Kansas Statutes Chapter 9. Banks and Banking; Trust Companies § 9-532. Same; authority; fee

(a) With prior approval of the commissioner: (1) Any company by virtue of acquisition of ownership or control of, or the power to vote the voting shares of, a bank or another company, may become a bank holding company; (2) any bank holding company may acquire, directly or indirectly, ownership or control of, or power to vote, any of the voting shares of, an interest in or all or substantially all of the assets of a Kansas state chartered bank or of a bank holding company that has an ownership interest in a Kansas state chartered bank.

(b) Request for approval shall be made by filing an application in such form as required by the commissioner, containing the information prescribed by K.S.A. 9-533, and amendments thereto, and by rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner.

(c) Any applicant making application under this section shall pay to the commissioner a fee in an amount established pursuant to K.S.A. 9-1726, and amendments thereto, to defray the expenses of the commissioner in the examination and investigation of the application. The commissioner shall remit all moneys received under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the bank investigation fund. The moneys in the bank investigation fund shall be used to pay the expenses of the commissioner in the examination and investigation of such applications and any unused balance shall be transferred to the bank commissioner fee fund.