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Sub. H. B. No. 12 As Reported by the House Consumer Affairs and Economic Protection CommitteeAs Reported by the House Consumer Affairs and Economic Protection Committee
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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Representatives Lundy, Schneider
Cosponsors:
Representatives Fende, Newcomb, Koziura, Dyer, Harris, Murray, DeGeeter, Phillips, Williams, B., DeBose, Hagan, Skindell, Okey, Luckie, Letson, Williams, S., Sykes
A BILL
To amend section 1349.99 and to enact sections
1349.38 and 3345.331 of the Revised Code to
prohibit campus credit card marketing activities
and to prohibit institutions of higher
education
from releasing student directory
information to
any person or group for use in a
profit-making
plan or activity.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 1349.99 be amended and sections
1349.38 and 3345.331 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as
follows:
Sec. 1349.38. (A) No person shall knowingly engage in campus
credit
card marketing activities.
(B) No person shall knowingly mail an advertisement or offer
for a credit card to an on-campus student housing address.
(C) As used in this section:
(1) "Credit card" and "card issuer" have the same meanings as
in section 1602 of the "Truth in Lending Act," 82 Stat. 146
(1968), 15 U.S.C.
1601, except that "credit card" does not
include a debit card or other access device that is a means to
withdraw funds or initiate an electronic funds transfer from a
deposit account.
(2) "Campus" means the land and buildings located in this
state that a state
institution of higher education or a private
institution of higher education uses for instruction or student
services.
(3)(a) "Campus credit card marketing activity" means any
activity conducted by an agent or employee of a card issuer that
meets both of the following criteria:
(i) The activity is
designed to encourage and enable
students to apply for a credit
card and includes the act of
placing on the campus a display or
poster together with a form
that can be returned to the card
issuer as a credit card
application, even if an employee or agent
of the card issuer is
not present at the display;
(ii) The activity is conducted in this state on property
owned or operated by, located on the campus
of, or at an event
sanctioned by a private or state institution of higher
education.
(b) "Campus credit card marketing activity" does not include
any of the following activities:
(i) Those that are conducted inside a banking office, as
defined in sections 1101.01, 1151.01, and 1161.01 of the Revised
Code; inside the office of a credit union, as defined in section
1733.01 of the Revised Code; or at an automated teller machine or
other money transmission device owned, leased, or operated by a
bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union;
(ii) Displaying a company logo or otherwise advertising a
business in a manner that does not encourage and enable students
to apply for a credit card;
(iii) Marketing a credit card at an athletic event that is
sanctioned by a private or state institution of higher education
or located on property owned or operated by a private or state
institution of higher education, provided that students are not
permitted to complete a credit card application.
(4) "On-campus student housing" means a dormitory or other
student residence that is located on the campus of a state
institution of higher education or a private institution of higher
education or is located in this state and owned or
operated by an
institution.
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 twenty-five hundred dollars for each
violation.
Sec. 3345.331. (A) No state institution of higher education
or an agent, employee, student or alumni organization, booster
organization, or affiliate, of a state institution of higher
education, shall do any of the following:
(1) Release, through sale or otherwise, student directory
information to any person or group for use in a profit-making plan
or activity;
(2) Enter into, renew, or rollover a contract or agreement
with any entity to market credit cards to students who are
currently enrolled in the institution of higher education;
(3) Permit a card issuer to promote a credit card business or
to solicit or distribute applications for a credit card on the
property of the state institution of higher education or at any
event sanctioned by the state institution of higher education,
except that a state institution of higher education may allow a
card issuer to engage in any activity that is excluded from the
definition of campus credit card marketing activity under division
(C)(3)(b) of section 1349.38 of the Revised Code;
(4) Promote a credit card business on the state institution
of higher education's internet site, or include on the internet
site an electronic link to the internet site of a credit card
business.
(B) No private institution of higher education operating in
this state or an agent, employee, student, or alumni organization,
booster organization, or affiliate, of a private institution of
higher education operating in this state shall do any of the
following:
(1) Release, through sale or otherwise, student directory
information regarding a student in this state who is currently
enrolled in the institution of higher education to any person or
group for use in a profit-making plan or activity;
(2) Enter into, renew, or rollover a contract or agreement
with any entity to market credit cards to students in this state
who are currently enrolled in the institution of higher education;
(3) Permit a card issuer to promote a credit card business or
to solicit or distribute applications for a credit card on the
property of the private institution of higher education in this
state or at any event in this state sanctioned by the private
institution of higher education, except that a private institution
of higher education may allow a card issuer to engage in any
activity that is excluded from the definition of campus credit
card marketing activity under division (C)(3)(b) of section
1349.38 of the Revised Code;
(4) Promote a credit card business on the private institution
of higher education's internet site, or include on the internet
site an electronic link to the internet site of a credit card
business if the private institution of higher education only has
campuses in this state.
(C) Private and state institutions of higher education
operating in this state shall adopt and adhere to policies that
provide for both of the following:
(1) Financial literacy education, as part of student
orientation;
(2) Oversight and enforcement of credit card marketing that
occurs at athletic events pursuant to division (A)(3) or (B)(3) of
this section.
(D) A state institution of higher education may enter into a
contract or agreement with an alumni organization that permits the
alumni organization to use the state institution of higher
education's name, image, and likeness, but only if the contract or
agreement contains a provision under which the alumni organization
is required to provide the state institution of higher education
with a full and unredacted copy of any contract or agreement the
alumni organization has with another entity to market credit cards
to former students of the state institution of higher education
for the state institution of higher education to keep as a public
record with no part redacted. Any state institution of higher
education that receives funds from those agreements between an
alumni organization and another entity shall use a portion of the
funds, the portion to be determined by the state institution of
higher education, for either the financial literacy education
required under division (C)(1) of this section or another program
of financial literacy provided to students by the institution of
higher education.
(E) As used in this section:
(1) "State institution of higher education" has the same
meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Student directory information" means the name, address,
telephone listing, date and place of birth, social security
number, or e-mail address of a student who is currently enrolled
in the institution of higher education.
(3) "Credit card" and "card issuer" have the same meanings as
in section 1602 of the "Truth in Lending Act," 82 Stat. 146
(1968), 15 U.S.C.
1601, except that "credit card" does not
include a debit card or other access device that is a means to
withdraw funds or initiate an electronic funds transfer from a
deposit account.
Section 2. That existing section 1349.99 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
Section 3. Section 3345.331 of the Revised Code shall
prohibit only acts that a private or state institution of higher
education is not legally obligated to perform under a contract
entered into before the effective date of this section. The
section only shall apply to contracts entered into, renewed, or
rolled over on or after the effective date of this section.
Section 4. The Ohio Board of Regents shall provide a written
report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President of the Senate within thirty days after the effective
date of this act. The report shall list each contract or agreement
in effect between a state institution of higher education with any
entity to market credit cards to students, the name of the entity,
and the termination date of the contract or agreement. The report
also shall list each contract or agreement in effect between a
state institution of higher education or an agent, employee,
student or alumni organization, or affiliate, of a state
institution of higher education, and any entity, for the release,
through sale or otherwise, of student directory information to any
person or group for use in a profit-making plan or activity, the
name of the entities subject to the contract or agreement, and the
termination date of the contract or agreement.
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