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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="7-209" title_number="7" title_name="Credit Union Share Insurance" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Credit Union Share Guaranty Corporations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commissioner may suspend or revoke the certificate of authority of a credit union share guaranty corporation if the credit union share guaranty corporation or a director or officer of the credit union share guaranty corporation:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Makes a material misstatement in an application for a certificate of authority;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is convicted under the laws of the United States or any state of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A felony; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A misdemeanor that is directly related to the activities authorized by the certificate of authority;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In connection with any credit union share guaranty transaction:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Commits a fraud;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Engages in an illegal or dishonest activity; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Misrepresents or fails to disclose a material fact to a person entitled to that information;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Violates any provision of this subtitle, any rule or regulation adopted under this subtitle, or any other law regulating credit union share guaranty business in the State, or fails to comply with an order of the Commissioner;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Is found by the Commissioner to be in unsound condition or in a condition that renders further transaction of credit union share guaranty business hazardous to participating credit unions, the members of the participating credit unions, or the public;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Refuses or delays payment of amounts due claimants without just cause;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Refuses to be examined or to produce records or files for examination by the Commissioner when required;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Refuses to provide additional information reasonably requested by the Commissioner; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Otherwise demonstrates unworthiness, bad faith, dishonesty, or any other quality that indicates that the business of the credit union share guaranty corporation has not been or will not be conducted honestly, fairly, and equitably.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In determining whether the certificate of authority of a credit union share guaranty corporation should be suspended or revoked for a conviction listed in subsection (a)(2) of this section, the Commissioner shall consider:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The nature of the crime;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The relationship of the crime to the activities authorized by the certificate of authority;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The relevance of the conviction to the fitness and qualification of the credit union share guaranty corporation to engage in the credit union share guaranty business;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The length of time since the conviction; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The behavior and activities of the credit union share guaranty corporation since the conviction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner may enforce the provisions of this subtitle and any rule or regulation adopted under this subtitle by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Issuing an order to the credit union share guaranty corporation or entering into an agreement under which the credit union share guaranty corporation agrees:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>To cease and desist from the violation and any further similar violations; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>To take affirmative action to correct the violation, including the restitution of money or property to any person aggrieved by the violation; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Imposing a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 for each violation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a violator fails to comply with an order or agreement under this subsection, the Commissioner may impose a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 for each violation from which the violator failed to cease and desist or for which the violator failed to take affirmative corrective action.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Commissioner may file a petition in the circuit court for a county seeking enforcement of an order issued under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>In determining the amount of financial penalty to be imposed under subsection (c) of this section, the Commissioner shall consider:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The seriousness of the violation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The good faith of the violator;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The violator’s history of previous violations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The deleterious effect of the violation on the public and holders of credit union share or deposit accounts;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The assets of the violator; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Any other factors relevant to the determination of the financial penalty.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Before the Commissioner takes any action under subsection (a) or (c) of this section, the Commissioner shall give the credit union share guaranty corporation an opportunity for a hearing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A hearing under this subtitle shall be held in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The hearing notice shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the credit union share guaranty corporation to the principal place of business of the credit union share guaranty corporation at least 30 days before the hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
