(a) An application for a license as a sales finance company or for renewal of such license shall be made and processed on the system pursuant to section 36a-24b, in the form prescribed by the commissioner. 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 purposes of sections 36a-535 to 36a-547, inclusive. The applicant shall, at a minimum, furnish to the system information concerning the identity of the applicant, any control person of the applicant, the qualified individual and any branch manager responsible for the actions of the licensee, including, but not limited to, information related to such person's personal history and experience, and any administrative, civil or criminal findings by any governmental jurisdiction.

(b) As part of an application, the commissioner may (1) in accordance with section 29-17a, conduct a state or national criminal history records check of the applicant, any control person of the applicant, the qualified individual or any branch manager; and (2) in accordance with section 36a-24b, (A) require the submission of fingerprints of the applicant, any control person of the applicant, the qualified individual or any branch manager to the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other state, national or international criminal databases, and (B) investigate the financial condition of any such person and require authorization of any such person for the system and the commissioner to obtain an independent credit report from a consumer reporting agency, as described in Section 603(p) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 USC 1681a, as amended from time to time. The commissioner may deem an application for a license as a sales finance company abandoned if the applicant fails to respond to any request for information required under sections 36a-535 to 36a-547, inclusive, or any regulations adopted pursuant to said sections 36a-535 to 36a-547, inclusive. The commissioner shall notify the applicant on the system that if such information is not submitted not later than sixty days after 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 section shall not be refunded. Abandonment of an application pursuant to this section shall not preclude the applicant from submitting a new application for a license under sections 36a-535 to 36a-547, inclusive.

(1967, P.A. 631, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 161, 610; P.A. 87-9, S. 2, 3; P.A. 94-122, S. 251, 340; P.A. 09-208, S. 6; 09-209, S. 39; P.A. 11-216, S. 29; P.A. 18-173, S. 25.)

History: P.A. 77-614 replaced bank commissioner with banking commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; (Revisor's note: Pursuant to P.A. 87-9 “banking commissioner” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “commissioner of banking”); P.A. 94-122 changed “commissioner of banking” to “commissioner”, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-256a transferred to Sec. 36a-537 in 1995; P.A. 09-208 added requirements that application include a history of criminal convictions and sufficient information pertaining to such convictions, effective July 7, 2009; P.A. 09-209 made technical changes, effective July 9, 2009; P.A. 11-216 deleted provision re ten-year period re history of criminal convictions, added provision authorizing commissioner to conduct state and national criminal history records checks of applicant and each partner, member, officer, director and principal employee of applicant and added provisions re abandonment of application; P.A. 18-173 replaced provisions re form of, and information to be included in, application for license as sales finance company with provisions re same and designated same as Subsec. (a), designated existing provisions re application for license to be abandoned and notification to applicant as Subsec. (b) and amended same by adding provisions re commissioner to conduct state or national criminal history records check of applicant, control person, qualified individual or branch manager, replacing “in writing” with “on the system” re notice to applicant, and replacing reference to Sec. 36a-546 with reference to Sec. 36a-547.