Sec. 151.403. AUTHORIZED DELEGATE CONDUCT. (a) An authorized delegate of a license holder:

(1) is under a duty to and must act only as authorized under the contract with the license holder and in strict compliance with the license holder's written policies and procedures;

(2) must not commit fraud or misrepresentation or make any fraudulent or false statement or misrepresentation to a license holder or the commissioner;

(3) must cooperate with an investigation or examination conducted by the commissioner and is considered to have consented to the commissioner's examination of the delegate's books and records;

(4) must not commit an unsafe or unsound act or practice or conduct business in an unsafe and unsound manner;

(5) must, on discovery, immediately report to the license holder the theft or loss of payment instruments or stored value;

(6) must prominently display on the form prescribed by the commissioner a notice that indicates that the person is an authorized delegate of the license holder under this subchapter; and

(7) must cease to provide money services as an authorized delegate of a license holder or take other required action immediately on receipt of notice from the commissioner or the license holder as provided by Section 151.402(e).

(b) An authorized delegate shall remit all money owed to the license holder:

(1) not later than the 10th business day after the date the authorized delegate receives the money;

(2) in accordance with the contract between the license holder and the authorized delegate; or

(3) as directed by the commissioner.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1), an authorized delegate may remit the money at a later date if the authorized delegate maintains on deposit with an office of a federally insured financial institution located in the United States an amount that:

(1) is in an account solely in the name of the license holder; and

(2) for each day by which the period before the remittance exceeds 10 business days, is not less than the outstanding obligations of the license holder routinely incurred by the authorized delegate on a daily basis.

(d) Any business for which a license is required under this subchapter that is conducted by an authorized delegate outside the scope of authority conferred in the contract between the authorized delegate and the license holder is unlicensed activity.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1099 (H.B. 2218), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.