Section 18301 Of Article 6.5. Open-end Loans From California Financial Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 6.5.
18301
. (a) Whenever authorized by the commissioner, an industrial
loan company whose thrift obligations are insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation may make a secured line of credit loan.
Security for line of credit loans shall be of a kind and class that
has been declared eligible by the commissioner.
(b) Line of credit loans authorized under Title VIII (Alternative
Mortgage Transaction Party Act of 1982) of the Garn-St. Germain
Depository Institutions Act of 1982 are not subject to subdivision
(a).
(c) As used in this article, "line of credit loan" means a loan
whereby a borrower requests and a company disburses loan proceeds in
an installment or installments during the term of the loan by an
advance or series of advances, whether or not the timing of the
advance or advances is known on the date the loan is approved by the
company.
(d) This section does not apply to secured line of credit lending
activities engaged in on or before May 1, 1989, unless, after that
date there is a change in the secured line of credit plan of business
by the company.