§ 1707.163 — Application for and issuance of state retirement system investment adviser license

Ohio § 1707.163

• Jurisdiction: Ohio
• Title 17: Corporations-Partnerships
• Ch. 1707: Securities

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(A) Application for a state retirement system investment officer's license shall be made in accordance with this section by filing with the division of securities the information, materials, and forms specified in rules adopted by the division.

(B)(1) The division may investigate any applicant for a license and may require any additional information as it considers necessary to determine the applicant's business repute and qualifications to act as an investment officer.

(2) If the application for a state retirement system investment officer's license involves investigation outside of this state, the applicant may be required by the division to advance sufficient funds to pay any of the actual expenses of the investigation. The division shall furnish the applicant with an itemized statement of the expenses the applicant is required to pay.

(C) The division shall by rule require an applicant for a state retirement system investment officer's license to pass an examination designated by the division or achieve a specified professional designation unless the applicant meets both of the following requirements:

(1) Acts as a state retirement system investment officer on September 15, 2004;

(2) Has experience or equivalent education acceptable to the division.

(D)(1) Except as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, if the division finds that the applicant is of good business repute, appears to be qualified to act as a state retirement system investment officer, and has complied with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter by the division, the division, on payment of the fees prescribed by division (B) of section1707.17of the Revised Code, shall issue to the applicant a license authorizing the applicant to act as a state retirement system investment officer.

(2) The division shall issue a license authorizing an applicant to act as a state retirement system investment officer in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies:

(a) The applicant holds a license in another state.

(b) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a state retirement system investment officer in a state that does not issue that license.

Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:12 AM

Legislative History

Effective: December 29, 2023 | Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly