Section 36a-566 - (Formerly Sec. 36-234). License not assignable or transferable. Use of name. Change in control person, name or place of business. Automatic suspension of license(a) No license issued under section 36a-556 shall be assignable or transferable. Any change in any control person of the licensee, except a change of a director, general partner or executive officer that is not the result of an acquisition or change of control of the licensee, shall be the subject of an advance change notice filed on the system at least thirty days prior to the effective date of such change and no such change shall occur without the commissioner's approval. For purposes of this section, "change of control" means any change causing the majority ownership, voting rights or control of a licensee to be held by a different control person or group of control persons.(b) No licensee may use any name other than its legal name or a fictitious name approved by the commissioner, provided such licensee may not use its legal name if the commissioner disapproves of such name. No licensee shall engage in any activity requiring a small loan license under any other name or at any other place of business than that named in the license. Any proposed change in a licensee's name or to the licensee's place of business shall be the subject of an advance change notice filed on the system at least thirty days prior to the effective date of such change and no such change to the licensee's name or place of business shall be made without the commissioner's approval of such change.(c) The commissioner may automatically suspend any license for a violation of this section or upon a failure of the licensee to designate a qualified individual or branch manager who meets the requirements set forth in section 36a-562 not later than thirty-days after such position becomes vacant. 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 of or refusal to renew the license pursuant to section 36a-570 and an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with section 36a-51, and (2) require the licensee to take or refrain from taking action as the commissioner deems necessary to effectuate the purpose of this section.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 36a-566
(1957, P.A. 439, S. 5; 1959, P.A. 555; 1963, P.A. 175, S. 3; 1969, P.A. 242, S. 4; P.A. 79-134; P.A. 83-345, S. 1, 2; P.A. 16-65, S. 30; P.A. 18-173, S. 37.)
Amended by P.A. 21-0138,S. 9 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2021.Amended by P.A. 18-0173, S. 37 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2018 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2018.Amended by P.A. 16-0065, S. 30 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2016 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2016.