Purpose


The purpose and effect of the amended rules is to remove the disciplinary guidelines as found in the rule and to transfer the disciplinary guidelines provisions to a form incorporated into the rule entitled "Office of Financial Regulation, Division of Consumer Finance, Disciplinary Guidelines for Money Services Businesses," to amend mitigating and aggravating factors, to amend citations to incorporated materials, to provide an exemption from online filing requirements for technological or financial hardships, to specify fingerprint exemptions for certain individuals, to provide an additional 45 days for submission of additional application information, to deem certain applications abandoned, to delete and amend definitions, to specify who must file Form 560-02, to specify when Form 560-02 must be filed, to specify when application amendments must be filed, to clarify the license renewal process, to repeal the net worth provisions, to establish a set rate for exam fees, to clarify quarterly report requirements, to correct inaccurate terminology, to clarify record keeping requirements, to amend existing rules and propose new rules to conform to and implement Chapter No. 218-26, Laws of Florida, which was signed into law on March 19, 2018. The legislation requires the Financial Service Commission to implement, by rule, certain provisions related to deferred presentment installment transactions.