Cal. FIN § 3702
This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 3702, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.
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Official statutory text
(a) An applicant, before submitting its application, shall establish and maintain in a record a policy or procedure designed to ensure compliance with this division, and law of this state other than this division, if the other law is relevant to the digital financial asset business activity contemplated by the licensee or the scope of this division or this division could assist in the purpose of the other law because violation of the other law has a remedy under this division.
(b) A policy or procedure under subdivision (a) shall be compatible, and not conflict, with requirements applicable to a licensee under other state law or under federal law and may be a policy or procedure in existence for the licensee’s digital financial asset business activity with, or on behalf of, a resident.
(c) After the policies and procedures required under this section are created by the licensee, the licensee shall engage a responsible individual with adequate authority and experience to monitor any policy or procedure, publicize it as appropriate, recommend changes as desirable, and enforce it.
(d) A licensee may request advice from the department regarding compliance with this section and, with the department’s approval, outsource functions, other than compliance, required under this section.
(e) Failure of a particular policy or procedure adopted under this section to meet its goals in a particular instance is not a ground for liability of the licensee if the policy or procedure was created, implemented, and monitored properly. Repeated failures of a policy or procedure are evidence that the policy or procedure was not created or implemented properly.
(b) A policy or procedure under subdivision (a) shall be compatible, and not conflict, with requirements applicable to a licensee under other state law or under federal law and may be a policy or procedure in existence for the licensee’s digital financial asset business activity with, or on behalf of, a resident.
(c) After the policies and procedures required under this section are created by the licensee, the licensee shall engage a responsible individual with adequate authority and experience to monitor any policy or procedure, publicize it as appropriate, recommend changes as desirable, and enforce it.
(d) A licensee may request advice from the department regarding compliance with this section and, with the department’s approval, outsource functions, other than compliance, required under this section.
(e) Failure of a particular policy or procedure adopted under this section to meet its goals in a particular instance is not a ground for liability of the licensee if the policy or procedure was created, implemented, and monitored properly. Repeated failures of a policy or procedure are evidence that the policy or procedure was not created or implemented properly.
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