1. (a) An applicant who wishes any information to be treated as confidential by the commissioner and not available for public inspection shall separate and designate such information as confidential and attach a statement of reasons.

   This information shall be excluded from the application available for public inspection if the commissioner finds good cause exists for treating such information as confidential.

2. (b) If confidential treatment is requested under Section 11706(a) of the law, the request shall include substantiation that the loan was made in the lender's ordinary course of business.
3. (c) The commissioner may also designate as confidential any information in an application, if it is for the public welfare or the welfare of any association that such information should not be made public. The information may be withheld for such time as the commissioner may deem necessary.

An application filed under Section 11706, together with all supplements, amendments and exhibits, shall be open for public inspection with the following exceptions:

Note: Authority cited: Section 5255, Financial Code. Reference: Section 11706, Financial Code; and Sections 6253 and 6254, Government Code.

History

1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering former Section 187 to Section 103.306 (Register 87, No. 14). For prior history, see Register 82, No. 33.