Section 399-F:1 Definitions. - New Hampshire Statutes

In this chapter:
   I. ""Bank'' means any bank, commercial bank, savings bank, trust company, building and loan association, savings and loan association, savings association, cooperative bank, credit union, or similar banking or credit union organization chartered by this or any other state or by the federal government.
   II. ""Cash dispensing machine'':
      (a) Means an electronic device that, operating in conjunction with a processor and network, allows a consumer to debit an account in exchange for dispensing cash.
      (b) Does not mean a point-of-sale device as defined by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 384-B:7.
   III. ""Commissioner'' means the New Hampshire bank commissioner appointed under the provisions of RSA 383:1.
   IV. ""Establish'' means to own, lease, or otherwise legally control.
   V. ""Network'' means a person who engages primarily in the establishment and maintenance of a computer-operated system of transmitting items and messages between banks, processors, and cash dispensing machines or similar electronic devices.
   VI. ""Operator'' means the person who owns, leases, or otherwise legally controls a cash dispensing machine.
   VII. ""Person'' means any natural person, partnership, corporation, or other business association recognized under New Hampshire law.
   VIII. ""Processor'' means a person who electronically acquires financial data emanating from a cash dispensing machine and relays such data to a network.
   IX. ""Servicing agent'' means a person who contracts with an operator to provide consumer relations, financial recordkeeping, or similar services in regard to a cash dispensing machine.

Source. 1998, 358:1, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.