Connecticut General Statutes 32-533 – Exemption from regulation for exempt insurers, banking companies and investment companies. Fee and charges
(a) Exempt insurers shall not generally be subject to regulation by the Insurance Department and exempt banking companies and exempt investment companies shall not generally be subject to regulation by the Department of Banking, except that each exempt company shall, no later than March thirty-first of each year, file a certificate with the appropriate department, containing: (1) The full name and address of the company and each of the officers and directors thereof; (2) a statement that the company has a net worth which is adequate for the applicant to transact business; (3) a statement that each director and officer of the exempt company is of good character, competent to perform his functions with respect to the exempt company and collectively adequate to manage the business; (4) a statement that the company is transacting its business in a safe and sound manner and shall maintain itself in a safe and sound condition; (5) a statement that the company was engaged during the most recent fiscal year completed, and is engaging in the current fiscal year, only in exempt activities; (6) financial statements for the exempt company, including a balance sheet, a statement of income or loss, a statement of changes in capital accounts and a statement of changes in financial position, for or as of the end of such fiscal year, which have been audited by and contain an unqualified opinion from an independent certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (7) a diagram disclosing the exact ownership structure of the exempt company, including all direct, intermediate and ultimate owners of the company, whether owned individually, in partnership or through another entity, provided an exempt mutual fund investment company shall not be required to disclose its owners but shall disclose the ownership of the exempt mutual fund investment management companies who perform services for it; and (8) a statement that the exempt company has engaged, and in the future shall engage, only in exempt activities unless and until election to revoke is filed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of section 32-532. Such certificate shall be in writing and certified as substantially correct by the president, vice-president or managing director, attested to by the secretary or the assistant secretary and shall be on a form prescribed by the appropriate departments.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 32-533
- another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
(b) Each exempt company shall, no later than the date on which it is required to file the annual certificate required under subsection (a) of this section, pay to the appropriate department a nonrefundable fee of one thousand dollars to be used for processing the annual certificate. The Banking Commissioner and the Insurance Commissioner, as appropriate, may retain legal, financial and examination services, the reasonable cost of which may be charged against the exempt company, upon determination of any such commissioner, in such commissioner’s discretion, that such services are necessary to confirm that the exempt company is engaging only in exempt activities and complies with the “Code of Conduct for Financial Institutions to Assist in the Detection and Disclosure of Information with Respect to the Criminal Use of the Systems Operated by Financial Institutions (Money Laundering)”.