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| To amend section 1349.99 and to enact section 1349.38 | 1 |
| of the Revised Code to prohibit campus credit card | 2 |
| marketing activities on the grounds of state | 3 |
| institutions of higher education. | 4 |
| Section 1. That section 1349.99 be amended and section | 5 |
| 1349.38 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 1349.38. (A) No person may engage in campus credit card | 7 |
| marketing activities. | 8 |
| (B) As used in this section: | 9 |
| (1) "Credit card" and "card issuer" have the same meanings as | 10 |
| in the "Truth in Lending Act," 82 Stat. 146 (1968), 15 U.S.C. | 11 |
| 1602. | 12 |
| (2) "State institution of higher education" has the same | 13 |
| meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. | 14 |
| (3) "Campus" means the land and buildings that a state | 15 |
| institution of higher education uses for instruction or student | 16 |
| services. | 17 |
| (4) "Campus credit card marketing activity" means any | 18 |
| activity conducted by an agent or employee of a card issuer, or a | 19 |
| recognized student organization on the property owned or operated | 20 |
| by or located on the campus of a state institution of higher | 21 |
| education, designed to encourage and enable students to apply for | 22 |
| a credit card, even if an agent or employee of the card issuer is | 23 |
| not present. | 24 |
| Sec. 1349.99. (A) Whoever violates section 1349.06 or 1349.17 | 25 |
| of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. | 26 |
| (B)(1) Whoever violates section 1349.45 of the Revised Code | 27 |
| is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. | 28 |
| (2) Notwithstanding division (B)(1) of this section, the only | 29 |
| remedies that are available for a violation of section 1349.45 of | 30 |
| the Revised Code by a registrant or licensee under sections | 31 |
| 1322.01 to 1322.12 of the Revised Code are those set forth in | 32 |
| section 1322.10 of the Revised Code or otherwise provided by | 33 |
| statute or common law. | 34 |
| (3) The provisions of division (B) of this section are not | 35 |
| intended to be exclusive remedies and do not preclude the use of | 36 |
| any other remedy provided by law. | 37 |
| (C) Whoever violates section 1349.38 of the Revised Code | 38 |
| shall be fined two thousand dollars for each violation. | 39 |
| Section 2. That existing section 1349.99 of the Revised Code | 40 |
| is hereby repealed. | 41 |