1. For purposes of this chapter the superintendent of banking only has the power to issue rules applicable to, to accept and approve or disapprove applications or informational statements from, to conduct hearings and revoke any approvals relating to, and to exercise all other supervisory authority created by this chapter with respect to banks; the superintendent of savings and loan associations only shall have and exercise such powers and authority with respect to savings and loan associations; the superintendent of credit unions only has such powers and authority with respect to credit unions; and the superintendent of banking or the superintendent's designee only has such powers and authority with respect to industrial loan companies.
2. The administrator shall have the authority to examine any person who operates a multiple use terminal, limited- function terminal, or other satellite terminal, and any other device or facility with which such terminal is interconnected, as to any transaction by, with, or involving a financial institution which affects a customer asset account. Information obtained in the course of such an examination shall not be disclosed, except as provided by law.
3. Nothing contained in this chapter shall authorize the administrator to regulate the conduct of business functions or to obtain access to any business records, data, or information of a person who operates a multiple use terminal, except those pertaining to a financial transaction engaged in through a satellite terminal, or as may otherwise be provided by law.
4. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit or to authorize the administrator to prohibit an operator of a multiple use terminal, other than a financial institution, or an operator of any other device or facility with which such terminal is interconnected, other than a central routing unit or data processing center (as defined in section 527.2) from using those facilities to perform internal proprietary functions, including the extension of credit pursuant to an open end credit arrangement.
5. An administrator may conduct hearings and exercise any other appropriate authority conferred by this chapter regarding the operation or control of a satellite terminal upon the written request of a person, including but not limited to, a retailer, financial institution, or consumer.
6. The authority of an administrator pursuant to section 527.5, subsection 2, paragraph "a", to approve access cards issued by a financial institution for use as an access device includes the requirement that a registration statement shall be filed with the administrator and be maintained on a current basis by each financial institution issuing access cards within the state. The registration statement shall be in writing on a form prescribed by the administrator, and contain the name and address of the registrant, a depiction of both sides of the access card, and any other information the administrator deems relevant relating to the access card and transactions utilizing the access card which affect a customer asset account.
7. A financial institution shall not be required to join, be a member or shareholder of, or otherwise participate in, any corporation, association, partnership, cooperative, or other enterprise as a condition of the financial institution's utilization of any satellite terminal located within this state.
[C77, 79, 81, § 527.3]
87 Acts, ch 158, §3; 91 Acts, ch 92, §1; 91 Acts, ch 216, §4, 5
Referred to in § 527.2, 527.12
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