Section 36a-563 - (Formerly Sec. 36-233). Application for small loan license(a) An application for a small loan license shall be made and processed on the system pursuant to section 36a-24b, in the form prescribed by the commissioner on the system. Each such form shall contain content as set forth by instruction or procedure of the commissioner and may be changed or updated as necessary by the commissioner in order to carry out the purpose of sections 36a-555 to 36a-573, inclusive. The applicant shall, at a minimum, furnish to the system, in a form prescribed by the system, information concerning the identity of the applicant and any control person of the applicant, the qualified individual and any branch manager, including personal history and experience in a form prescribed by the system and information related to any administrative, civil or criminal findings by any governmental jurisdiction. The commissioner, in accordance with section 29-17a, may conduct a state and national criminal history records check of the applicant and its control persons, qualified individual and branch manager, and, in accordance with section 36a-24b, may require the submission of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other state, national or international criminal databases and may require control persons, qualified individuals and branch managers to furnish authorization for the system and the commissioner to obtain an independent credit report from a consumer reporting agency described in Section 603(p) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 USC 1681a, as amended from time to time. Applicants may also be required to upload on the system an audited financial statement prepared by a certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles dated not later than ninety days after the end of the applicant's fiscal year. Such financial statement shall include a balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows and all relevant notes thereto. If the applicant is a start-up company, only an initial statement of condition shall be required.(b) The commissioner may deem an application for a small loan license abandoned if the applicant fails to respond to any request for information required under sections 36a-555 to 36a-573, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 36a-573. The commissioner shall notify the applicant on the system that if such information is not submitted on or before sixty days after the date of such request, the application shall be deemed abandoned. An application filing fee paid prior to the date an application is deemed abandoned pursuant to this subsection shall not be refunded. Abandonment of an application pursuant to this subsection shall not preclude the applicant from submitting a new application for a license under sections 36a-555 to 36a-573, inclusive.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 36a-563
(1949 Rev., S. 5949; 1949, S. 2762d; 1957, P.A. 439, S. 3; 1963, P.A. 175, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 242, S. 2, 3; P.A. 73-419; P.A. 75-99, S. 1-4, 6; P.A. 77-129, S. 2-5; P.A. 80-45, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-102, S. 1-3; P.A. 83-358, S. 1, 2; P.A. 92-12, S. 68; P.A. 97-13, S. 2; P.A. 00-164, S. 1; P.A. 07-217, S. 153, 154; P.A. 15-235, S. 18; P.A. 16-65, S. 27.)
Amended by P.A. 16-0065, S. 27 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2016 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2016.Amended by P.A. 15-0235, S. 18 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Regular Session, eff. 8/1/2015. Annotations to former section 36-233: Under former statute which applied to loans not exceeding $300, loan violates section and is void where it results in accommodation comaker becoming obligated for more than $300. 109 Conn. 116. Cited. 115 C. 104; 120 C. 155. Provision in chattel mortgage for attorney's fees in case of reclamation will render note void. Id., 193. Effect of receipt showing more than 3% interest was charged. 124 C. 349. Where no security was in fact given, erroneous printed statement as to security was not fatal. Id., 353. Cited. 149 C. 159; 201 C. 89.