2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 36a - The Banking Law of Connecticut
Chapter 668 - Nondepository Financial Institutions
Section 36a-601 - (Formerly Sec. 36-537). Renewal of license. Automatic suspension of renewal license. Notice. Opportunity for hearing.
(a) The minimum standards for renewal of a license shall include the following: (1) The applicant continues to meet the minimum standards under section 36a-600; (2) the applicant has paid all required fees for renewal of the license; and (3) the applicant has paid any outstanding examination fees or other moneys due to the commissioner. The license of a money transmitter failing to satisfy the minimum standards for license renewal shall expire. The commissioner may adopt procedures for the reinstatement of expired licenses consistent with the standards established by the system.
(b) In accordance with section 36a-24b, the commissioner may automatically suspend any license if such person receives a deficiency on the system indicating that a required payment was Returned-ACH or returned pursuant to any other term as may be utilized by the system to indicate that payment was not accepted. After a license has been automatically suspended pursuant to this subsection, the commissioner shall (1) give the licensee notice of the automatic suspension pending proceedings for revocation or refusal to renew pursuant to section 36a-608 and an opportunity for a hearing on such action in accordance with section 36a-51, and (2) require the licensee to take or refrain from taking such action as the commissioner deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 81-264, S. 8; P.A. 94-122, S. 279, 340; P.A. 01-56, S. 8; P.A. 04-14, S. 6; P.A. 06-35, S. 8; P.A. 13-253, S. 7; P.A. 18-173, S. 54.)
History: P.A. 94-122 made technical changes, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-537 transferred to Sec. 36a-601 in 1995; P.A. 01-56 added reference to Sec. 36a-598(9) and eliminated fee for investigation associated with renewal; P.A. 04-14 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), making a technical change therein, and added new Subsec. (b) requiring commissioner to automatically suspend renewal license if commissioner determines that a check filed to pay an investigation or license fee has been dishonored and requiring commissioner to give notice of the automatic suspension pending proceedings for refusal to renew such license and an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with Sec. 36a-51; P.A. 06-35 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that license may be renewed for ensuing twenty-four-month period, rather than twelve-month period, to delete reference to information required by Sec. 36a-598 (a)(6) to (9), to require that renewal application be filed on or before September first of year in which license expires, or in the case of license that expires on June 30, 2007, on or before June 1, 2007, to provide that renewal application filed after September first, or in the case of license that expires on June 30, 2007, after June 1, 2007, shall be accompanied by $100 late fee and that any such filing shall be deemed timely and sufficient for purposes of Sec. 4-182(b), and to substitute reference to the date “the license expires” for the date “the commissioner has specified”; P.A. 13-253 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting references to application for license that expires on June 30, 2007, and changing “original” to “initial” and amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to a check made by ACH that has been returned; P.A. 18-173 substantially amended Subsec. (a) by replacing provisions re application for license renewal with provisions re minimum standards for license renewal and commissioner's authority to adopt procedures for reinstatement of expired licenses, substantially amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provisions check for license fee dishonored and automatic suspension of license with provisions re same.
