0001| HOUSE BILL 238
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| MURRAY RYAN
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO LENDING INSTITUTIONS; EXPANDING THE AUTHORITY OF
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0012| LENDING INSTITUTIONS TO SELL CERTAIN INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES;
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0013| REPEALING AND ENACTING A CERTAIN SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016| Section 1. Section 59A-12-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
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0017| Chapter 127, Section 211, as amended) is repealed and a new
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0018| Section 59A-12-10 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0019| "59A-12-10. [NEW MATERIAL] LICENSING OF LENDING
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0020| INSTITUTION--DEFINITIONS AND EXCEPTIONS.--
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0021| A. As used in this section:
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0022| (1) "lending institution" means an
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0023| institution, including its holding company, subsidiary or
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0024| affiliate, whose business includes accepting deposits or
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0025| lending money in New Mexico, including banks, savings and loan
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0001| associations and credit unions; "lending institution" does not
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0002| include insurance companies;
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0003| (2) "holding company", "subsidiary" and
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0004| "affiliate" mean those terms as defined in regulations adopted
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0005| by the superintendent, except "bank holding company" means that
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0006| term as defined in Section 2 of the federal Bank Holding
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0007| Company Act of 1956; and
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0008| (3) "public utility" means a private employer
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0009| subject to the jurisdiction of the New Mexico public utility
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0010| commission or the state corporation commission, or its
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0011| successor entity, that is engaged in the business of providing
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0012| telecommunications, electric, gas, water or stream heat
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0013| services to the public.
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0014| B. A lending institution may be licensed to sell:
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0015| (1) any insurance except title insurance in
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0016| accordance with the Insurance Code and to the extent authorized
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0017| by federal and state lending institution regulators; and
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0018| (2) annuities to the extent authorized by law
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0019| and federal and state lending institution regulators, but
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0020| nothing in this paragraph shall affect the rights and
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0021| obligations of nationally chartered lending institutions.
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0022| C. A public utility or its holding company,
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0023| subsidiary or affiliate shall not be licensed to sell insurance
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0024| or act as a broker for insurance in New Mexico.
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0025| D. As used in Subsections E through Y of this
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0001| section, "insurance" means all products defined or regulated as
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0002| insurance under the Insurance Code except:
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0003| (1) credit life, credit accident and health,
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0004| credit involuntary unemployment, credit casualty and credit
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0005| property insurance;
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0006| (2) insurance placed by a lending institution
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0007| on the collateral pledged as security for a loan when the
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0008| debtor breaches the contractual obligation to provide that
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0009| insurance; and
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0010| (3) private mortgage insurance and financial
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0011| guarantee insurance.
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0012| E. A lending institution shall not require as a
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0013| condition precedent to the extension of credit, or any
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0014| subsequent renewal thereof, or the procurement of other bank
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0015| services that the customer purchase insurance through a
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0016| particular insurer, agent or broker.
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0017| F. A lending institution shall not extend credit,
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0018| lease or sell property or furnish any other service or fix or
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0019| vary the consideration for any of the foregoing on the
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0020| condition or requirement that the customer obtain insurance
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0021| from that lending institution or from a particular insurer,
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0022| agent or broker.
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0023| G. A lending institution shall not impose a
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0024| requirement on an insurance agent or broker who is not
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0025| associated with the lending institution that is not imposed on
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0001| an insurance agent or broker who is associated with that
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0002| institution or, unless otherwise authorized by applicable
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0003| federal or state law, require a debtor, insurer, broker or
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0004| agent to pay a separate charge in connection with the handling
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0005| of insurance that is required under a contract.
