FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION WASHINGTON, D.C. AND STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION DIVISION OF BANKING SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

AND

STATE OF ILLINOIS

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

DIVISION OF BANKING

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

 

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In the Matter of	)	STIPULATION AND CONSENT
	)	TO THE ISSUANCE OF A
NORSTATES BANK	)	CONSENT ORDER
WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS	)
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(Illinois Chartered	)	FDIC-10-116b
Insured Nonmember Bank)	)	DB NO. 2010-DB-33
	)

Subject to the acceptance of this STIPULATION AND CONSENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF A CONSENT ORDER ("STIPULATION") by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") and Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking (“Division”) it is hereby stipulated and agreed by and among representatives of the FDIC, Division, and NorStates Bank, Waukegan, Illinois, (“Bank”) as follows:

1.           The Bank has been advised of its right to receive a NOTICE OF CHARGES AND OF HEARING ("NOTICE") detailing the

 

 

alleged unsafe or unsound banking practices and violations of law, rule or regulation alleged to have been committed by the Bank, and of its right to a hearing on the charges under Section 8(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ("Act"), 12 U.S.C. § 1818(b), and under 38 Ill. Adm. Code, Section 392 et seq., and Section 3-103 of the Illinois Administrative Review Act, 735 ILCS 5/3-103, regarding hearings before the Division, and has knowingly waived those rights;

2.           The Bank, solely for the purpose of this proceeding and without admitting or denying any of the alleged charges of unsafe or unsound banking practices or violations of law, rule or regulation, hereby consents and agrees to the issuance of a CONSENT ORDER ("ORDER") by the FDIC and the Division;

3.           The Bank further stipulates and agrees that such ORDER shall be deemed to be a consent order which has become final and unappealable, and that the ORDER shall become effective upon the date of issuance by the FDIC and the Division and fully enforceable by the FDIC and the Division pursuant to the provisions Section 8(i) of the Act, 12 U.S.C. § 1818(i), and Section 48(6)of the Illinois Banking Act, 205 ILCS 5/48 (6)(the “Illinois Act”), respectively, subject only to the conditions set forth in

 

 

paragraph 4 of this STIPULATION;

4.           In the event the FDIC and the Division accept this STIPULATION and issue the ORDER, it is agreed that no action to enforce the ORDER will be taken by the FDIC in the United States District Court or the appropriate Federal Circuit Court, or by the Division in the appropriate State Circuit Court, unless the Bank, any of its institution-affiliated parties, as that term is defined in Section 3(u) of the Act, 12 U.S.C.§ 1813(u), or any of its successors or assigns, has violated or is about to violate any provision of the ORDER;

5.    The Bank hereby waives:

(a)    The receipt of a NOTICE;

(b)           All defenses and counterclaims of any kind to this proceeding;

(c)   A hearing for the purpose of taking evidence on the allegations in the NOTICE;

(e)           A recommended decision of an Administrative Law Judge; and

(f)           Exceptions and briefs with respect to such recommended decision.

Dated this 9th day of April, 2010.