CHAPTER 7. STATE POWER TO REGULATE LENDING
IC 24-9-7
Chapter 7. State Power to Regulate Lending
IC 24-9-7-1
State sole regulator of loans and credit
Sec. 1. The state is the sole regulator of the business of
originating, granting, servicing, and collecting loans and other forms
of credit in Indiana and the manner in which the business is
conducted. This regulation preempts all other regulation of these
activities by any political subdivision.
As added by P.L.73-2004, SEC.33.
IC 24-9-7-2
Political subdivisions; prohibited practices
Sec. 2. Political subdivisions may not:
(1) enact, issue, or enforce ordinances, resolutions, regulations,
orders, requests for proposals, or requests for bids pertaining to
financial or lending activities, including ordinances, resolutions,
and rules that disqualify persons from doing business with a
municipality and that are based upon lending terms or practices;
or
(2) impose reporting requirements or any other obligations upon
persons regarding financial services or lending practices or
upon subsidiaries or affiliates that:
(A) are subject to the jurisdiction of the department of
financial institutions;
(B) are subject to the jurisdiction or regulatory supervision
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of
Thrift Supervision, the National Credit Union
Administration, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
the Federal Trade Commission, or the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development;
(C) are chartered by the United States Congress to engage in
secondary market mortgage transactions;
(D) are created by the Indiana housing and community
development authority; or
(E) originate, purchase, sell, assign, securitize, or service
property interests or obligations created by financial
transactions or loans made, executed, originated, or
purchased by persons referred to in clauses (A), (B), (C), or
(D).
As added by P.L.73-2004, SEC.33. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.417
and P.L.181-2006, SEC.59.