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0006| H. A lending institution that sells insurance on
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0007| its premises shall:
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0008| (1) conspicuously post a notice that is
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0009| clearly visible to anyone who may purchase insurance that
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0010| insurance is not a deposit account insured by a federal deposit
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0011| insuring agency;
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0012| (2) orally inform a prospective purchaser of
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0013| insurance that insurance is not a deposit account insured by a
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0014| federal deposit insuring agency; and
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0015| (3) provide a written disclosure to the
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0016| customer containing the following statements before the sale of
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0017| insurance is complete:
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0018| (a) insurance is not a lending
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0019| institution deposit account and is not insured by its federal
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0020| deposit insuring agency;
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0021| (b) insurance is not an obligation of or
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0022| guaranteed by the lending institution;
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0023| (c) the customer is not required to
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0024| obtain insurance from a particular lending institution, agent
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0025| or broker; and
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0001| (d) where applicable, insurance involves
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0002| investment risk, including potential loss of principal.
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0003| I. The promotion and sale of insurance by a lending
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0004| institution shall be effectuated in such a manner so as to
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0005| avoid confusion between federally insured deposit products
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0006| offered by a lending institution and the nonfederally insured
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0007| insurance sold. Insurance advertisements and other promotional
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0008| material shall be accurate and not misleading or deceptive.
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0009| Insurance advertising and other promotional materials regarding
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0010| insurance shall include disclosures that contain language that
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0011| is the same or substantially similar to the following:
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0012| (1) insurance is not a lending institution
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0013| deposit and is not insured by its federal deposit insuring
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0014| agency;
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0015| (2) insurance is not an obligation of or
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0016| guaranteed by the lending institution; and
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0017| (3) where applicable, insurance involves
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0018| investment risk, including potential loss of principal.
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0019| J. Insurance operations may be conducted by the
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0020| lending institution, its holding company, an affiliate or
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0021| subsidiary of either or through a separate corporate entity or
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0022| partnership.
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0023| K. A lending institution shall not use nonpublic
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0024| information for the purpose of selling or soliciting the
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0025| purchase of insurance or provide nonpublic customer information
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0001| to a third party for the purpose of another's sale or
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0002| solicitation of the purchase of insurance without written
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0003| authorization from the customer. As used in this subsection,
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0004| "nonpublic customer information" means information regarding a
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0005| person that has been derived from a record of a financial
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0006| institution. "Nonpublic customer information" does not include
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0007| customer names and addresses and telephone numbers or
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0008| information about an individual that could be obtained from an
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0009| unaffiliated credit bureau that is subject to the Fair Credit
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0010| Reporting Act by a third party that is not entering into a
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0011| credit relationship with the individual but has a legitimate
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0012| need for the information in connection with a business
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0013| transaction with the individual, except that "nonpublic
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0014| customer information" includes information concerning insurance
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0015| premiums, the terms and conditions of insurance coverage,
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0016| insurance expirations, insurance claims and insurance history
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0017| of an individual.
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0018| L. A lending institution selling insurance in New
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0019| Mexico shall establish at least one in-state lending office.
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0020| M. Records relating to the insurance transactions
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0021| of a lending institution, including files relating to and
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0022| reflecting customer complaints, shall be kept separate and
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0023| apart from all records relating to the banking transactions of
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0024| the lending institution. Records pertaining to insurance
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0025| activities of the lending institution or copies of those
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0001| records shall be kept in the principal in-state office in the
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0002| state of the financial institution and shall be subject to the
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0003| inspection and audit by the insurance department. If the
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0004| department determines to inspect and audit the records relating
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0005| to the insurance activities of a lending institution, that
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0006| institution shall make available to the department, at a
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0007| location of the lending institution in the state, knowledgeable
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0008| personnel to assist in the interpretation of the lending
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0009| institution's records.
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0010| N. A lending institution, or officer, director or
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0011| employee acting on behalf of the institution, who qualifies for
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0012| issuance of an agent or broker's license pursuant to the
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0013| Insurance Code may be issued an agent or broker license
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0014| authorizing the sale of insurance.
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0015| O. A lending institution shall not pay a commission
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0016| or other valuable consideration to a person for services of an
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0017| insurance agent unless the person performing the service held a
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0018| valid insurance agent license for the class of insurance for
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0019| which the service was rendered or performed at the time the
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0020| service was performed. No person, other than a person properly
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0021| licensed in accordance with the Insurance Code, shall accept
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0022| any commission or valuable consideration for those services.
