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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-1602.1" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Video Movie Sales and Rentals">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Member” means a person who has a membership in a video club.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Membership” means an agreement between a video club and a member that enables the member to buy or rent a video or video equipment from the video club under circumstances specified in a membership contract.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Membership” does not include sales by mail.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Video” means a videotape or video disc copy of a motion picture film, television show, or recording of a live event.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Video” includes a video movie as defined in § 14–1601(d) of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Video club” means a person, corporation, partnership, or any commercial entity that is in the business of selling at retail or renting videos or video equipment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>“Video equipment” includes a videotape or video disc player or recorder.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Any agreement or contract for membership in a video club that requires a member to leave a signed credit card authorization with the video club shall include provisions that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Specify the maximum amount and type of fees that the video club may charge to a member on the member’s signed credit card authorization without the member’s approval, as each fee is charged; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>State the maximum length of time, which may be no longer than 6 months, that the video club may charge fees to a member under paragraph (1) of this subsection before the video club shall renew the member’s credit card authorization.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
