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Home » US Law » 2022 Revised Code of Washington » Title 30B - Washington Trust Institutions Act » Chapters » Chapter 30B.12 - State Trust Companies—Board of Directors, Officers, and Shareholders.

30B.12.005 – Voting securities held by state trust company.

RCW 30B.12.005 Voting securities held by state trust company. (1) Voting securities of a state trust company held by the state trust company in a fiduciary capacity under a will or trust, whether registered in its own name or in the name of its nominee, may not be voted in the election of directors or […]

30B.12.010 – Bylaws.

RCW 30B.12.010 Bylaws. (1) A state trust company shall adopt bylaws and may amend its bylaws from time to time for the purposes and in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Washington business corporation act. (2) A limited liability trust company in which management is retained by the participants is not required to […]

30B.12.020 – Board of directors, managers, or managing participants.

RCW 30B.12.020 Board of directors, managers, or managing participants. (1) The board of a state trust company must consist of not fewer than five directors, managers, or managing participants, at least two of whom shall not be officers, managers, employees, or agents of the state trust company, or otherwise in control of the state trust […]

30B.12.030 – Required board meetings.

RCW 30B.12.030 Required board meetings. The board of a state trust company shall hold at least one regular meeting each quarter. At each regular meeting the board shall review and approve the minutes of the prior meeting and review the operations, activities, and financial condition of the state trust company. The board may designate committees […]

30B.12.040 – Officers.

RCW 30B.12.040 Officers. (1) The board shall annually appoint the officers of the state trust company, who serve at the pleasure of the board. The state trust company must have a principal executive officer primarily responsible for the execution of board policies and operation of the state trust company and an officer responsible for the […]

30B.12.050 – Certain criminal offenses.

RCW 30B.12.050 Certain criminal offenses. (1) An officer, director, manager, managing participant, employee, shareholder, or participant of a state trust company commits an offense if the person knowingly: (a) Conceals information or a fact, or removes, destroys, or conceals a book or record of the state trust company for the purpose of concealing information or […]

30B.12.060 – Board’s responsibility.

RCW 30B.12.060 Board’s responsibility. The board of a state trust company is responsible for the proper exercise of fiduciary powers by the state trust company and each matter pertinent to the exercise of fiduciary powers, including: (1) The determination of policies; (2) The investment and disposition of property held in a fiduciary capacity; (3) The […]

30B.12.070 – Bonding requirements.

RCW 30B.12.070 Bonding requirements. The board of a state trust company shall require protection and indemnity for clients in reasonable amounts consistent with the bonding requirements for a state bank under RCW 30A.12.030 and as may further be established by rule adopted under this chapter, against dishonesty, fraud, defalcation, forgery, theft, and other similar insurable […]

30B.12.080 – Reports of apparent crime.

RCW 30B.12.080 Reports of apparent crime. A trust company that is the victim of a robbery, has a shortage of corporate or fiduciary funds in excess of five thousand dollars, or is the victim of an apparent or suspected misapplication of its corporate or fiduciary funds or property in any amount by a director, manager, […]

30B.12.090 – Administration of fiduciary powers.

RCW 30B.12.090 Administration of fiduciary powers. (1)(a) The board of directors is responsible for the proper exercise of fiduciary powers by the trust company. All matters pertinent thereto, including the determination of policies, the investment and disposition of property held in a fiduciary capacity, and the direction and review of the actions of all officers, […]

30B.12.100 – Audit—Fiduciary audit committee.

RCW 30B.12.100 Audit—Fiduciary audit committee. (1) A state trust company shall have a fiduciary audit committee, which shall exercise fiduciary responsibilities, administer fiduciary powers, and report to the board of directors consistent with the requirements of this section, RCW 30B.24.030, and in conformity with the contents of the state trust company’s written statement of principles […]

30B.12.110 – Shareholders—Actions authorized without meetings—Written consent.

RCW 30B.12.110 Shareholders—Actions authorized without meetings—Written consent. (1) Any action required by this title to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders of a state trust company, or any action that may be taken at a meeting of such shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the […]

30B.12.140 – Fidelity bonds—Liability insurance—Additional insurance—Authority of director.

RCW 30B.12.140 Fidelity bonds—Liability insurance—Additional insurance—Authority of director. (1) Except as otherwise permitted by the director under specified terms and conditions, the board of directors of a state trust company shall direct and require good and sufficient fidelity bonds and liability insurance, issued by a company authorized to engage in the insurance business in the […]