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| This article shall may be known and may be cited as the "Maine | Consumer Credit Code - Credit Services Organizations Loan Brokers." |
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| | Sec. 3. 9-A MRSA §10-102, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 509, §§1 | and 2, is further amended to read: |
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| | 1. "Credit services organization Loan broker" is defined as | follows. |
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| A. "Credit services organization Loan broker" means any | person who, with respect to the extension of consumer credit | by others, provides or offers to provide, in return for the | separate payment of money or other valuable consideration, | any of the following services: |
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| (1) Improving a consumer's credit record, history or | rating; |
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| (2) Arranging for or obtaining an extension of credit | for a consumer; or |
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| (3) Providing advice or assistance to a consumer with | respect to subparagraph (1) or (2). |
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| B. "Credit services organization Loan broker" does not | include: |
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| (1) A supervised financial organization; |
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| (2) A supervised lender other than a supervised | financial organization, except that, with respect to | any transaction in which a supervised lender other than | a supervised financial organization is acting solely as | a credit services organization loan broker, section 10- | 302 applies; |
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| (3) A person licensed by the Real Estate Commission to | the extent that the person is engaged in activities | regulated by that commission; |
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| (4) A person currently admitted to the practice of law | in this State; |
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| (5) Any nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under the | United States Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c)(3) to the | extent that the organization's activities are consistent with | those set forth in its |
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