(a) The commissioner has authority, in accordance with chapter 54, to adopt such regulations and issue such orders as may be necessary to properly administer sections 36a-180 to 36a-191, inclusive, including the authority in accordance with section 36a-52 to order a holding company to cease and desist from engaging in any activity which constitutes a serious risk to the financial safety, soundness or stability of its subsidiary bank or is inconsistent with sound banking principles or the provisions of sections 36a-180 to 36a-191, inclusive.

(b) The commissioner may enforce the provisions of sections 36a-180 to 36a-191, inclusive, and any regulation adopted or order issued under said sections by application for appropriate relief to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford, which court is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction over such proceedings, subject to any other provisions of the laws of the United States with respect to venue.

(1969, P.A. 598, S. 13; P.A. 78-280, S. 6, 127; P.A. 83-132, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 94-122, S. 80, 340; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6.)

History: P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” for “Hartford county” in Subsec. (b); P.A. 83-132 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize the commissioner to order a holding company to cease and desist from any activity constituting a serious risk to the financial safety, soundness or stability of a holding company subsidiary bank or savings and loan association; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 94-122 made technical changes, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-427 transferred to Sec. 36a-187 in 1995; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.