536A.12  Continuing license — annual fee — change of name or location — change of control.
  1.  Each license remains in full force and effect until surrendered, revoked, or suspended, or until there is a change of control.
  2.  A licensee, on or before December 1, shall pay to the superintendent the sum of two hundred fifty dollars as an annual license fee for the succeeding calendar year. The licensee shall submit the annual license fee with a renewal application in the form prescribed by the superintendent. The superintendent may assess a late fee of ten dollars per day per license for applications received after December 1.
  3.  When a licensee changes its name or place of business from one location to another in the same city, the licensee shall notify the superintendent thirty days in advance of the effective date of the change. A licensee shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars per license to the superintendent with the notification of change.
  4.  a.  A person who proposes to purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding shares of an industrial loan company which would result in a change of control of the industrial loan company, shall first apply in writing to the superintendent for a certificate of approval for the proposed change of control.
  b.  At the time of making the application, the applicant shall pay to the superintendent one hundred dollars to cover the cost of the investigation of the applicant.
  c.  The superintendent shall grant the certificate if the superintendent is satisfied of both of the following:
  (1)  The person who proposes to obtain control of the industrial loan company is qualified by character, experience, and financial responsibility to control and operate the industrial loan company in a sound and legal manner.
  (2)  The interests of the thrift certificate holders, creditors, and shareholders of the industrial loan company, and of the public generally, will not be jeopardized by the proposed change of control.
  d.  If a board member of the industrial loan company has reason to believe any of the requirements of this subsection have not been met, the board member shall promptly report the facts in writing to the superintendent.
  e.  If there is any doubt as to whether a change in the ownership of the outstanding shares is sufficient to result in control of the industrial loan company, or to effect a change in the control of the industrial loan company, the doubt shall be resolved in favor of reporting the facts to the superintendent.
  5.  a.  For purposes of this section, a change of control does not occur when a majority shareholder of an industrial loan company transfers the shareholder’s shares of the industrial loan company to a revocable trust, so long as the transferor retains the power to revoke the trust and take possession of the shares.
  b.  Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph “a”, a change of control is deemed to occur two years after the death of the majority shareholder, whether the shareholder’s shares of the industrial loan company are held in a revocable trust or otherwise.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §536A.12]
87 Acts, ch 11, §1, 2; 96 Acts, ch 1159, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §184; 2006 Acts, ch 1015, §15; 2006 Acts, ch 1042, §44