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CS/HB 1277: Money Services Businesses

GENERAL BILL by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee ; Davis

Money Services Businesses; Revises frequency & notice requirements for examinations & investigations by OFR of money services business licensees; prohibits money services businesses, authorized vendors, & affiliated parties from knowingly possessing certain paraphernalia used or intended or designed for use in misrepresenting customer's identity; prohibits certain persons from providing customer's personal identification information to licensee; prohibits certain acts by money services businesses, authorized vendors, & affiliated parties; revises conditions for which money services business license may be suspended; requires licensee to maintain its own federally insured depository account & deposit into account any payment instruments cashed; requires licensee to notify OFR & cease to cash payment instruments if licensee ceases to maintain account; prohibits licensee from accepting or cashing payment instrument from person who is not original payee except under certain circumstances; establishes limit on amount of fees that licensees may charge for direct costs of verification; revises requirements for records that licensee must maintain.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 4/8/2012 - Chapter No. 2012-85
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/5/2012 House • Filed
1/10/2012 House • Introduced -HJ 126
1/12/2012 House • Referred to Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Rulemaking and Regulation Subcommittee; Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee; Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 214
1/26/2012 House • PCS on Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 01/30/12, 2:00 pm, 404 HOB
1/30/2012 House • CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 323
2/1/2012 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 315
2/2/2012 House • Original reference(s) removed: Rulemaking and Regulation Subcommittee; Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee
• CS referred to Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 452
• Now in Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 452
2/14/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Economic Affairs Committee, 02/16/12, 11:30 am, Reed Hall
2/16/2012 House • Favorable by- Economic Affairs Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 684
2/18/2012 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 684
2/20/2012 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/22/12
2/22/2012 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 733
• Placed on 3rd reading
2/23/2012 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 790
• CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 -HJ 790
2/24/2012 Senate • In Messages
3/5/2012 Senate • Received -SJ 829
• Referred to Banking and Insurance; Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; Budget -SJ 829
3/8/2012 Senate • Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; Budget -SJ 962
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 962
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/08/12
• Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1586 -SJ 963
• Read 2nd time -SJ 963
• Read 3rd time -SJ 963
• CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 963
3/8/2012 House • Ordered enrolled -HJ 1245
3/30/2012 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
4/6/2012 • Approved by Governor
4/8/2012 • Chapter No. 2012-85