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USA Statutes : new_jersey
Title : TITLE 17 CORPORATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR FINANCE AND INSURANCE
Chapter : 17:15C-2.
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17:15C-2. Definitions relative to money transmitters.
2. As used in this act:
~Applicant~ means a person filing an application for a license under this act.
~Authorized delegate~ means an entity authorized by the licensee pursuant to the provisions of section 17 of this act to sell or issue payment instruments or engage in the business of transmitting money on behalf of a licensee.
~Commissioner~ means the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.
~Control~ means ownership of, or the power to vote, 25 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of a licensee or controlling person. For purposes of determining the percentage of a licensee controlled by any person, there shall be aggregated with the person@s interest the interest of any other person controlled by that person or by any spouse, parent, or child of that person.
~Controlling person~ means any person in control of a licensee.
~Department~ means the Department of Banking and Insurance.
~Executive officer~ means the licensee@s president, chairman of the executive committee, senior officer responsible for the licensee@s business in this State, chief financial officer and any other person who performs similar functions.
~Foreign money transmitter~ means a person who engages, in this State, only in the business of the receipt of money for transmission or transmitting money to locations outside of the United States by any and all means, including but not limited to payment instrument, wire, facsimile, electronic transfer, or otherwise for a fee, commission or other benefit.
~Key shareholder~ means any person, or group of persons acting in concert, who is the owner of 25 percent or more of any voting class of an applicant@s stock.
~Licensee~ means a person licensed under this act.
~Location~ means a place of business at which activities regulated by this act occur.
~Material litigation~ means any litigation that, according to generally accepted accounting principles, is deemed significant to any applicant@s or licensee@s financial health and would be required to be referenced in that entity@s annual audited financial statements, report to shareholders or similar documents.
~Money~ means a medium of exchange authorized or adopted by the United States or a foreign government as a part of its currency and that is customarily used and accepted as a medium of exchange in the country of issuance.
~Money transmitter~ means a person who engages in this State in the business of:
(1) the sale or issuance of payment instruments for a fee, commission or other benefit;
(2) the receipt of money for transmission or transmitting money within the United States or to locations abroad by any and all means, including but not limited to payment instrument, wire, facsimile, electronic transfer, or otherwise for a fee, commission or other benefit; or
(3) the receipt of money for obligors for the purpose of paying obligors@ bills, invoices or accounts for a fee, commission or other benefit paid by the obligor.
~Outstanding payment instrument~ means any payment instrument issued by the licensee which has been sold in the United States directly by the licensee or any payment instrument issued by the licensee which has been sold by an authorized delegate of the licensee in the United States, which has been reported to the licensee as having been sold, and which has not yet been paid by or for the licensee.
~Payment instrument~ means any check, draft, money order, travelers check or other instrument or written order for the transmission or payment of money, sold or issued to one or more persons, whether or not the instrument is negotiable. The term ~payment instrument~ does not include any credit card voucher, any letter of credit or any instrument which is redeemable by the issuer in goods or services.
~Permissible investments~ means:
(1) cash;
(2) certificates of deposit or other debt obligations of a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union, either domestic or foreign;
(3) bills of exchange or time drafts drawn on and accepted by a commercial bank, otherwise known as bankers@ acceptances, which are eligible for purchase by member banks of the Federal Reserve System;
(4) any investment which is rated in one of the three highest rating categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization;
(5) investment securities that are obligations of the United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, or obligations that are guaranteed fully as to principal and interest by the United States, or any obligations of any state, municipality or any political subdivision thereof which is rated in one of the three highest rating categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization;
(6) shares in a money market mutual fund, interest-bearing bills, notes or bonds, debentures or stock traded on any national securities exchange or on a national over-the-counter market, or mutual funds primarily composed of those securities or a fund composed of one or more permissible investments as set forth in this section;
(7) demand borrowing agreements made to a corporation or a subsidiary of a corporation whose capital stock is listed on a national exchange;
(8) receivables which are due to a licensee from its authorized delegates pursuant to a contract described in section 17 of this act, which are not past due or doubtful of collection; or
(9) any other investments or security device which the commissioner may authorize by rule.
L.1998,c.14,s.2.
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