3E Relating to commerce; regulating bullion coin dealers; defining certain terms; requiring registration, authorizing a registration fee and appropriating money derived from fees for regulation enforcement purposes; providing for commissioner of commerce registration denial, nonrenewal, revocation, and suspension; requiring registration denial for criminal convictions; requiring dealers to establish a screening process for owners, officers and coin dealer representatives; requiring dealers to maintain a current, valid surety bond; prohibiting the coin dealer or coin dealer representative from engaging in certain conduct; providing for violations to be considered consumer fraud; establishing a criminal penalty for coin dealers and coin dealer representatives failing to register; authorizing commissioner to institute civil action, specifying available court relief, providing for commissioner of commerce enforcement authority
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