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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="12-1502" title_number="12" title_name="Credit Regulations" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Earned Wage Access">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not engage in the business of providing earned wage access unless the person is licensed under or is exempt from the licensing requirements of Title 11, Subtitle 2 of the Financial Institutions Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Failure to obtain a consumer loan license shall subject a provider to the enforcement provisions of Title 11, Subtitle 2 of the Financial Institutions Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An earned wage access provider licensed under Title 11, Subtitle 2 of the Financial Institutions Article and subject to this subtitle is exempt from other provisions of State law governing lending, credit, or debt, including the provisions of Subtitle 1, Subtitle 3, Subtitle 9, and Subtitle 10 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Earned wage access services provided in accordance with this subtitle may not be considered:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A money transmission; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A violation of or noncompliance with State laws governing deductions from payroll, salary, wages, compensation, or other income or the purchase, sale, assignment, or order for unpaid but earned wages.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