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0023| P. A lending institution shall not offer an
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0024| inducement to a customer to purchase insurance from the
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0025| institution other than as plainly expressed in the insurance
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0001| policy. Investment programs, memberships or other programs
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0002| designed or represented to waive, reduce, pay, produce or
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0003| provide funds to pay all or part of the cost on insurance are
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0004| an illegal inducement.
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0005| Q. A lending institution may not in the same
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0006| transaction solicit the purchase of insurance from a customer
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0007| who has applied for a loan from the institution before the time
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0008| the customer has received a written commitment from the lending
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0009| institution with respect to that loan, or, in the event that no
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0010| written commitment has been or will be issued in connection
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0011| with the loan, a lending institution shall not solicit the
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0012| purchase of insurance before the time the customer receives
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0013| notification of approval of the loan by the lending
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0014| institution, and the institution creates a written record of
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0015| the loan approval.
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0016| R. Solicitation for the purchase of insurance by
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0017| the lending institution shall be conducted only by persons
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0018| whose responsibilities do not include loan transactions or
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0019| other transactions involving the extension of credit, except
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0020| that at a lending institution location having three or fewer
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0021| persons with lending authority, solicitation for the sale of
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0022| insurance may be conducted by a person with responsibilities
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0023| for loan transactions involving the extension of credit so long
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0024| as the person primarily responsible for making the specific
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0025| loan or extension of credit is not the same person engaged in
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0001| the solicitation for the purchase or sale of insurance for that
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0002| same transaction.
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0003| S. If insurance is required as a condition of
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0004| obtaining a loan, the credit and insurance transactions shall
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0005| be completed independently and through separate documents.
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0006| T. A loan for premiums on required insurance shall
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0007| not be included in the primary credit without the written
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0008| consent of the customer.
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0009| U. A person who engages in loan transactions at any
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0010| office of, or on behalf of, a lending institution or any other
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0011| agent, employee, director or officer of the institution may
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0012| refer a customer who seeks to purchase, or seeks an opinion or
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0013| advice on any insurance product, to a person, or may give the
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0014| phone number of a person who sells or provides opinions or
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0015| advice on such products only if the customer expressly requests
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0016| the referral; the person who engages in loan transactions does
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0017| not solicit the customer request; and the person who engages in
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0018| the loan transaction does not receive any compensation for the
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0019| referral.
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0020| V. The place of solicitation or sale of insurance
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0021| by a lending institution to the extent practicable shall be:
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0022| (1) physically located to be distinct from the
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0023| banking activities of the institution; and
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0024| (2) clearly and conspicuously signed to be
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0025| easily distinguishable by the public as separate and distinct
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0001| from the banking activities of the institution.
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0002| W. Signs and other informational material
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0003| concerning the availability of insurance products from the
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0004| lending institution or third party soliciting the purchase of
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0005| or selling insurance on the premises of the lending institution
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0006| shall not be displayed to the extent practicable in an area
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0007| where application for loans or other extensions of credit are
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0008| being taken or closed.
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0009| X. Nothing in this section grants an institution,
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0010| including its holding company, subsidiary or affiliate, except
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0011| those enumerated in this section, the power to sell insurance
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0012| that was not allowed prior to July 1, 1997.
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0013| Y. Nothing in this section precludes the
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0014| superintendent from adopting reasonable rules and regulations
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0015| for the purposes of the administration of the provisions of
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0016| this section, including rules and regulations for written
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0017| disclosures."
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0018| Section 2. SEVERABILITY.--If any part or application of
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0019| this act is held invalid, the remainder or its application to
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0020| other situations or persons shall not be affected.
