Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 669 - Regulated Activities
Section 36a-680. (Formerly Sec. 36-398). - Effect of inconsistent law.

(a) If the commissioner finds that the requirements of any other law of this state relating to the disclosure of information in connection with consumer credit transactions are inconsistent with the provisions of the Connecticut Truth-in-Lending Act or regulations adopted thereunder, creditors may not make disclosures using the inconsistent term or form, and shall incur no liability under the other law of this state for failure to use such term or form, notwithstanding that such finding is subsequently amended, rescinded or determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason. For purposes of this subsection, disclosure statutes are inconsistent if both require disclosure of the same information even though the prescribed definition, method of calculation or manner of expression is different and, in case of such conflict or inconsistency, the provisions of the Connecticut Truth-in-Lending Act shall control, provided sections 36a-746b to 36a-746g, inclusive, shall not be deemed inconsistent with the provisions of the Connecticut Truth-in-Lending Act.

(b) Except as provided in this section, the provisions of 15 USC 1639, as amended from time to time, do not annul, alter or affect the applicability of the laws of this state imposing requirements on high-cost mortgages as defined in 15 USC 1602(bb), as amended from time to time, or exempt any person subject to the provisions of 15 USC 1639, as amended from time to time, from complying with such laws. If any such law is inconsistent with any provision of 15 USC 1639, as amended from time to time, such provision shall prevail to the extent of such inconsistency.
(c) In any action or proceeding in any court involving a consumer credit sale, the disclosure of an annual percentage rate required by the Connecticut Truth-in-Lending Act may not be received as evidence that the sale was a loan or any type of transaction other than a credit sale, and in any consumer credit transaction, the disclosure of an annual percentage rate required by said sections shall not in itself indicate that a transaction is usurious or that the rate of charge exceeds a statutory ceiling.
(d) Except as provided in 15 USC 1635, 15 USC 1640 and 15 USC 1666e, as amended from time to time, the Connecticut Truth-in-Lending Act and any regulations adopted thereunder do not affect the validity or enforceability of any contract or obligation under state or federal law.
(e) The provisions of 15 USC 1632(c) and 15 USC 1637(c), (d), (e) and (f), as amended from time to time, shall supersede any law of this state relating to the disclosure of information in any credit or charge card application or solicitation that is subject to the requirements of 15 USC 1637(c), as amended from time to time, or any renewal notice that is subject to the requirements of 15 USC 1637(d), as amended from time to time, except the laws of this state employed or established for the purpose of enforcing the requirements of said sections.
(1969, P.A. 454, S. 6; P.A. 81-158, S. 5, 17; P.A. 82-18, S. 2, 4; 82-472, S. 115, 183; P.A. 94-122, S. 306, 340; P.A. 01-34, S. 12; P.A. 15-235, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 81-158 deleted references to Secs. 36-97a, 36-235, 36-236, 36-254(c), 42-83(2)(d), 42-84, 42-87, 42-90 and 42-99, effective March 31, 1982; P.A. 82-18 changed effective date of P.A. 81-158 from March 31, 1982, to “the effective date of Title VI of Public Law 96-221, as contained in Section 625(a) of Public Law 96-221, as amended”, i.e. October 1, 1982; P.A. 82-472 made technical grammatical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 94-122 made technical changes, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-398 transferred to Sec. 36a-680 in 1995; P.A. 01-34 amended Subsec. (a) by changing “shall by regulation exempt” to “may exempt” and added provision re applicability of Secs. 36a-746b to 36a-746g; P.A. 15-235 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re disclosures using inconsistent term or form, added new Subsec. (b) re compliance with state laws imposing requirements on high-cost mortgages, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c), added Subsec. (d) re validity or enforceability of any contract or obligation under state or federal law, added Subsec. (e) re federal act superseding state laws relating to disclosure of information in credit or charge card application or solicitation, and made technical changes, effective August 1, 2015.

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