(a) The commissioner has authority, in accordance with chapter 54, to adopt such regulations and issue such orders as may be necessary to properly administer sections 36a-180 to 36a-191, inclusive, including the authority in accordance with section 36a-52 to order a holding company to cease and desist from engaging in any activity which constitutes a serious risk to the financial safety, soundness or stability of its subsidiary bank or is inconsistent with sound banking principles or the provisions of sections 36a-180 to 36a-191, inclusive.

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 36a-187

  • Bank: means a Connecticut bank or a federal bank. 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
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.

(b) The commissioner may enforce the provisions of sections 36a-180 to 36a-191, inclusive, and any regulation adopted or order issued under said sections by application for appropriate relief to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford, which court is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction over such proceedings, subject to any other provisions of the laws of the United States with respect to venue.