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0021| Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0022| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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0023| State of New Mexico
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0024| House of Representatives
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0001| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0002| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0005| January 30, 1997
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0008| Mr. Speaker:
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0010| Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom
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0011| has been referred
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0013| HOUSE BILL 238
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0015| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0016| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0018| Respectfully submitted,
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0024| Fred Luna, Chairman
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0002| Adopted Not Adopted
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0006| Date
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0008| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against
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0009| Yes: 10
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0010| Excused: Getty, Hobbs
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0011| Absent: Olguin
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0020| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0021| FIRST SESSION, 1997 HB 238/a
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0024| March 12, 1997
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0002| Mr. President:
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0004| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to
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0005| whom has been referred
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0007| HOUSE BILL 238, as amended
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0009| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0010| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0012| 1. On page 1, line 23, after "or" insert "insurance agent,
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0013| solicitor or broker".
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0015| 2. On page 2, line 7, strike "and".
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0017| 3. On page 2, line 10, strike "its" and insert in lieu
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0018| thereof "a".
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0020| 4. On page 2, line 13, strike the period, insert in lieu
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0021| thereof a semicolon and between lines 13 and 14, insert the
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0022| following new paragraphs:
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0024| "(4) "sell" means to engage in the solicitation,
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0025| sale and placement of insurance and such other related activities
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0001| conducted by an agent, solicitor or broker pursuant to the
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0002| Insurance Code;
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0004| (5) "service contract" means a contract issued on
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0005| consumer products pursuant to which the vendor or manufacturer
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0006| bears the cost of the repair or replacement of the consumer
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0007| product;
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0009| (6) "insurance premium finance agreement" means an
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0010| agreement by which an insured or a prospective insured promises
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0011| to pay to any person engaged in the business of premium
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0012| financing, the amount advanced or to be advanced under the
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0013| agreement to an insurer or to an insurance agent or broker in
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0014| payment of premiums on an insurance contract; and
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0021| (7) "loan transaction" and any other reference to
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0022| lending or extension of credit does not include loans made by
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0023| broker-dealers registered in accordance with applicable state and
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0024| federal securities laws that are wholly collateralized by
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0025| securities.".
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0002| 5. On page 3, line 5, before the semicolon insert:
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0004| ", and when providing insurance coverage to a borrower or co-
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0005| borrower or both, the following insurance products: accidental
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0006| death and dismemberment, accidental disability and any other
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0007| accidental casualty insurance product".
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0009| 6. On page 3, line 9, strike "and".
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0011| 7. On page 3, line 11, strike the period, insert a
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0012| semicolon and between lines 11 and 12, insert the following new
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0015| "(4) annuities;
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0017| (5) service contracts;
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0019| (6) insurance premium finance agreements; and
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0021| (7) travel accident or baggage insurance.".
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0023| 8. On page 3, line 16, after "agent" insert ", solicitor".
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0025| 9. On page 3, line 21, after "agent" insert ", solicitor".
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0002| 10. On page 3, line 24, after "agent" insert ", solicitor".
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0004| 11. On page 4, line 1, after "agent" insert ", solicitor".
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0006| 12. On page 4, line 3, strike "broker or" and after "agent"
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0018| 13. On page 4, line 6, after "institution" insert ", except
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0019| an institution that does not accept deposits that are federally
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0020| insured,".
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0022| 14. On page 4, line 24, after "agent" insert ", solicitor".
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0024| 15. On page 5, line 3, strike "promotion and".
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0001| 16. On page 5, line 4, after "institution" insert ", except
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0002| an institution that does not accept deposits that are federally
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0003| insured,".
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0005| 17. On page 5, line 7, strike "promotional" and insert in
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0006| lieu thereof "sales".
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0008| 18. On page 5, line 9, strike "promotional" and insert in
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0009| lieu thereof "sales".
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0011| 19. On page 5, line 23, after "not" strike the remainder of
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0012| the line, strike line 24 and strike line 25 through "or".
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0014| 20. On page 6, line 1, after "sale" strike the remainder of
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0015| the line and strike line 2 through "purchase".
