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broker-dealer under this chapter, except when the person | is acting as a clearing broker-dealer; |
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| (3) An institutional investor; |
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| (4) A nonaffiliated federal covered investment adviser | with investments under management in excess of | $100,000,000 acting for the account of others pursuant | to discretionary authority in a signed record; |
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| (5) A bona fide preexisting customer whose principal | place of residence is not in this State and the person | is registered as a broker-dealer under the federal | Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or not required to be | registered under the federal Securities Exchange Act of | 1934 and is registered or licensed under the securities | act of the state in which the customer maintains a | principal place of residence; |
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| (6) A bona fide preexisting customer whose principal | place of residence is in this State but was not present | in this State when the customer relationship was | established, if: |
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| (a) The broker-dealer is registered under the | federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or not | required to be registered under the federal | Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is registered | or licensed under the securities laws of the state | in which the customer relationship was established | and where the customer had maintained a principal | place of residence; and |
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| (b) Within 45 days after the customer's first | transaction in this State, the person files an | application for licensing as a broker-dealer in | this State and no further transactions are | effected until the license is effective.__Any | broker-dealer may seek an order granting a | temporary exemption under subparagraph (7) while | the application is pending; and |
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| (7) Any other person exempted by rule adopted or order | issued under this chapter; and |
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| B.__A person that deals solely in United States government | securities and is supervised as a dealer in government securities | by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the |
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