101 STAT. 1254
PUBLIC LAW 100-181—DEC. 4, 1987
'• }'" (1) by striking out "association or any" and inserting in lieu ^'*' thereof "association, or any"; and (2) by striking out "own behalf in" and inserting in lieu thereof "own behalf, in". SEC. 304. Section 3(a)(34)(C) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(34)(C)) is amended by striking out "state" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "State". SEC. 305. Section 3(a)(39)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(39)(B)) is amended— (1) by striking out "months, revoking" and inserting in lieu £., thereof "months, or revoking"; and (2) by striking out "barring his" and inserting in lieu thereof "barring or suspending for a period not exceeding 12 months his". SEC. 306. Section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)) is amended— (1) by inserting after paragraph (46) the following: "(47) The term 'securities laws' means the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.), the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (15 U.S.C. 79a et seq.), the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 77aaa et seq.), the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-l et seq.), the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 i U.S.C. 80b et seq.), and the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 (15 U.S.C. 78aaa et seq.)."; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following: ? "(49) The term 'person associated with a transfer agent' and 'associated person of a transfer agent' mean any person (except ,!: an employee whose functions are solely clerical or ministerial) directly engaged in the management, direction, supervision, or performance of any of the transfer agent's activities with re. spect to transfer agent functions, and any person directly or indirectly controlling such activities or controlled by the transfer agent in connection with such activities.". SEC. 307. Section 4 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78d) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any fee is required to be paid to the Commission pursuant to any provision of the securities laws or any other law, the Commission may provide by rule that such fee shall be paid in a manner other than in cash.". SEC. 308. (a) The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended by inserting after section 4 (15 U.S.C. 78d) the following new sections: "DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS BY COMMISSION
15 USC 78<i-l.
"SEC. 4 A. (a) In addition to its existing authority, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall have the authority to delegate, by published order or rule, any of its functions to a division of the Commission, an individual Commissioner, an administrative law judge, or an employee or employee board, including functions with respect to hearing, determining, ordering, certifying, reporting, or otherwise acting as to any work, business, or matter. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to supersede the provisions of section 556(b) of title 5, or to authorize the delegation of the function of rulemaking as defined in subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, with reference to general rules as distinguished from
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