§ 81-1-123. Director, officer or employee violation; civil penalty.
(1) Any person, whether a director, officer or employee, who is found to have violated any provision of Chapters 1 through 9, Title 81, Mississippi Code of 1972, whether willfully, or as a result of gross negligence, gross incompetency or recklessness, may be ordered to pay a civil penalty not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per violation. Any person who is found to have violated or failed to comply with any cease and desist order issued under the authority of this chapter may be ordered to pay a civil penalty not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per violation for each day that the violation or failure to comply continues.
(2) To enforce the provisions of this section, the commissioner is authorized to assess such penalty, to appear in a court of competent jurisdiction and to move the court to order payment of the penalty. Prior to the assessment of the penalty, a hearing shall be held by the commissioner.
(3) Nothing in this section shall prevent anyone damaged by a director, officer or employee of a state bank from bringing a separate cause of action in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Sources: Laws, 1996, ch. 400, § 3; brought forward, Laws, 1997, ch. 497, § 36; brought forward, Laws, 2001, ch. 410, § 36, eff from and after July 1, 2001.
§ 81-1-123. Director, officer or employee violation; civil penalty.
(1) Any person, whether a director, officer or employee, who is found to have violated any provision of Chapters 1 through 9, Title 81, Mississippi Code of 1972, whether willfully, or as a result of gross negligence, gross incompetency or recklessness, may be ordered to pay a civil penalty not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per violation. Any person who is found to have violated or failed to comply with any cease and desist order issued under the authority of this chapter may be ordered to pay a civil penalty not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per violation for each day that the violation or failure to comply continues.
(2) To enforce the provisions of this section, the commissioner is authorized to assess such penalty, to appear in a court of competent jurisdiction and to move the court to order payment of the penalty. Prior to the assessment of the penalty, a hearing shall be held by the commissioner.
(3) Nothing in this section shall prevent anyone damaged by a director, officer or employee of a state bank from bringing a separate cause of action in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Sources: Laws, 1996, ch. 400, § 3; brought forward, Laws, 1997, ch. 497, § 36; brought forward, Laws, 2001, ch. 410, § 36, eff from and after July 1, 2001.
§ 81-1-123. Director, officer or employee violation; civil penalty.
(1) Any person, whether a director, officer or employee, who is found to have violated any provision of Chapters 1 through 9, Title 81, Mississippi Code of 1972, whether willfully, or as a result of gross negligence, gross incompetency or recklessness, may be ordered to pay a civil penalty not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per violation. Any person who is found to have violated or failed to comply with any cease and desist order issued under the authority of this chapter may be ordered to pay a civil penalty not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per violation for each day that the violation or failure to comply continues.
(2) To enforce the provisions of this section, the commissioner is authorized to assess such penalty, to appear in a court of competent jurisdiction and to move the court to order payment of the penalty. Prior to the assessment of the penalty, a hearing shall be held by the commissioner.
(3) Nothing in this section shall prevent anyone damaged by a director, officer or employee of a state bank from bringing a separate cause of action in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Sources: Laws, 1996, ch. 400, § 3; brought forward, Laws, 1997, ch. 497, § 36; brought forward, Laws, 2001, ch. 410, § 36, eff from and after July 1, 2001.