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0017| 21. On page 6, line 17, after the period insert:
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0019| "Notwithstanding any provision in this section to the contrary,
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0020| compliance with Section 603 of the federal Fair Credit Reporting
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0021| Act by a lending institution shall be deemed to be full
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0022| compliance with this subsection. Nonpublic customer information
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0023| does not include material excluded from the definition of
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0024| "consumer report" by Section 603(d)(2)(A) of the federal Fair
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0025| Credit Reporting Act.".
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0002| 22. On page 6, strike lines 18 and 19.
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0004| 23. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.
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0006| 24. On page 6, line 20, strike "transactions" and insert in
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0013| 25. On page 7, line 2, after "institution" insert "or with
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0014| the institution's resident agent, solicitor or broker".
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0016| 26. On page 7, line 7, after "state" insert "or in the
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0017| office of the institution's resident agent, solicitor or broker".
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0019| 27. On page 7, line 11, strike "agent" and insert in lieu
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0020| thereof "agent's, solicitor's".
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0022| 28. On page 7, line 16, after "agent" insert ", solicitor
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0023| or broker".
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0025| 29. On page 7, line 16, strike "held" and insert in lieu
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0003| 30. On page 7, line 17, strike "agent".
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0005| 31. On page 7, line 18, strike "was" and insert in lieu
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0008| 32. On page 7, line 19, strike "was" and insert in lieu
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0011| 33. On page 8, line 13, after the period insert:
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0013| "This subsection shall not apply when a lending institution
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0014| contacts a customer in the course of direct or mass marketing to
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0015| a group of persons in a manner that bears no relation to the
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0016| customer's loan application or credit decision.".
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0018| 34. On page 8, strike lines 14 through 25, and insert in
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0019| lieu thereof:
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0021| "R. The sale of insurance by a lending institution,
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0022| credit union, sales financing company, insurance institution,
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0023| independent company, any institution granting or arranging
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0024| consumer credit or any institution soliciting or making loans in
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0025| the state of New Mexico, except a broker or dealer registered
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0001| under the Securities Exchange
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0007| Act of 1934, may be conducted by a person whose responsibilities
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0008| include loan transactions or other transactions involving the
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0009| extension of credit so long as the person who is primarily
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0010| responsible for making the specific loan or extension of credit
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0011| is not the same person engaged in the sale of insurance for that
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0012| same transaction."
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0014| 35. On page 9, line 6, before the period insert ", which
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0015| may be evidenced by compliance with the federal Truth in Lending
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0016| Act".
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0018| 36. On page 9, line 9, after "the" insert "lending".
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0020| 37. On page 9, line 18, strike "place of solicitation or"
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0021| and insert in lieu thereof "location for the".
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0023| 38. On page 9, line 18, strike "by" and insert in lieu
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0024| thereof "on the premises of".
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0001| 39. On page 9, line 19, after "institution" insert ",
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0002| except an institution that does not accept deposits that are
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0003| federally insured,".
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0005| 40. On page 9, line 21, strike "banking" and insert in lieu
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0006| thereof "lending".
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0008| 41. On page 9, line 24, strike "banking" and insert in lieu
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0009| thereof "lending".
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0011| 42. On page 10, line 7, strike "an" and insert in lieu
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0012| thereof "a lending".
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0014| 43. On page 10, line 15, strike the closing quotation mark
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0015| and between lines 15 and 16, insert the following new subsection:
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0017| "Z. If any of the provisions of this section are
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0018| preempted by federal law, then those preempted provisions shall
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0019| not apply to any person or lending institution subject to the
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0020| provisions of this section."".
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0005| Respectfully submitted,
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0011| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman
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0015| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0016| Adopted_______________________
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0017| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0020| Date ________________________
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0023| The roll call vote was 5 For 2 Against
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0024| Yes: 5
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0025| No: Kidd, McKibben
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0001| Excused: Fidel, Griego, Howes
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0002| Absent: None
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