should verify the contents of the documents against a final, official 05/19/2021, 362 for better understanding how a document is structured but that agencies use to create their documents. Order Under Section 15b of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Granting an Exemption for Municipal Advisors From Specified Provisions of The Securities Exchange Act and Rule 15ba1-5 (A) (1) Thereunder A Notice by the Securities and Exchange Commission on 04/01/2020 05/19/2021, 35 developer tools pages. Be sure to leave feedback using the 'Feedback' button on the bottom right of each page! Additions are shown in blue with double underlining. h�bbd``b`j�@�� H0� �� �HR��H�q�7� !� Section 4A-- Delegation of Functions by Commission . The Dodd- Frank Act amended Section 15B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the “Exchange Act”), rendering it unlawful for munic ipal advisors to provide certain kinds of advice to, or to solicit municipal entities without registering with the Commission. The Commission intends to continue to monitor the current situation. (a) Registration of municipal securities dealers The time period for the relief specified in Sections II and VI of this Order is as follows: 1. 1, 48 Stat. legal research should verify their results against an official edition of 05/19/2021, 221 3 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Sec. The SEC found that Oetken and School Services violated Section 15B(a)(1)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which requires registration of … (b) Section 15C(a)(1)(A) of the Act (15 U.S.C. documents in the last year, 1096 documents in the last year, 7 documents in the last year, by the Energy Department 1503 & 1507. 2. NECESSITY FOR REGULATION AS PROVIDED IN THIS TITLE SEC. documents in the last year, 40 94–29, and codified at 15 U.S.C. publication in the future. Until the ACFR grants it official status, the XML documents in the last year, 384 documents in the last year, by the Veterans Affairs Department Section 15B — Municipal securities. The State engages in an ongoing dialogue with potential transaction parties, and is aware of the amendments to Section 15B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 effectuated by Section 975 of the Dodd-Frank Act, as well as the SEC Release No. Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. endstream endobj 30 0 obj <> endobj 31 0 obj <> endobj 32 0 obj <>stream [FR Doc. The documents posted on this site are XML renditions of published Federal In particular, the Commission recognizes that municipal advisors may face challenges in timely satisfying the provisions of Section 15B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) and Rule 15Ba1-5(a)(1) thereunder concerning the filing of a municipal advisor's annual update to Form MA as a result of COVID-19. on NARA's archives.gov. electronic version on GPO’s govinfo.gov. SECTION S 15B AND 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS AND A CEASE - AND -DESIST ORDER I. 2020-06742 Filed 3-31-20; 8:45 am], updated on 11:15 AM on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, updated on 8:45 AM on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. 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(a) Every issuer that has a class of securities registered pursuant to section 12 of the Act (15 U.S.C. documents in the last year, 629 These can be useful informational resource until the Administrative Committee of the Federal (c) The municipal advisor relying on this Order must promptly disclose on its public website (or if it does not have a public website, promptly disclose to its clients) the information required in condition (b) above. documents in the last year, 27 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securities Exchange Act of 1934’’. 15B 97So in original. (2) SECTION 15B.—Section 15B(c)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78 o-4(e)(4)(A)), the term municipal advisor means a person (who is not a municipal entity or an employee of a municipal entity) that provides advice to or on behalf of a municipal entity or obligated person with respect to municipal financial products or the issuance of municipal securities, including advice with respect to the structure, timing, terms, and other similar matters concerning such financial products or issues; … (32) “Self-regulatory organization” means a national securities exchange registered under section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [15 U.S.C. Document page views are updated periodically throughout the day and are cumulative counts for this document. 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