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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="12-905" title_number="12" title_name="Credit Regulations" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Credit Grantor Revolving Credit Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>With respect to an unsecured open end credit plan, fees or charges may not be imposed on a consumer borrower in addition to interest or finance charges as permitted by this subtitle, except as follows:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the plan is offered by a seller of goods or services, or both, and may be used only for the purchase or lease of the seller’s goods and services, the seller may charge one of the following fees:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An annual charge in any amount the agreement provides for the privileges made available to the consumer borrower under the plan;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A transaction charge or charges in such amount or amounts as the agreement may provide for each separate purchase under the plan; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A minimum charge for each scheduled billing period under the plan during any portion of which there is an outstanding unpaid indebtedness under the plan.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the plan is offered by any other credit grantor, the credit grantor may impose any or all of the following fees:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An annual charge in any amount the agreement provides for the privileges made available to the consumer borrower under the plan;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A transaction charge or charges in such amount or amounts as the agreement may provide for each separate purchase or loan under the plan; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A minimum charge for each scheduled billing period under the plan during any portion of which there is an outstanding unpaid indebtedness under the plan.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, if the credit agreement provides, a credit union may make loans or extend credit to its members incorporating the same terms and conditions as a federal credit union is permitted under federal law and regulations relating to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An over the limit fee assessed on a credit card account; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Fees for ancillary and administrative services requested by the member, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Researching account records;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Providing duplicate statements and other documents; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Expedited issuance of a duplicate or original credit card or device.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, with respect to a secured open end credit plan, fees or charges may not be imposed on a consumer borrower in addition to interest or finance charges except for actual and verifiable fees incurred by the credit grantor and not retained by the credit grantor for the following:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Attorney’s fees for services rendered in connection with the preparation, closing, or disbursement of the loan;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any expense, tax, or charge paid to a governmental agency;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Examination of title, appraisal, or other costs necessary or appropriate to the security of the loan; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Premiums for any insurance coverage permitted under this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The additional fees or charges permitted under this subsection may be imposed, charged, and collected at any time.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a plan is established for a consumer borrower, a fee or charge may not be charged or collected unless the agreement concerning the plan permits the fee to be charged.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a plan is established for a nonconsumer borrower, the nonconsumer borrower and credit grantor may agree upon any terms concerning charges and fees.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For purposes of this section, the additional charges listed in subsections (a)(1) and (3), (b), and (f) of this section are not interest or finance charges with respect to a plan.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any fees or charges permitted under subsection (a)(2) of this section, when combined with any interest charged, may not exceed an effective rate of 33% per annum simple interest.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) through (8) of this subsection, a credit grantor of an open end credit plan that is secured by a deposit, savings, passbook, or other similar account or certificate of deposit may impose:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An application fee not to exceed $35; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An annual charge not to exceed $35 for the privileges made available to the consumer borrower under the plan.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If an application to the plan is approved, the credit grantor shall credit the application fee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>To the initial annual charge; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If there is no annual charge, to the interest or finance charges under the plan.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If an application to the plan is rejected, the credit grantor shall return the application fee to the applicant.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Within 45 days after the receipt of the application, the credit grantor shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Accept the application; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Reject the application and return the application fee to the applicant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Any such plan shall have a credit limit of no less than the amount of the deposit, savings, passbook, or other similar account or certificate of deposit required as security.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The application shall state the amount of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The minimum required security; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The application fee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>The agreement shall state the amount of the annual charge.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>If an annual charge is imposed, the credit grantor shall pay interest on the deposit, savings, passbook, or other similar account or certificate of deposit required as security in the greater of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A rate of 4 percent per annum simple interest; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The rate of interest regularly paid on regular passbook savings accounts by the lending institution that issued the deposit, savings, passbook, or other similar account or certificate of deposit required as security.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
