17:15C-5 Net worth requirements for licensees.
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(1)Except as provided pursuant to paragraph
(2)of this subsection a., for a person licensed to engage in business in this State only as a foreign money transmitter, each licensee shall at all times have a net worth of not less than $100,000, calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Licensees engaging in money transmission at more than one location or through authorized delegates shall have an additional net worth of $25,000 per location or agent located in this State, as applicable, up to a maximum net worth amount of $1,000,000.
(2)Each person licensed to engage in business in this State only as a foreign money transmitter shall at all times have a net worth of not less than $50,000, calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Licensees engaging in foreign money transmission at more than one location or through authorized delegates shall have an additional net worth of $10,000 per location or agent located in this State, as applicable, up to a maximum net worth amount of $400,000.
(3)A person licensed to engage in the business of a foreign money transmitter pursuant to R.S.17:15-1 et seq. on the day prior to the effective date of this act, whose license is continued pursuant to subsection b. of section 27 of this act, shall fully comply with the net worth requirements of paragraph
(2)of this subsection a. as follows:
(a)by the first business day following 90 days after the effective date of this act, have a net worth of $5,000;
(b)by July 1, 1999, have a net worth of $5,000 plus 25% of the additional net worth amount required pursuant to paragraph
(2)of this subsection a.;
(c)by July 1, 2000, have a net worth of $5,000 plus 50% of the additional net worth amount required pursuant to paragraph
(2)of this subsection a.; and
(d)by July 1, 2001, have a net worth in full compliance with the amount required pursuant to paragraph
(2)of this subsection a.
b. Every corporate applicant, at the time of filing an application and at all times after a license is issued, shall be in good standing in the state of its incorporation. All non-corporate applicants shall, at the time of the filing of an application and at all times after a license is issued, be registered or qualified to do business in this State.
L.1998,c.14,s.5.