Bill Text: MS HB943 | 2026 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Commissioner of Banking and Consumer Finance; delete repealer on authority to join certain examinations with the Federal Reserve Bank.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2026-03-03 - Died In Committee [HB943 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2026-HB943-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2026 Regular Session
To: Banking and Financial Services
By: Representative Shanks
House Bill 943
(As Passed the House)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 81-1-81, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE REPEALER ON THE PROVISION OF LAW AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING AND CONSUMER FINANCE TO JOIN AN EXAMINATION OR ISSUE A JOINT REPORT OF EXAMINATION WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CERTAIN BANK HOLDING COMPANIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 81-1-81, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
81-1-81. (1) It shall be
the duty of the commissioner to apportion the work of examining banks among the
examiners in such a way that each bank, under the provisions of law, shall be
examined at least once during an eighteen-month period and more often, if
necessary, in the discretion of the commissioner, at irregular intervals and
without prior notice. However, neither the commissioner nor any examiner shall
examine one (1) bank twice in succession unless the commissioner, for cause, so
determines. In the event the commissioner's office, because of workload or
other good sufficient cause, is unable to conduct an examination of a bank as
provided for in this section, the commissioner is * * * authorized to accept the examination of
any state bank performed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the
Federal Reserve Bank in lieu of the examination provided for in this section.
However, in no case shall the commissioner be authorized to accept any such
examination of any state bank performed by either the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or the Federal Reserve Bank for any two (2) consecutive eighteen-month
periods.
(2) The commissioner may
join an examination and/or issue a joint report of examination with the Federal
Reserve Bank of any bank holding company, including any foreign-owned bank
holding company, with more than One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00) in
assets that owns a Mississippi state-chartered bank. The commissioner shall
not perform an examination independent of the Federal Reserve Bank. The
commissioner may accept any examination report of a bank holding company
performed solely by the Federal Reserve Bank in lieu of conducting a joint
examination. Further, the commissioner may join in related supervisory orders
issued by the Federal Reserve Bank. There shall be no cost to a bank or a bank
holding company as a result of the commissioner's participation in a joint
examination of a bank holding company as authorized by this subsection. * * *
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2026.
