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H. B. No. 605 As IntroducedAs Introduced
127th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2007-2008 |
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A BILL
To amend section 1349.99 and to enact section 1349.38
of the Revised Code to prohibit campus credit card
marketing activities on the grounds of state
institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 1349.99 be amended and section
1349.38 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 1349.38. (A) No person may engage in campus credit card
marketing activities.
(B) As used in this section:
(1) "Credit card" and "card issuer" have the same meanings as
in the "Truth in Lending Act," 82 Stat. 146 (1968), 15 U.S.C.
1602.
(2) "State institution of higher education" has the same
meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Campus" means the land and buildings that a state
institution of higher education uses for instruction or student
services.
(4) "Campus credit card marketing activity" means any
activity
conducted by an agent or employee of a card issuer, or a
recognized student organization on the property owned or operated
by or located on the campus of a state institution of higher
education, designed to encourage and enable students to apply for
a credit card, even if an agent or employee of the card issuer is
not present.
Sec. 1349.99. (A) Whoever violates section 1349.06 or 1349.17
of the Revised Code
is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(B)(1) Whoever violates section 1349.45 of the Revised Code
is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(2) Notwithstanding division (B)(1) of this section, the only
remedies that are available for a violation of section 1349.45 of
the Revised Code by a registrant or licensee under sections
1322.01 to 1322.12 of the Revised Code are those set forth in
section 1322.10 of the Revised Code or otherwise provided by
statute or common law.
(3) The provisions of division (B) of this section are not
intended to be exclusive remedies and do not preclude the use of
any other remedy provided by law.
(C) Whoever violates section 1349.38 of the Revised Code
shall be fined two thousand dollars for each violation.
Section 2. That existing section 1349.99 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
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