TCA § 45-2-1408 — Examinations — Periodic reports — Cooperative agreements — Assessment of fees

To the extent consistent with subsection (c), the commissioner may make the examinations of any branch established and maintained in this state pursuant to this part by an out-of-state state bank that the commissioner deems necessary to determine whether the branch is being operated in compliance with the laws of this state and in accordance with safe and sound banking practices. The commissioner may also participate in examinations of out-of-state state banks that have branches located in Tennessee. The applicable provisions of § 45-2-1602 shall apply to the examinations. The commissioner may prescribe requirements for periodic reports regarding any out-of-state bank that operates a branch in Tennessee pursuant to this part. The required reports shall be provided by the bank or may be provided by the bank supervisory agency having primary responsibility for the bank. The commissioner may enter into cooperative, coordinating and information-sharing agreements with any other bank supervisory agencies or any organization affiliated with or representing one (1) or more bank supervisory agencies with respect to the periodic examination or other supervision of any branch in Tennessee of an out-of-state state bank, or any branch of a Tennessee state bank in any host state, and the commissioner may accept the parties' reports of examination and reports of investigation in lieu of conducting the commissioner's own examinations or investigations. The commissioner may enter into contracts with any bank supervisory agency that has concurrent jurisdiction over a Tennessee state bank or an out-of-state state bank operating a branch in this state pursuant to this part to engage the services of the agency's examiners at a reasonable rate of compensation, or to provide the services of the commissioner's examiners to the agency at a reasonable rate of compensation to be paid by either the other bank supervisory agency or by the out-of-state state bank. The contract shall be deemed a sole source contract under Tennessee law. The commissioner may enter into joint examinations or joint enforcement actions with other bank supervisory agencies having concurrent jurisdiction over any branch in Tennessee of an out-of-state state bank or any branch of a Tennessee state bank in any host state; provided, that the commissioner may at any time take such actions independently if the commissioner deems the actions to be necessary or appropriate to carry out the commissioner's responsibilities under this part or to ensure compliance with the laws of this state. Each out-of-state state bank that maintains one (1) or more branches in this state may be assessed and, if assessed, shall pay supervisory and examination fees in accordance with the laws of this state and regulations of the commissioner. The fees, as well as a portion of the banking fee assessed on a Tennessee state bank that maintains one (1) or more branches in other states, may be shared with other bank supervisory agencies or any organization affiliated with or representing one (1) or more bank supervisory agencies in accordance with agreements between the parties and the commissioner. In order to encourage the effective coordination and implementation of home state laws and host state laws with respect to interstate branching, the commissioner has the authority and the discretion to determine the applicability of Tennessee laws that are within the commissioner's regulatory authority as conferred by law to the operation of branches in Tennessee by out-of-state state banks.