217.03 Exemptions.
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217.03 Exemptions.
(1)This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
(a)An operator of a payment system to the extent that it provides processing, clearing, or settlement services, between or among persons exempted by this section or licensees, in connection with wire transfers, credit card transactions, debit card transactions, stored-value transactions, automated clearing house transfers, or similar funds transfers.
(b)A person appointed as an agent of a payee to collect and process a payment from a payor to the payee for goods or services, other than money transmission itself, provided to the payor by the payee, if all the following are true:
1. There exists a written agreement between the payee and the agent directing the agent to collect and process payments from payors on the payee’s behalf.
2. The payee holds the agent out to the public as accepting payments for goods or services on the payee’s behalf.
3. Payment for the goods and services is treated as received by the payee upon receipt by the agent, so that the payor’s obligation is extinguished and there is no risk of loss to the payor if the agent fails to remit the funds to the payee.
(c)A person who acts as an intermediary by processing payments between an entity that has directly incurred an outstanding money transmission obligation to a sender and the sender’s designated recipient, if all the following are true: