2023 Tennessee Code › Title 45 - BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 45-1-101 — 45-20-111) › Chapter 7 - MONEY TRANSMISSION MODERNIZATION ACT (§§ 45-7-101 — 45-7-144) › Part 1 - MONEY TRANSMISSION MODERNIZATION ACT (§§ 45-7-101 — 45-7-144) › Section 45-7-126 - Relationship between licensee and authorized delegate

(a)
As used in this section, "remit" means to make direct payments of money to a licensee or its representative authorized to receive money or to deposit money in a bank in an account specified by the licensee.
(b)
Before a licensee is authorized to conduct business through an authorized delegate or allows a person to act as the licensee's authorized delegate, the licensee must:
(1)
Adopt, and update as necessary, written policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the licensee's authorized delegates comply with applicable state and federal law;
(2)
Enter into a written contract that complies with subsection (d); and
(3)
Conduct a reasonable risk-based background investigation sufficient for the licensee to determine whether the authorized delegate has complied and will likely comply with applicable state and federal law.
(c)
An authorized delegate must operate in full compliance with this chapter.
(d)
The written contract required by subsection (b) must be signed by the licensee and the authorized delegate and, at a minimum, must:
(1)
Appoint the person signing the contract as the licensee's authorized delegate with the authority to conduct money transmission on behalf of the licensee;
(2)
State the nature and scope of the relationship between the licensee and the authorized delegate and the respective rights and responsibilities of the parties;
(3)
Require the authorized delegate to agree to fully comply with all applicable state and federal laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to money transmission, including this chapter and rules implementing this chapter, as well as relevant provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act and the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (Pub. L. No. 107-56);
(4)
Require the authorized delegate to remit and handle money and monetary value in accordance with the terms of the contract between the licensee and the authorized delegate;
(5)
Impose a trust on money and monetary value net of fees received for money transmission for the benefit of the licensee;
(6)
Require the authorized delegate to prepare and maintain records as required by this chapter or rules implementing this chapter, or as reasonably requested by the commissioner;
(7)
Acknowledge that the authorized delegate consents to examination or investigation by the commissioner;
(8)
State that the licensee is subject to supervision and regulation by the commissioner and that, as part of that supervision and regulation, the commissioner may suspend or revoke an authorized delegate designation or require the licensee to terminate an authorized delegate designation; and
(9)
Acknowledge receipt of the written policies and procedures required under subdivision (b)(1).
(e)
If the licensee's license is suspended, revoked, surrendered, or expired, the licensee must, within five (5) business days, provide documentation to the commissioner that the licensee has notified all authorized delegates of the licensee of the suspension, revocation, surrender, or expiration of a license. Upon suspension, revocation, surrender, or expiration of a license, applicable authorized delegates shall immediately cease to provide money transmission as an authorized delegate of the licensee.
(f)
An authorized delegate may not use a subdelegate to conduct money transmission on behalf of a licensee.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 115, s 1, eff. 1/1/2024.
Acts 1994, ch. 715, § 1; T.C.A., §
45-7-226
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