(a) The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any license issued pursuant to section 36a-581 or take any other action, in accordance with the provisions of section 36a-51, for any reason which would be sufficient grounds for the commissioner to deny an application for a license under sections 36a-580 to 36a-589, inclusive, or if the commissioner finds that the licensee or any control person of the licensee, qualified individual or branch manager with supervisory authority, trustee, employee or agent of such licensee has done any of the following: (1) Made any material misstatement in the application; (2) committed any fraud, engaged in dishonest activities or made any misrepresentation; (3) violated any provision of this title or any regulation or order adopted or issued pursuant thereto pertaining to such person, or any other law or regulation applicable to the conduct of such licensee's check cashing business; or (4) demonstrated incompetency or untrustworthiness to act as a licensed check cashing service.

(b) Whenever it appears to the commissioner that (1) any person has violated, is violating or is about to violate any of the provisions of sections 36a-580 to 36a-589, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant to said sections, (2) any person is, was or would be a cause of the violation of any such provision or regulation due to an act or omission such person knew or should have known would contribute to such violation; or (3) any licensee or any control person of the licensee, qualified individual or branch manager with supervisory authority, trustee, employee or agent of such licensee has committed any fraud, engaged in dishonest activities or made any misrepresentation, the commissioner may take action against such person or licensee in accordance with sections 36a-50 and 36a-52.

(c) The commissioner may order a licensee to remove any individual conducting business under sections 36a-580 to 36a-589, inclusive, from office and from employment or retention as an independent contractor in the check cashing business in this state in accordance with section 36a-51a.

(d) The commissioner may issue a temporary order to cease business under a license if the commissioner determines that such license was issued erroneously. Such temporary order shall be issued in accordance with subsection (j) of section 36a-24b.

(P.A. 88-200, S. 7; 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 89-178, S. 7, 8; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 94-122, S. 275, 340; P.A. 05-46, S. 10; P.A. 06-35, S. 6; P.A. 07-91, S. 21; P.A. 18-173, S. 48.)

History: P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 89-178 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting the commissioner of banking for the commissioner of consumer protection; Sec. 21-117 transferred to Sec. 36-571 in 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 94-122 deleted Subsec. (c) re cease and desist provisions and made technical changes, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-571 transferred to Sec. 36a-587 in 1995; P.A. 05-46 amended Subsec. (b) to allow commissioner to impose civil penalty or issue cease and desist order against licensee or owner, director, officer, member, partner, shareholder, trustee, employee or agent of such licensee who has committed fraud, engaged in dishonest activities or made any misrepresentation; P.A. 06-35 amended Subsec. (b) to authorize commissioner to take enforcement action under Secs. 36a-50 and 36a-52 for violation of “any of” the provisions of Secs. 36a-580 to 36a-589, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant to said Secs., effective May 8, 2006; P.A. 07-91 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize commissioner to take any other action, in accordance with Sec. 36a-51, effective June 5, 2007; P.A. 18-173 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “owner, director, officer, member, partner, shareholder” with “control person of the licensee, qualified individual or branch manager with supervisory authority”, replacing reference to Secs. 36a-580 to 36a-589 with reference to title in Subdiv. (3), replacing “promulgated under said sections” with “or order adopted or issued pursuant thereto pertaining to such person, or any other law or regulation applicable to the conduct of such licensee's check cashing business” in Subdiv. (3), amended Subsec. (b) by designating provision re violation of Secs. 36a-580 to 36a-589 as Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (2) re violation of provision of sections or regulation, designating provision re fraud, dishonest activity and misrepresentations as Subdiv. (3) and amended same by replacing “owner, director, officer, member, partner, shareholder” with “control person of the licensee, qualified individual or branch manager with supervisory authority”, added Subsec. (c) re commissioner's authority to order removal of individual from office and from employment or retention as an independent contractor, added Subsec. (d) re temporary order to cease business under license, and made technical changes.