KANSAS STATUTES AND CODES

9-1712. Examination records of commissioner confidential; disclosure, when, procedure.

9-1712

Chapter 9.--BANKS AND BANKING; TRUST COMPANIES Article 17.--BANKING CODE; SUPERVISION; COMMISSIONER

9-1712. Examination records of commissioner confidential; disclosure, when, procedure. (a) All information the state bank commissioner generates in making an investigation or examination of a state bank or trust company shall be confidential information.

(b) All confidential information shall be the property of the state of Kansas and shall not be subject to disclosure except upon the written approval of the state bank commissioner.

(c) The commissioner shall give 10 days prior written notice of intent to disclose confidential information to the affected bank or trust company, except that, such confidential information shall not apply to reports filed pursuant to K.S.A. 9-2014, and amendments thereto.

(d) Any bank or trust company receiving notice as provided in subsection (c), may object to the disclosure of the confidential information and shall be afforded the right to a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.

(e) As used in this section, "information" means, but is not limited to, all documents, oral and written communication and all electronic data.

(f) Any person who violates this section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

History: L. 1947, ch. 102, § 99; L. 1987, ch. 54, § 8; L. 1990, ch. 62, § 1; July 1.