A licensee must set up written controls, contract terms, and background checks before using an authorized delegate, and authorized delegates must follow the Nebraska Money Transmitters Act.
(1) 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 shall: (a) 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; (b) Enter into a written contract that complies with subsection (3) of this section; and (c) 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. (2) An authorized delegate shall operate in full compliance with the Nebraska Money Transmitters Act. (3) The written contract required by subdivision (1)(b) of this section shall be signed by the licensee and the authorized delegate and, at a minimum, also shall: (a) Appoint the person signing the contract as the licensee's authorized delegate with the authority to conduct money transmission on behalf of the licensee; (b) Set forth the nature and scope of the relationship between the licensee and the authorized delegate and the respective rights and responsibilities of the parties; (c) Require the authorized delegate to agree to fully comply with all applicable state and federal laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to money transmission, including the Nebraska Money Transmitters Act and the rules and regulations implementing the act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001; (d) 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; (e) Impose a trust on money and monetary value net of fees received for money transmission for the benefit of the licensee; (f) Require the authorized delegate to prepare and maintain records as required by the Nebraska Money Transmitters Act or the rules and regulations implementing the act, or as reasonably requested by the director; (g) Acknowledge that the authorized delegate consents to examination or investigation by the director; (h) State that the licensee is subject to regulation by the director and that, as part of that regulation, the director may suspend or revoke an authorized delegate designation or require the licensee to terminate an authorized delegate designation; and (i) Acknowledge receipt of the written policies and procedures required under subdivision (1)(a) of this section. (4) If the licensee's license is suspended, revoked, canceled, surrendered, or expired, the licensee shall, within five business days, provide documentation to the director that the licensee has notified all applicable authorized delegates of the licensee whose names are in a record filed with the director of the suspension, revocation, cancellation, surrender, or expiration of the license. Upon suspension, revocation, cancellation, surrender, or expiration of the license, applicable authorized delegates shall immediately cease to provide money transmission as an authorized delegate of the licensee. (5) An authorized delegate of a licensee holds in trust for the benefit of the licensee all money net of fees received from money transmission. If any authorized delegate commingles any funds received from money transmission with any other funds or property owned or controlled by the authorized delegate, all commingled funds and other property shall be considered held in trust in favor of the licensee in an amount equal to the amount of money net of fees received from money transmission by the authorized delegate on behalf of the licensee. (6) An authorized delegate may not use a subdelegate to conduct money transmission on behalf of a licensee. History: Laws 2013, LB616, § 24; Laws 2021, LB363, § 17; Laws 2021, LB649, § 48; Laws 2022, LB707, § 25; Laws 2023, LB92, § 17; Laws 2024, LB1074, § 53; Laws 2025, LB251, § 18; Laws 2025, LB474, § 29.