New Jersey Statutes 17:16D-4. Licenses
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:16D-4
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
- National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- sworn: includes "affirmed. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
4. Licenses. No person shall engage in the business of financing insurance premiums in this State without first having obtained a license as a premium finance company from the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, except that any State or national bank authorized to do business in this State shall be authorized to transact business as a premium finance company, subject to all of the provisions of this act, except that it shall not be required to obtain a license or pay a license fee hereunder. Any person who shall engage in the business of financing insurance premiums in this State without a valid license as provided hereunder shall, upon conviction as provided in R.S. 17:33-2, be subject to a fine of not more than $300. With respect to a license fee imposed prior to the implementation of the assessment pursuant to P.L.2005, c.199 (C. 17:1C-33 et al.), the commissioner shall charge for a license such fee as he shall prescribe by rule or regulation, not to exceed $1,000. Upon implementation of the assessment pursuant to P.L.2005, c.199 (C. 17:1C-33 et al.), a license fee shall no longer be imposed or collected by the commissioner pursuant to this section, however an insurance premium finance agency shall pay to the commissioner at the time of application a nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $1,000. The license shall run from the date of issuance to the end of the licensing period of not less than two years as set by the commissioner by regulation. The fee imposed prior to implementation of the assessment pursuant to P.L.2005, c.199 (C. 17:1C-33 et al.), for said license shall be paid to the commissioner for the use of the State. No portion of the license fee imposed prior to implementation of the assessment pursuant to P.L.2005, c.199 (C. 17:1C-33 et al.), shall be refunded if the license is surrendered by the licensee or suspended or revoked by the commissioner.
Before any licensee changes his address he shall return his license to the commissioner who shall indorse the license indicating the change.
The person to whom the license or the renewal thereof may be issued shall file sworn answers, subject to the penalties of perjury, to such interrogatories as the commissioner may require. The commissioner shall have authority, at any time, to require the applicant fully to disclose the identity of all stockholders, partners, officers and employees, and he may, in his discretion, refuse to issue or renew a license in the name of any firm, partnership, or corporation if he is not satisfied that any officer, employee, stockholder, or partner thereof who may materially influence the applicant’s conduct meets the standards of this act.
L.1968,c.221,s.4; amended 1981, c.321, ss.4,13; 2005, c.199, s.23; 2007, c.81, s.23.