Section 8-7-8

Section 8-7-8License - Issuance.

Upon the filing of the application, the payment of the investigation fee and license fee, and the approval by the commission of the bond or securities delivered pursuant to Section 8-7-7, the commission shall investigate the financial responsibility, financial and business experience, character and general fitness of the applicant and, if it deems it advisable, of its officers and directors, and, if it finds these factors and qualities meet the requirements of this chapter and are such as to warrant the belief that the applicant's business will be conducted honestly, fairly, equitably, carefully, and efficiently and in a manner commanding the confidence and trust of the community, it shall issue to the applicant a license to engage in the business of selling and issuing and dispensing checks and receiving money as agent of obligors for the purpose of paying such obligors' bills, invoices, or accounts subject to the provisions of this chapter.

(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 177, p. 2142, §8.)