1. (1) This act prescribes maximum charges for all creditors, except lessors and those excluded (Section 14A-1-202), extending consumer credit including consumer credit sales (Section 14A-2-104), consumer loans (Section 14A-3-104), and consumer related sales and loans (Section 14A-2-602 and Section 14A-3-602), and displaces existing limitations on the powers of those creditors based on maximum charges.
2. (2) With respect to sellers of goods or services, small loan companies, licensed lenders, consumer and sales finance companies, industrial banks and loan companies, and commercial banks and trust companies, this act displaces existing limitations on their powers based solely on amount or duration of credit.
3. (3) Except as provided in subsection (1) and in the article on effective date and repealer (Article 9), this act does not displace limitations on powers of credit unions, savings banks, savings and loan associations, or other thrift institutions whether organized for the profit of shareholders or as mutual organization.

4. (4) Except as provided in subsections (1) and (2) and in the article on effective date and repealer (Article 9), this act does not displace

   1. (a) limitations on powers of supervised financial organizations (subsection (17) of Section 14A-1-301) with respect to the amount of a loan to a single borrower, the ratio of a loan to the value of collateral, the duration of a loan secured by an interest in land, or other similar restrictions designed to protect deposits, or
   2. (b) limitations on powers an organization is authorized to exercise under the laws of this state or the United States.

Laws 1969, HB 1001, c. 352, § 1-108, emerg. eff. July 1, 1969.