Section 501.

(a) Whenever, in the judgment of the commissioner, it is necessary or advisable to make an extra examination of or to devote any extraordinary attention to any bank, any foreign bank, or any office of a foreign bank, he or she has the authority to do so and to charge and collect from the bank or foreign bank, in the case of an extra examination, an amount not exceeding seventy-five dollars ($75) per hour for each examiner engaged in the examination and, in the case of extraordinary attention, an amount not exceeding the department's expenses in providing the extraordinary attention, including, but not limited to, compensation of employees.

(b) Whenever in the judgment of the commissioner it is necessary or expedient for any examiner engaged in any examination to travel outside this state, the commissioner may charge for the travel expenses of the examiner.

(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2012.)