AB617,23,1716 138.12 (3) (d) 2. c. The division may disclose information to the nationwide
17multistate licensing system and registry as provided in s. 224.35.
AB617,37 18Section 37. 138.12 (3) (f), (g) and (h) of the statutes are created to read:
AB617,23,2119 138.12 (3) (f) The division shall utilize the nationwide multistate licensing
20system and registry, and the provisions of s. 224.35 shall apply, with respect to
21applicants and licensees under this section.
AB617,23,2422 (g) An applicant or licensee under this section shall register with, and maintain
23a valid unique identifier issued by, the nationwide multistate licensing system and
24registry.
AB617,24,3
1(h) Each licensee shall keep current and accurate all material information on
2file with the division and the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry as
3provided in s. 224.35 (6).
AB617,38 4Section 38. 138.12 (4) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB617,24,75 138.12 (4) (am) 1. An applicant shall pay to the division a nonrefundable $300
6license investigation fee and a $500 annual license fee for the period ending on the
7next April 30 December 31.
AB617,39 8Section 39. 138.12 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB617,24,119 138.12 (5) (a) 2. The licensee made a material misstatement, or knowingly
10omitted a material fact, in an application for a license or in information furnished to
11the division or the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry.
AB617,40 12Section 40. 138.12 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB617,24,2513 138.12 (5) (b) Before the division revokes, suspends or refuses to renew the
14license of any premium finance company on any ground other than failure to timely
15renew or reinstate the license as provided in s. 224.35 (7)
, the division shall give the
16company an opportunity to be fully heard and to introduce evidence in the company's
17behalf. In lieu of revoking or suspending the license for any of the causes enumerated
18in this subsection, after hearing, the division may subject the premium finance
19company to a penalty of not more than $200 for each offense when in the division's
20judgment the division finds that the public interest would not be harmed by the
21continued operation of such company. The amount of any penalty under this
22paragraph shall be paid by the company to the division for the use of the state. At
23any hearing under this subsection, the division may administer oaths to witnesses.
24Anyone testifying falsely, after having been administered the oath, shall be subject
25to the penalty of perjury.
AB617,41
1Section 41. 138.12 (5r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB617,25,72 138.12 (5r) Reporting violations. The division may report any enforcement
3action, any violation of this section or of an administrative rule or order, or other
4relevant information to the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry.
5Except as provided in s. 224.35 (4) (b) and (c), these reports to the nationwide
6multistate licensing system and registry shall be confidential and are not subject to
7public copying or inspection under s. 19.35 (1).
AB617,42 8Section 42. 138.12 (14) of the statutes is repealed.
AB617,43 9Section 43. 138.14 (1) (br), (jm) and (m) of the statutes are created to read:
AB617,25,1210 138.14 (1) (br) “Customer identification number” means a unique number
11assigned to a customer in a manner specified by the division, or by the database
12provider acting at the direction of the division.
AB617,25,1413 (jm) “Nationwide multistate licensing system and registry” has the meaning
14given in s. 224.35 (1g) (b).
AB617,25,1515 (m) “Unique identifier” has the meaning given in s. 224.35 (1g) (e).
AB617,44 16Section 44 . 138.14 (4) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB617,25,1917 138.14 (4) (a) 1. (intro.) Application Subject to subd. 1g., application for licenses
18under sub. (5) shall be made to the division in writing in the form and manner
19prescribed by the division and shall include all of the following:
AB617,45 20Section 45 . 138.14 (4) (a) 1g., 1m. and 1r. of the statutes are created to read:
AB617,25,2321 138.14 (4) (a) 1g. The division shall utilize the nationwide multistate licensing
22system and registry, and the provisions of s. 224.35 shall apply, with respect to
23applicants and licensees under this section.
AB617,26,3
11m. An applicant or licensee under this section shall register with, and
2maintain a valid unique identifier issued by, the nationwide multistate licensing
3system and registry.
AB617,26,64 1r. Each licensee shall keep current and accurate all material information on
5file with the division and the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry as
6provided in s. 224.35 (6).
AB617,46 7Section 46 . 138.14 (4) (a) 2. c. of the statutes is created to read:
AB617,26,98 138.14 (4) (a) 2. c. The division may disclose information to the nationwide
9multistate licensing system and registry as provided in s. 224.35.
AB617,47 10Section 47. 138.14 (5) (c) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB617,26,1611 138.14 (5) (c) A license may be renewed or reinstated as provided in s. 224.35
12(7). A license that is not renewed or reinstated by the end of the reinstatement period
13provided in s. 224.35 (7) shall be deemed to have expired on December 31 of the year
14immediately preceding the reinstatement period, unless the initial license date is
15between November 1 and December 31, in which instance the initial license term
16shall run through December 31 of the following year.
