Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 50-1124

  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Commissioner: means the state bank commissioner or designee, who shall be the deputy commissioner of the consumer and mortgage lending division of the office of the state bank commissioner. See Kansas Statutes 50-1117
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Credit services organization: means a person who engages in, or holds out to the public as willing to engage in, the business of debt management services for a fee, compensation or gain, or in the expectation of a fee, compensation or gain. See Kansas Statutes 50-1117
  • Licensee: means a person who is licensed by the commissioner as a credit services organization. See Kansas Statutes 50-1117
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

(a) (1) On or before April 1, of each year, each licensee shall file with the commissioner an annual report relating to credit services organization business conducted by the licensee during the preceding calendar year. The annual report shall be on a form prescribed by the commissioner.

(2) The information contained in the annual report shall be confidential and may be published only in composite form.

(b) Within 15 calendar days of any of the following events, a licensee shall file a written report with the commissioner describing the event and its expected impact on the licensee’s business:

(1) The filing for bankruptcy or reorganization by the licensee;

(2) the institution of a revocation, suspension or other proceeding against the licensee by a governmental authority that is related to the licensee’s credit services organization business in any state;

(3) a felony conviction of the licensee or any of its owners, officers, principals, directors, partners, members or debt management counselors;

(4) a change in the licensee‘s name or legal entity status; and

(5) the addition or loss of any owner, officer, partner or director.

(c) If a licensee fails to make any report required by this section to the commissioner, the commissioner may require the licensee to pay a late penalty of $100 for each day the report is overdue.