Ohio Code § 1121.05

§ 1121.05.

(A) Notwithstanding any provisions of the Revised Code, except as provided in division

(E) of this section, the superintendent of financial institutions shall, by rule,

grant state banks and trust companies doing business under authority granted by the

superintendent any right, power, privilege, or benefit possessed, by virtue of statute,

rule, regulation, interpretation, or judicial decision, by any of the following: (1) Banks and trust companies doing business under authority granted by the office of

the comptroller of the currency or the bank regulatory authority of any other state

of the United States; (2) Savings associations doing business under authority granted by the office of the

comptroller of the currency or the savings and loan association regulatory authority

of any other state of the United States; (3) Savings banks doing business under authority granted by the savings bank regulatory

authority of any other state of the United States; (4) Credit unions doing business under authority granted by the superintendent of financial

institutions, the national credit union administration, or the credit union regulatory

authority of any other state of the United States; (5) Any other banks, savings associations, or credit unions with a principal place of

business in the United States doing business under authority granted under laws of

the United States; (6) Any other persons engaging in the business of banking, offering financial products

and services, soliciting or accepting deposits, lending money, or buying or selling

bullion, bills of exchange, notes, bonds, stocks, or other evidences of indebtedness

whether through an office or other place of business in this state or via the internet,

advertising, or other form of solicitation; (7) Small business investment companies licensed under the “Small Business Investment

Company Act of 1958,” 72 Stat. 689, 15 U.S.C. 661 , as amended; (8) Persons chartered under the “Farm Credit Act of 1933,” 48 Stat. 257, 12 U.S.C. 1131(d) , as amended. (B) The superintendent shall adopt rules authorized by division (A) of this section in

accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code . (C) A rule adopted by the superintendent pursuant to the authority of this section becomes

effective on the later of the following dates: (1) The date the superintendent issues the rule; (2) The date the statute, rule, regulation, interpretation, or judicial decision the

superintendent's rule is based on becomes effective. (D)(1) The superintendent may, upon thirty days' written notice, revoke any rule adopted

under the authority of this section.  A rule adopted under the authority of this section, and not revoked by the superintendent,

enacted into law, or adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code,

lapses and has no further force and effect thirty months after its effective date;

 however, the superintendent may adopt the rule under section 111.15 of the Revised Code pursuant to this section for an additional thirty-month period. (2) The superintendent may require a state bank or trust company that has acted in reliance

on a rule adopted and later revoked or lapsed under the authority of this section

to bring its affected activities in compliance with the law.  Unless the activities will or may result in harm to the bank or trust company as

determined by the superintendent, the bank or trust company shall be granted a reasonable

period of time of not less than one year nor more than two years from the date the

rule is revoked or lapsed, to bring its affected activities in compliance with the

law.  The superintendent may, upon the written request of a state bank or trust company,

grant the bank or trust company a longer period of time in which to bring its affected

activities in compliance with the law. (E) The superintendent shall not adopt any rule dealing with interest rates charged under

the authority of this section.