2011 California Code
Corporations Code
TITLE 4. SECURITIES [25000 - 31516]
CHAPTER 8. Acquisition of Control
Section 28552
(a) For purposes of Section 28551, the commissioner may find:
(1) That an applicant or a director or officer of an applicant is not of good character if the person has been convicted of, or has pleaded nolo contendere to, a crime involving fraud or dishonesty.
(2) That an applicant s plan to make a major change in the management of a licensee is detrimental to the safety and soundness of the licensee or the accredited investors of the licensee and to the public convenience and advantage if the plan provides for a person who has been convicted of, or has pleaded nolo contendere to, a crime involving fraud or dishonesty to become a director or officer of the licensee.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall not be deemed to be the only grounds upon which the commissioner may find, for purposes of Section 28551, that an applicant or a director or officer of an applicant is not of good character or that an applicant s plan to make a major change in the management of a licensee is detrimental to the safety and soundness of a licensee or to the accredited investors of the licensee, or to the public convenience and advantage.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 668, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999. Operative July 1, 1999, by Sec. 4 of Ch. 668.)
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