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1996 SESSION
960368288Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 6.1-372 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 6.1-372. Same; application; balance sheet required; filing fee; surety bond.
A. Applications for a license shall be made on forms furnished by the Commission and shall set forth the name and address of the applicant, a description of the manner in which and the locations at which it proposes to do business, and such additional relevant information as the Commission requires. The application shall be accompanied by such financial statements as the Commission may require, a filing fee of $500 and, except as provided in subsection B, a surety bond satisfactory to the Commission in the principal amount as determined by the Commission but not less than $25,000, and conditioned as the Commission may require for the benefit of purchasers, payees, and holders of money orders sold by the licensee and its agents in this Commonwealth, and for the benefit of purchasers of money transmission services.
B. As an alternative security device and in lieu of the surety bond
required by subsection A, a license applicant may deposit [ with the
Commission, or ] with a financial institution designated by such
applicant and approved by the Commission for that purpose, cash, stocks and
bonds, notes, debentures or other obligations of the United States or any
agency or instrumentality thereof, or guaranteed by the United States, or of
this Commonwealth, or of a city, county, town or other political subdivision of
this Commonwealth, in an aggregate amount, based upon the principal amount or
market value, whichever is lower, of not less than the amounts required by the
Commission pursuant to subsection A. Such cash or securities shall be
deposited and held to secure obligations established in subsection A, but [
such person the licensee ] shall be entitled to (i)
receive all interest and dividends thereon and (ii) substitute, with the
Commission's prior approval, other securities for those deposited. The
Commission may also direct [ such person the licensee
] , for good cause shown, to substitute other securities for those
deposited.
[ C. The security device required by this section shall remain in place
until cancellation, which may occur only after thirty days' written notice to
the Commission, subject to the provisions of subsection D. Cancellation
thereof shall not affect any liability incurred or accrued during any such
period.
D. C. ] The security device required by this section
shall remain in place for five years after a licensee under this chapter ceases
money order sales [ or money transmission activities ] within
this Commonwealth. However, the Commission may permit the security device to
be reduced or eliminated prior to that time to the extent the amount of such
licensee's payment instruments outstanding in this Commonwealth are reduced.
The Commission may also permit any such licensee to substitute a letter of
credit, or such other form of security device as may be acceptable to the
Commission, for the security device in place at the time the applicant ceases
money order sales [ or money transmission activities ] in this
Commonwealth.