AB617,48 17Section 48. 138.14 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB617,27,218 138.14 (6) (a) Whenever a licensee changes the address of its place of business
19to another location within the same city, village, or town, the licensee shall give
20written notice thereof, in a form and manner prescribed by the division, to the
21division within 10 business days of the relocation and the division shall replace the
22original license with an amended license showing the new address
. If so directed by
23the division, the licensee shall provide any notice required under this subsection to
24the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry as provided in s. 224.35
. No

1change in the place of business of a licensee to a different city, village, or town is
2permitted under the same license.
AB617,49 3Section 49 . 138.14 (6) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB617,27,44 138.14 (6) (b) 1. b. A seller of checks money transmitter business under ch. 217.
AB617,50 5Section 50. 138.14 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB617,27,126 138.14 (7) (d) A licensee shall make an annual report to the division for each
7calendar year on or before March 15 of the following year. The report shall include
8business transacted by the licensee under this section and shall give all reasonable
9and relevant information that the division may require, including the information
10required for the division's reports under par. (e). The reports shall be made in the
11form and manner prescribed by the division
and submit financial statements as
12provided in s. 224.35 (8)
.
AB617,51 13Section 51 . 138.14 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB617,27,1614 138.14 (8) (c) The division shall have the same power to conduct hearings, take
15testimony, and secure evidence as is provided in ss. 217.17 and 217.18
powers
16granted under s. 217.11
.
AB617,52 17Section 52 . 138.14 (9) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB617,27,2018 138.14 (9) (a) 4. That the licensee made a material misstatement, or knowingly
19omitted a material fact,
in an application for a license or in information furnished to
20the division or the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry.
AB617,53 21Section 53. 138.14 (14) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB617,27,2522 138.14 (14) (c) 1. Allow a licensee accessing the database to check a customer's
23unique identification number that is assigned to the customer in a manner specified
24by the division
customer identification number. A customer's unique customer
25identification number may not be based on the customer's social security number.
AB617,54
1Section 54. 138.14 (14) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB617,28,82 138.14 (14) (m) Before entering into a payday loan, a licensee shall submit to
3the database provider the customer's name; unique customer identification number
4that is assigned in a manner specified by the division; address; driver license number
5or other method of state identification; the amount of the transaction; the customer's
6check number, if applicable; the date of the transaction; the maturity date of the loan;
7and any other information reasonably required by the division, in a format approved
8by the division.
AB617,55 9Section 55 . 138.14 (15) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB617,28,1010 138.14 (15) (title) Penalties ; reporting violations.
AB617,56 11Section 56 . 138.14 (15) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB617,28,1712 138.14 (15) (c) The division may report any enforcement action, any violation
13of this section or of an administrative rule or order, or other relevant information to
14the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry. Except as provided in s.
15224.35 (4) (b) and (c), these reports to the nationwide multistate licensing system and
16registry shall be confidential and are not subject to public copying or inspection
17under s. 19.35 (1).
AB617,57 18Section 57 . 186.113 (22) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB617,28,2019 186.113 (22) (title) Community currency exchange and seller of checks
20money transmitter.
AB617,58 21Section 58 . 214.04 (20) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB617,29,622 214.04 (20) Upon receiving approval from the division, to act as an authorized
23agent for its customers in the business and functions under ch. 217. A savings bank
24that applies to function as a seller of checks money transmitter shall meet the
25application requirements under ch. 217. The division may not charge a license or

1investigation fee for an application under this subsection. The seller of checks money
2transmitter
function of a savings bank shall be under the jurisdiction and
3supervision of the division. The division shall enforce ch. 217 as it applies to savings
4banks. The division shall determine what records shall be maintained and shall
5require the segregation of funds that are necessary for a savings bank to operate as
6a seller of checks money transmitter under this subsection and ch. 217.
AB617,59 7Section 59 . 215.13 (41) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB617,29,88 215.13 (41) (title) Seller of checks Money transmitter.
AB617,60 9Section 60 . Chapter 217 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB617,29,1010 CHAPTER 217
AB617,29,1111 MONEY TRANSMITTERS
AB617,29,13 12217.01 Short title. This chapter may be cited as the “Model Money
13Transmission Modernization Law."
AB617,29,14 14217.02 Definitions. In this chapter:
AB617,29,17 15(1) “Acting in concert" means persons knowingly acting together with a
16common goal of jointly acquiring control of a licensee, whether or not pursuant to an
17express agreement.
AB617,29,19 18(2) “Authorized delegate” means a person a licensee designates to engage in
19money transmission on behalf of the licensee.
AB617,29,25 20(3) “Average daily money transmission liability” means the amount of a
21licensee's outstanding money transmission obligations at the end of each day in a
22given period of time, added together, and divided by the total number of days in the
23given period of time. For purposes of calculating average daily money transmission
24liability under this chapter for any licensee required to do so, the given period of time
25shall be the quarters ending March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31.
AB617,30,2
1(4) “Bank Secrecy Act” means the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 USC 5311 et seq., and
2its implementing regulations.
