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West Virginia Legislature

2016 Regular Session

Introduced

House Bill 2241

2015 Carryover

(By Delegates Walters and Frich)

(By Request of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions)

[Introduced January 13, 2016; referred to the

Committee on Banking and Insurance then Finance.]

 

 

 

A BILL to amend and reenact §32A‑2‑4 and §32A‑2‑13 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,  all relating to licenses for the business of currency exchange, transportation or transmission; establishing an expiration date of December 31 for those licensees; and requiring licensees to provide sixty days advance notice of any change in control or change in principals.


Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §32A‑2‑4 and §32A‑2‑13  of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:


ARTICLE 2.  CHECKS AND MONEY ORDER SALES, MONEY TRANSMISSION SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION AND CURRENCY EXCHANGE.


§32A‑2‑4.  License application, issuance and renewal.

(a) An applicant for a license shall submit an application to the commissioner on a form prescribed by the commissioner.  The commissioner may direct an applicant to file a license application through the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry operated by the State Regulatory Registry, LLC.

(b) Each application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee and a license fee.  If the application is approved, the application fee is the license fee for the first year of licensure.

(c) The commissioner shall issue a license if the commissioner finds that the applicant meets the requirements of this article and the rules adopted under this article.  The commissioner shall approve or deny every application for an original license within one hundred twenty days from the date a complete application is submitted, unless the commissioner extends the period for good cause.  A license is valid for one year from the date the license is issued by the commissioner. All licenses issued under this article expire on December 31 of the year issued, unless sooner suspended or revoked, and are subject to renewal for the following year.

(d) The licensee at each office it owns and operates in West Virginia shall prominently display, or maintain available for inspection, a copy of the license authorizing the conduct of a currency exchange business, if the  location offers and provides such services.  Where the currency exchange business is conducted through a licensee's authorized delegates in this state, each authorized delegate location offering such services shall maintain available for inspection, proof of their appointment by the licensee to conduct such business.

(e) As a condition for renewal of a license, the licensee must submit to the commissioner an application for renewal on a form prescribed by the commissioner and an annual license renewal fee.  The commissioner may direct an applicant to file a license renewal application through the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry operated by the State Regulatory Registry, LLC.

(f) A license issued under this article may not be transferred or assigned.

(g) An applicant for a license who is not located in this state shall file an irrevocable consent, duly acknowledged, that suits and actions may be commenced against the applicant in the courts of this state by service of process upon a person located within the state designated to accept service, or by service upon the Secretary of State, as well as by service as set forth in this chapter.


§32A‑2‑13.  Notification requirements.

(a) A licensee shall notify the commissioner of any change in its principal place of business, or its headquarters office if different from its principal place of business, within fifteen days after the date of the change.

(b) A licensee shall notify the commissioner of any of the following significant developments within fifteen days after gaining actual notice of its occurrence:

(1) The filing of bankruptcy or for reorganization under the bankruptcy laws;

(2) The institution of any enforcement action including, but not limited to, a license revocation or suspension against the licensee by any other state or federal regulator;

(3) A felony indictment related to money transmission, currency exchange, fraud, failure to fulfill a fiduciary duty, or other activities of the type regulated under this article of the licensee or its authorized delegates in this state, or of the licensee=s or authorized delegate=s officers, directors, or principals;

(4) A felony conviction or plea related to the money transmission, currency exchange, fraud, failure to fulfill a fiduciary duty, or other activities of the type regulated under this article of the licensee or its authorized delegates in this state, or of the licensee=s or authorized delegate=s officers, directors, or principals; and

(5) Any change in its business activities. and

(6) Any change in its principals.

(c) A licensee shall notify the commissioner of any merger or acquisition which may result in a change of control or a change in principals of a licensee within fifteen at least sixty days of prior to the announcement or publication of the proposal, or its occurrence, whichever is earlier. Upon notice of these circumstances by a corporate licensee, the commissioner may require all information necessary to determine whether it results in a transfer or assignment of the license and thus if a new application is required in order for the company to continue doing business under this article.  A licensee that is an entity other than a corporation shall in these circumstances submit a new application for licensure at the time of notice.

(d) The commissioner may direct that the reports required by this section and any other reports, data or information deemed necessary by the commissioner be filed directly with the Division of Financial Institutions on a date to be determined by the commissioner or through the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry operated by the State Regulatory Registry, LLC.

 

 

NOTE:  The purpose of this bill is to establish a uniform date of December 31 for the expiration of licenses for the business of currency exchange, transportation or transmission.  The bill requires licensees to provide the Division of Financial Institutions advance notice sixty days prior to any change in control or change in principals.

 

Strike‑throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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