§ 583-A — Changes in control

§ 583-a. Changes in control. 1. It shall be unlawful except with the\nprior approval of the superintendent for any action to be taken which\nresults in a change of control of the business of a licensee. Prior to\nany change of control, the person desirous of acquiring control of the\nbusiness of a licensee shall make written application to the\nsuperintendent and pay an investigation fee as prescribed pursuant to\nsection eighteen-a of this chapter to the superintendent. The\napplication shall contain such information as the superintendent, by\nrule or regulation, may prescribe as necessary or appropriate for the\npurpose of making the determination required by subdivision two of this\nsection.\n 2. The superintendent shall approve or disapprove the proposed change\nof control of a licensee in accordance with the provisions of section\nfive hundred eighty-one of this article. The superintendent shall\napprove or disapprove the application in writing within ninety days\nafter the date the application is filed with the superintendent.\n 3. For a period of six months from the date of qualification thereof\nand for such additional period of time as the superintendent may\nprescribe, in writing, the provisions of subdivisions one and two of\nthis section shall not apply to a transfer of control by operation of\nlaw to the legal representative, as hereinafter defined, of one who has\ncontrol of a licensee. Thereafter, such legal representative shall\ncomply with the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this section.\nThe provisions of subdivisions one and two of this section shall be\napplicable to an application made under such section by a legal\nrepresentative.\n The term "legal representative", for the purposes of this section,\nshall mean one duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to\nact as executor, administrator, trustee, committee, conservator or\nreceiver, including one who succeeds a legal representative and one\nacting in an ancillary capacity thereto in accordance with the\nprovisions of such court appointment.\n 4. As used in this section: (a) the term "person" includes an\nindividual, partnership, corporation, association or any other\norganization, and (b) the term "control" means the possession, directly\nor indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the\nmanagement and policies of a licensee, whether through the ownership of\nvoting stock of such licensee, the ownership of voting stock of any\nperson which possesses such power or otherwise. Control shall be\npresumed to exist if any person, directly or indirectly, owns, controls\nor holds with power to vote ten per centum or more of the voting stock\nof any licensee or of any person which owns, controls or holds with\npower to vote ten per centum or more of the voting stock of any\nlicensee, but no person shall be deemed to control a licensee solely by\nreason of being an officer or director of such licensee or person. The\nsuperintendent may in his discretion, upon the application of a licensee\nor any person who, directly or indirectly, owns, controls or holds with\npower to vote or seeks to own, control or hold with power to vote any\nvoting stock of such licensee, determine whether or not the ownership,\ncontrol or holding of such voting stock constitutes or would constitute\ncontrol of such licensee for purposes of this section.\n