REFERENCE TITLE: student protection; credit card solicitation

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

HB 2359

 

Introduced by

Representatives Mendez: Alston, Gallego, Gonzales, McCune Davis

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 15, chapter 14, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 12; relating to credit card marketing on postsecondary campuses.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 



Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 15, chapter 14, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 12, to read:

ARTICLE 12.  CREDIT CARD MARKETING ON CAMPUSES

START_STATUTE15-1897.  Credit card marketing on campuses; gifts and other incentives; prohibition; exception; definition

A.  A university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents shall not allow a credit card marketer to offer gifts or any other promotional incentives to persons on the campus of the university in order to solicit those persons to apply for a credit card or any other type of consumer credit.

B.  A community college under the jurisdiction of a community college district shall not allow a credit card marketer to offer gifts or any other promotional incentives to persons on the campus of the community college in order to solicit those persons to apply for a credit card or any other type of consumer credit.

C.  This section does not apply to solicitation for a credit card application or any other type of consumer credit application by a bank or credit union that is located on the campus of a university or community college if the solicitation is made at the offices of the bank or credit union.

D.  For the purposes of this section, "credit card marketer" means a person, corporation, financial institution or business entity that promotes, offers or accepts applications for a credit card or any other type of consumer credit.   END_STATUTE