AB617,30,6 3(5) “Closed loop stored value” means stored value that is redeemable by the
4issuer only for goods or services provided by the issuer or its affiliate or franchisees
5of the issuer or its affiliate, except to the extent required by applicable law to be
6redeemable in cash for its cash value.
AB617,30,7 7(6) (a) “Control” means any of the following:
AB617,30,98 1. The power to vote, directly or indirectly, at least 25 percent of the outstanding
9voting shares or voting interests of a licensee or person in control of a licensee.
AB617,30,1210 2. The power to elect or appoint a majority of key individuals or executive
11officers, managers, directors, trustees, or other persons exercising managerial
12authority of a licensee or person in control of a licensee.
AB617,30,1413 3. The power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a controlling influence over the
14management or policies of a licensee or person in control of a licensee.
AB617,30,2015 (b) A person is presumed to exercise a controlling influence within the meaning
16of par. (a) 3. if the person holds the power to vote, directly or indirectly, at least 10
17percent of the outstanding voting shares or voting interests of a licensee or person
18in control of a licensee. A person presumed to exercise a controlling influence under
19this paragraph may rebut the presumption of control by showing that the person is
20a passive investor.
AB617,30,2521 (c) For purposes of determining the percentage of a person controlled by any
22other person, the person's interest shall be aggregated with the interest of any other
23immediate family member, including the person's spouse, parents, children, siblings,
24mothers-in-law, fathers-in-law, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, brothers-in-law,
25sisters-in-law, and any other person who shares the person's home.
AB617,31,1
1(7) “Division” means the division of banking.
AB617,31,10 2(8) “Eligible rating” means a credit rating of any of the 3 highest rating
3categories provided by an eligible rating service, whereby each category may include
4rating category modifiers such as “plus” or “minus” for S&P, or the equivalent for any
5other eligible rating service. Long-term credit ratings are deemed eligible if the
6rating is equal to A- or higher by S&P, or the equivalent from any other eligible rating
7service. Short-term credit ratings are deemed eligible if the rating is equal to or
8higher than A-2 or SP-2 by S&P, or the equivalent from any other eligible rating
9service. If ratings differ among eligible rating services, the highest rating applies
10when determining whether a security bears an eligible rating.
AB617,31,13 11(9) “Eligible rating service” means any nationally recognized statistical rating
12organization as defined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and any
13other organization designated by the division.
AB617,31,19 14(10) “Federally insured depository financial institution” means a bank, credit
15union, savings and loan association, trust company, savings association, savings
16bank, industrial bank, or industrial loan company organized under the laws of the
17United States or any state of the United States, when such bank, credit union,
18savings and loan association, trust company, savings association, savings bank,
19industrial bank, or industrial loan company has federally insured deposits.
AB617,31,21 20(11) “In this state” includes, with respect to a money transmission transaction,
21all of the following:
AB617,31,2322 (a) A transaction requested in person at a physical location within the
23geographic boundaries of this state.
AB617,32,324 (b) A transaction requested by telephone or electronic means by a resident of
25this state, if information provided by the person requesting the transaction, or other

1records of the provider of money transmission, indicate that the person's physical
2address or principal place of business is located within the geographic boundaries of
3this state.
AB617,32,6 4(12) “Key individual” means any individual ultimately responsible for
5establishing or directing policies and procedures of a licensee, such as an executive
6officer, manager, director, or trustee.
AB617,32,7 7(13) “Licensee” means a person licensed under this chapter.
AB617,32,11 8(14) “Material litigation” means litigation that, according to U.S. generally
9accepted accounting principles, is significant to a person's financial health and would
10be required to be disclosed in the person's annual audited financial statements,
11report to shareholders, or similar records.
AB617,32,13 12(15) “Monetary value” means a medium of exchange, whether or not
13redeemable in money.
AB617,32,17 14(16) “Money” means a medium of exchange that is authorized or adopted by the
15United States or a foreign government. “Money” includes a monetary unit of account
16established by an intergovernmental organization or by agreement between 2 or
17more governments.
AB617,32,18 18(17) (a) “Money transmission” means any of the following:
AB617,32,1919 1. Selling or issuing payment instruments to a person located in this state.
AB617,32,2020 2. Selling or issuing stored value to a person located in this state.
AB617,32,2121 3. Receiving money for transmission from a person located in this state.
AB617,32,2222 (b) “Money transmission” includes payroll processing services.
AB617,32,25 23(18) “MSB-accredited state” means a state that has an agency that is
24accredited by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and Money Transmitter
25Regulators Association for money transmission licensing and supervision.
AB617,33,5
1(19) “Multistate licensing process” means any agreement among state
2regulators relating to coordinated processing of applications for money transmission
3licenses, applications for the acquisition of control of a licensee, control
4determinations, or notice and information requirements for a change of key
5individuals.
AB617,33,7 6(20) “Nationwide multistate licensing system and registry” has the meaning
7given in s. 224.35 (1g) (b).
AB617,33,9 8(21) (a) “Outstanding money transmission obligations” includes all of the
9following:
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