§ 22052

This division does not apply to any loan of credit made by a person not licensed under this division pursuant to a plan having all of the following characteristics:

(a) Credit cards issued pursuant to a written application and to the plan whereby the organization issuing the cards can acquire those obligations that its members in good standing incur with those persons with whom the organization has entered into written agreements setting forth the plan, and where the obligations are incurred pursuant to those agreements; or whereby the organization issuing the cards can extend credit to its members.

(b) The fee for the credit cards is designed to cover the administrative costs of the plan and is imposed upon the issuance of the card and on annual renewal dates thereafter.

(c) Any charges, discounts, or fees resulting from the acquisition of the charges is paid to the organization issuing the credit cards by the persons, corporations, or associations with whom the organization has entered into written agreements.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1115, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995. Operative July 1, 1995, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 1115.)