Tennessee § 56-37-103 - License required — Renewal — Fees — Disclosure — Rules and regulations.

§ 56-37-103. License required — Renewal — Fees — Disclosure — Rules and regulations.

No person shall engage in the business of a premium finance company in this state without first having obtained a license as a premium finance company from the commissioner. Licenses issued pursuant to this chapter expire on December 31. A license may be renewed for the ensuing twelve-month period upon application by the license holder showing continued compliance with the requirements of this section and payment of the nonrefundable supervision fee, as provided in § 45-1-118(i). The supervision fee is applicable to each location. A licensee making timely and complete application for renewal of its license may continue to operate under its existing license until its application is approved or denied. The completed renewal application and the payment of the annual supervision fee must be sent to the department on or before December 31, but no earlier than November 1, of each year. A licensee submitting a renewal application pursuant to this chapter for a license expiring on March 31, 2019, must pay the supervision fee as provided in § 45-1-118(i) for each location. The completed renewal application and payment must be sent to the department on or before March 1, 2019. A renewed license issued under this chapter with a beginning effective date of April 1, 2019, expires on December 31, 2019. The commissioner has the authority, at any time, to require the applicant to disclose fully the identity of all stockholders, partners, officers, and employees, and has discretion to refuse to issue or renew a license in the name of any firm, partnership or corporation if not satisfied that any officer, employee, stockholder or partner thereof who may materially influence the applicant's conduct meets the standards of this chapter. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. The rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. The commissioner may employ persons as necessary to examine or investigate and make reports on alleged violations of this chapter or compliance with the other provisions of this chapter. The costs for an examination or investigation of licensees shall be assessed pursuant to § 45-1-118(i). An unlicensed person subject to the licensing requirements of this chapter, who is examined or investigated in accordance with this chapter, shall pay to the commissioner the reasonable and actual expenses of the investigation or examination. The commissioner may establish a biennial license arrangement for the filing of the application for licensure renewal, but in no case shall the supervision fee be payable for more than one (1) year at a time. Acts 1980, ch. 920, § 3; 2014, ch. 736, §§ 34, 35; 2017, ch. 122, §§ 12, 13. Compiler's Notes. Pursuant to Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Tennessee, Acts 2014, ch. 736 took effect on April 21, 2014, for the purpose of promulgating rules and regulations. Amendments. The 2017 amendment by ch. 122, § 13, effective July 1, 2018, rewrote (b)(2), which read: “(2) Licensees submitting renewal applications pursuant to this chapter from April 15, 2015, through July 1, 2015, shall not pay a supervision fee, as provided in § 45-1-118(i) . A renewed license issued under this chapter with a beginning effective date of July 1, 2015, shall expire on March 31, 2016. The renewal fee for a renewed license submitted from April 15, 2015, through July 1, 2015, shall be three hundred dollars ($300). A licensed location examined from April 15, 2015, through March 31, 2016, shall pay the actual and reasonable costs of the examination.”; and by ch. 122 § 12, effective April 1, 2019, in (b)(1), substituted “expire on December 31” for “shall expire on March 31” at the end of the first sentence, substituted “this section” for “§ 56-37-104 ,” in the second sentence, substituted “is applicable” for “shall be applicable” in the third sentence, substituted “application for renewal of its license may continue” for “application and payment for renewal of its license shall be permitted to continue” in the fourth sentence, substituted “must be sent to the department on or before December 31, but no earlier than November 1, of each year” for “shall be sent to the department on or before March 1 of each year” at the end of the present last sentence, and deleted the former last sentence which read: “The completed renewal application and the payment of the annual supervision fee shall be sent to the department on or before March 1 of each year. Licenses issued under the former provisions of this chapter shall instead expire on March 31, 2016.” Effective Dates. Acts 2017, ch. 122, § 17. July 1, 2018, April 1, 2019. See the amendment notes.