
Section 51A-6A-16 - Oath of board members.
Section 51A-6A-20 - Payment of subscriptions--Reduction of common stock.
Section 51A-6A-21 - Transferring stock and ownership units.
Section 51A-6A-22 - Increasing capital stock or ownership units.
Section 51A-6A-23 - Registration of capital stock or ownership units.
Section 51A-6A-24 - Issuance and retirement of preferred stock.
Section 51A-6A-25 - Rights and liability of preferred stockholders--Dividends.
Section 51A-6A-26 - Issuance of convertible or nonconvertible capital notes or debentures.
Section 51A-6A-27 - Dividends not permitted from required capital.
Section 51A-6A-28 - Dividends from undivided profits or surplus.
Section 51A-6A-29 - Powers of trust company.
Section 51A-6A-29.1 - Permissible business of trust companies.
Section 51A-6A-33 - Examination expenses paid by trust companies--Fees.
Section 51A-6A-37 - Revocation of franchise for failure to comply with lawful requirements.
Section 51A-6A-38 - Hearing on revocation of trust authority.
Section 51A-6A-39 - Confidentiality of information generated by examination--Disclosure--Hearing.
Section 51A-6A-41 - Insolvency defined.
Section 51A-6A-43 - Plan for reorganization of insolvent trust company.
Section 51A-6A-44 - Appointment of receiver--Bond--Qualifications--Report--Removal.
Section 51A-6A-45 - Powers and duties of receiver--Order of payment of liabilities.
Section 51A-6A-45.1 - Liability of receiver.
Section 51A-6A-46 - Periodic examination of trust company in the hands of a receiver.
Section 51A-6A-46.2 - Disclosure of confidential information in certain actions.
Section 51A-6A-48 - Contents of notice of proposed acquisition.
Section 51A-6A-49 - Reason for disapproval of acquisition.
Section 51A-6A-51 - Necessity of execution or delivery of deed for merger or consolidation.
Section 51A-6A-52 - Fiduciary capacity of successor trust company.
Section 51A-6A-53 - Name of trust company--Name change.
Section 51A-6A-58 - Establishment of trust service offices--Application.
Section 51A-6A-61 - Membership in federal reserve bank.
Section 51A-6A-62 - Depositing securities into federal reserve bank.
Section 51A-6A-63 - Registering investments in name of nominee--Liability of trust company.
Section 51A-6A-64 - Common trust funds and collective investment funds.
Section 51A-6A-67 - Trust company receivership and liquidation captive insurance company fund.