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234.12A ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER PROGRAM.
1. The department of human services shall maintain an electronic
benefits transfer program utilizing electronic funds transfer systems
for the food assistance program. The electronic benefits transfer
program implemented under this section shall not require a retailer
to make cash disbursements or to provide, purchase, or upgrade
electronic funds transfer system equipment as a condition of
participation in the program.
2. A point-of-sale terminal which is used only for purchases from
a retailer by electronic benefits transfer utilizing electronic funds
transfer systems is not a satellite terminal as defined in section
527.2.
3. For the purposes of this section, "retailer" means a
business authorized by the United States department of agriculture to
accept food assistance program benefits. Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1066, §1; 98 Acts, ch 1218, §75; 2001 Acts, ch 191,
§39; 2005 Acts, ch 175, §104; 2008 Acts, ch 1073, § 2, 3; 2009 Acts,
ch 182, §130
