Cal. FIN § 321
This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 321, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.
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(a) In this section, “order” means any approval, consent, authorization, exemption, denial, prohibition, requirement, or other administrative action, applicable to a specific case.
(b) Upon the operative date of this section, as amended during the 2019–20 legislative session, the office of the Commissioner of Business Oversight and the Department of Business Oversight shall be renamed the office of the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation and the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. All powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions of the Commissioner of Business Oversight and the Department of Business Oversight shall be the powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions of the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation and the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, respectively. The Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation and the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation shall retain all of the rights, property, debts, and liability of the Commissioner of Business Oversight and the Department of Business Oversight, respectively. The change of name shall not affect the validity of any action or proceeding by or against the Commissioner of Business Oversight or the Department of Business Oversight, or a predecessor commissioner or department, nor the validity of any permit, certificate, license, or any other action taken under the name of the Commissioner of Business Oversight or the Department of Business Oversight, or a predecessor commissioner or department. All agreements entered into with, and orders and regulations issued by, the Commissioner of Business Oversight or the Department of Business Oversight, or a predecessor commissioner or department, shall continue in effect as agreements, orders, and regulations of the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation or the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. References in the California Constitution or in any statute or regulation to the Superintendent of Banks or the Commissioner of Financial Institutions or the Commissioner of Corporations or the Commissioner of Business Oversight or to the State Banking Department or the Department of Financial Institutions or the Department of Corporations or the Department of Business Oversight mean the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation or the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, respectively.
(c) (1) The name change of the Department of Business Oversight to the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation shall not result in any change to the status or authority of the department.
(2) (A) All appointments by the Governor to the Department of Business Oversight shall continue as appointments to the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.
(B) The confirmation by the Senate of the Commissioner and Senior Deputy Commissioner of Business Oversight for the Division of Corporations shall remain in effect as confirmation by the Senate of the Commissioner and Senior Deputy Commissioner of Corporations and Financial Institutions to the renamed Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.
(b) Upon the operative date of this section, as amended during the 2019–20 legislative session, the office of the Commissioner of Business Oversight and the Department of Business Oversight shall be renamed the office of the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation and the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. All powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions of the Commissioner of Business Oversight and the Department of Business Oversight shall be the powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions of the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation and the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, respectively. The Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation and the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation shall retain all of the rights, property, debts, and liability of the Commissioner of Business Oversight and the Department of Business Oversight, respectively. The change of name shall not affect the validity of any action or proceeding by or against the Commissioner of Business Oversight or the Department of Business Oversight, or a predecessor commissioner or department, nor the validity of any permit, certificate, license, or any other action taken under the name of the Commissioner of Business Oversight or the Department of Business Oversight, or a predecessor commissioner or department. All agreements entered into with, and orders and regulations issued by, the Commissioner of Business Oversight or the Department of Business Oversight, or a predecessor commissioner or department, shall continue in effect as agreements, orders, and regulations of the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation or the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. References in the California Constitution or in any statute or regulation to the Superintendent of Banks or the Commissioner of Financial Institutions or the Commissioner of Corporations or the Commissioner of Business Oversight or to the State Banking Department or the Department of Financial Institutions or the Department of Corporations or the Department of Business Oversight mean the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation or the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, respectively.
(c) (1) The name change of the Department of Business Oversight to the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation shall not result in any change to the status or authority of the department.
(2) (A) All appointments by the Governor to the Department of Business Oversight shall continue as appointments to the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.
(B) The confirmation by the Senate of the Commissioner and Senior Deputy Commissioner of Business Oversight for the Division of Corporations shall remain in effect as confirmation by the Senate of the Commissioner and Senior Deputy Commissioner of Corporations and Financial Institutions to the renamed Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.
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