New Jersey Statutes 45:15-12.4. Revocation of partnership, corporate license
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:15-12.4
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
22. Upon the revocation of the license issued to any partner, officer, director or owner of a controlling interest in any licensed partnership, limited partnership or corporation, the commission shall revoke the license of the partnership or corporation unless, within a period fixed by the commission, the following conditions are fulfilled: a. in the case of a partnership, the connection of the partner whose license has been revoked to the licensee shall be severed and his interest in the licensee shall be divested; b. in the case of a corporation, the officer, director or owner of a controlling interest whose license has been revoked shall be terminated from the position and, where an owner of a controlling interest, his ownership of the interest shall be divested; or c. in the case of a limited partnership, if the person whose license has been revoked is the general partner, the connection of that person to the licensee shall be severed and his interest in the licensee shall be divested or, if the person whose license was revoked is a limited partner, his interest in the licensee shall be divested if it constituted a controlling interest as defined herein. For the purposes of this section, the term “controlling interest” means 5% or more of the equity of a licensed corporation or of the ownership of a partnership.
L.1993,c.51,s.22.