If a bank’s capital is impaired, the commissioner must act quickly, the board may have to levy a special assessment on stockholders, and stockholders must pay within 30 days.
§262. Impairment of capital; special meeting; notice to restore capital; assessments against stockholders; voluntary restoration A. If the commissioner believes after examination that the capital of any bank is impaired, he shall immediately call a special meeting of its board of directors, notify them of the result of the examination and of his findings thereon, certify to the amount of the impairment of capital as of the date of the examination which revealed the impairment, and shall then direct the deficient bank to make good the impairment of its capital within sixty days. B.(1) Upon receipt of the notice and upon authorization by majority vote of the board of directors, the board shall levy a special assessment against every stockholder of record for the amount required to remedy the impairment. Notice of the assessment shall be sent by registered or certified mail to each stockholder at his place of residence as evidenced by the stockholder records of the bank. (2) Each stockholder shall have thirty days from the date the notice is sent to pay in full the amount of the assessment. If, at the expiration of the thirty days, a stockholder has failed or refused to pay the required assessment, the stockholder may not be assessed personally, but the board of directors shall declare his stock to be in default and shall proceed to sell his shares. The sale price shall not be less than the assessment levied on the stock. Upon receipt of the sale price and payment of the assessment, the excess shall be paid over to the defaulting stockholder who shall thereupon surrender his stock certificate. C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B, the state bank may raise the necessary funds by other methods with prior approval of the commissioner. D. The commissioner may suspend the certificate of authority of the bank until the capital is restored if he finds that the capital is severely impaired or that the impairment results in an unsafe and unsound condition. Acts 1984, No. 719, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 359, §1, eff. July 9, 1985.