Section 36a-627 - License required. Exemptions(a) No person shall engage in the business of a business and industrial development corporation as a participating lender under the loan guarantee programs of the federal Small Business Administration in this state without having received a license under sections 36a-625 to 36a-634, inclusive.(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the following shall be exempt from the provisions of sections 36a-625 to 36a-634, inclusive: (1) Any person licensed by the federal Small Business Administration as a small business investment company or a small business lending company; (2) any bank, out-of-state bank, Connecticut credit union, federal credit union or out-of-state credit union; or (3) any person that is not approved or is not seeking approval by the federal Small Business Administration as a participating lender under one or more of its loan guarantee programs.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 36a-627
( P.A. 93-382, S. 58, 69; P.A. 94-122, S. 289, 340.)