Connecticut General Statutes 36a-541 – Authority of commissioner to issue license or deny application for license. Standards for renewal
(a) If the commissioner finds, upon the filing of an application for a license as a sales finance company, that the financial responsibility, character, reputation, integrity and general fitness of the applicant, the applicant’s control persons, qualified individual and any branch manager are such as to warrant belief that the business will be operated soundly and efficiently, in the public interest and consistent with the purposes of sections 36a-535 to 36a-547, inclusive, the commissioner may thereupon issue the applicant the license. If the commissioner fails to make such findings, or if the commissioner finds that the applicant has made any material misstatement in the application, the commissioner shall not issue a license, and shall notify the applicant of the denial and the reasons for such denial. The commissioner may deny an application if the commissioner finds that the applicant or the applicant’s control persons, qualified individual or any branch manager has been convicted of any misdemeanor involving any aspect of the sales finance business, or any felony. Any denial of an application by the commissioner shall, when applicable, be subject to the provisions of section 46a-80.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 36a-541
- 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
- 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
- System: means the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry, NMLS, NMLSR or such other name or acronym as may be assigned to the multistate system developed by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators and owned and operated by the State Regulatory Registry, LLC, or any successor or affiliated entity, for the licensing and registration of persons in the mortgage and other financial services industries. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
(b) The minimum standards for renewal of a sales finance license shall include the following: (1) The applicant continues to meet the minimum standards under subsection (a) of this section; (2) the applicant has paid all required fees for renewal of the license; and (3) the applicant has paid all outstanding examination fees or other moneys due to the commissioner. If the commissioner finds that requirements for license renewal set forth in this subsection are not met, the applicant’s license shall expire. The commissioner may adopt procedures for the reinstatement of expired licenses consistent with the standards established by the system.
(c) Each license shall remain in force and effect until the license has been surrendered, revoked or suspended or has expired in accordance with the provisions of sections 36a-535 to 36a-547, inclusive.