Connecticut General Statutes 36a-11 – Appointment and restrictions
(a) In accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive, the Governor shall appoint the commissioner who shall hold office for four years from the first day of March in the year of the commissioner’s appointment. The Governor may remove the commissioner for cause. Except as otherwise provided, the commissioner shall not while holding such office be an officer, an employee, or a director, of any federal bank, federal credit union, out-of-state bank, out-of-state credit union, holding company that has a wholly-owned subsidiary that is a capital stock Connecticut bank, or any person subject to the commissioner’s general supervision, nor shall the commissioner have any financial interest in any such person, or engage or be interested in the sale of securities or in the negotiation of loans for others as a business. The commissioner shall not, while holding such office, be directly or contingently indebted to any Connecticut bank, or Connecticut credit union, or any person licensed under parts I and III of chapter 668, provided this prohibition shall not extend to indebtedness to such persons resulting from the sale of the debt by the original lender. Any such person to whom a commissioner is or becomes so indebted in violation of this section shall give immediate notice thereof to the Governor. The commissioner may maintain an account with any person.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 36a-11
- Bank: means a Connecticut bank or a federal bank. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Capital stock: when used in conjunction with any bank or out-of-state bank means a bank or out-of-state bank that is authorized to accumulate funds through the issuance of its capital stock. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Commissioner: means the Banking Commissioner and, with respect to any function of the commissioner, includes any person authorized or designated by the commissioner to carry out that function. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Company: means any corporation, joint stock company, trust, association, partnership, limited partnership, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or similar organization, but does not include (A) any corporation the majority of the shares of which are owned by the United States or by any state, or (B) any trust which by its terms shall terminate within twenty-five years or not later than twenty-one years and ten months after the death of beneficiaries living on the effective date of the trust. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Connecticut bank: means a bank and trust company, savings bank or savings and loan association chartered or organized under the laws of this state. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Connecticut credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit financial institution that (A) is organized under chapter 667 and the membership of which is limited as provided in section 36a-438a, (B) operates for the benefit and general welfare of its members with the earnings, benefits or services offered being distributed to or retained for its members, and (C) is governed by a volunteer board of directors elected by and from its membership. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Control: has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 1841(a), as amended from time to time. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Director: means a member of the governing board of a financial institution. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Federal bank: means a national banking association, federal savings bank or federal savings and loan association having its principal office in this state. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Federal credit union: means any institution chartered or organized as a federal credit union pursuant to the laws of the United States having its principal office in this state. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Holding company: means a bank holding company or a savings and loan holding company, except, as used in sections 36a-180 to 36a-191, inclusive, "holding company" means a company that controls a bank. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Mutual: when used in conjunction with any institution that is a bank or out-of-state bank means any such institution without capital stock. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Out-of-state: includes any state other than Connecticut and any foreign country. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Out-of-state bank: means any institution that engages in the business of banking, but does not include a bank, Connecticut credit union, federal credit union or out-of-state credit union. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Out-of-state credit union: means any credit union other than a Connecticut credit union or a federal credit union. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Person: means an individual, company, including a company described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subdivision (12) of this section, or any other legal entity, including a federal, state or municipal government or agency or any political subdivision thereof. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Subsidiary: has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 1841(d), as amended from time to time. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner while holding office may have an indirect financial interest in any federal bank, federal credit union, out-of-state bank, out-of-state credit union, holding company that has a wholly-owned subsidiary that is a capital stock Connecticut bank, or any person subject to the commissioner’s general supervision, which indirect interest arises through ownership of or beneficial interest in any investment in which the commissioner does not control the securities that are held in the portfolio, including a pension fund, mutual fund, deferred compensation plan, or similar investment.
(c) For purposes of this section, any financial interest of the spouse of the commissioner or the dependent children residing with the commissioner shall be considered a financial interest of the commissioner.