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Committee Approves Bill to Move Securities Oversight to Department of Banking and Finance
Summary
The Banking and Finance Committee advanced House Bill 934 to transfer state securities and commodities oversight from the Secretary of State to the Department of Banking and Finance, after debate over implementation risks, data and IT migration, and the recent First Liberty investor losses.
ATLANTA — The Banking and Finance Committee on Friday advanced House Bill 934, a proposal to transfer regulation of securities and commodities from the Secretary of State’s office to the Department of Banking and Finance, after members debated implementation risks, fiscal effects and recent investor losses tied to First Liberty.
Assistant Commissioner Nuala Zahara of the Secretary of State’s office told the committee the move is “a complex process” that could create operational and technological disruptions and risk loss of institutional knowledge. Zahara urged legislators to require a fiscal note and convene a study committee of stakeholders from both agencies to evaluate legal, operational and budgetary impacts before consolidation.
“Moving an agency to a…
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