(a)Subject to subsection (b), a lessor required
to file notification and pay fees under this chapter may conduct other
business, including offering for sale to members of the general public:
(1)property and services that were or may be the subject of a
rental purchase agreement under this article; and
(2)property or services that are unrelated or only partially or
indirectly related to the lessor's rental purchase agreement
business;
at the location where the lessor enters into rental purchase agreements
with lessees unless the lessor carries on other business for the purpose
of evasion or circumvention of this article.
(b)A lessor may offer for sale to a lessee or prospective lessees the
property or services described in subsection (a) at the location where
the lessor enters into rent
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(a) Subject to subsection (b), a lessor required
to file notification and pay fees under this chapter may conduct other
business, including offering for sale to members of the general public:
(1) property and services that were or may be the subject of a
rental purchase agreement under this article; and
(2) property or services that are unrelated or only partially or
indirectly related to the lessor's rental purchase agreement
business;
at the location where the lessor enters into rental purchase agreements
with lessees unless the lessor carries on other business for the purpose
of evasion or circumvention of this article.
(b) A lessor may offer for sale to a lessee or prospective lessees the
property or services described in subsection (a) at the location where
the lessor enters into rental purchase agreements as provided under
subsection (a) only if all the following conditions are met:
(1) The lessor:
(A) does not require that the lessee or prospective lessee
purchase the property or services as a condition to entering into
a rental purchase agreement;
(B) does not require that any purchaser or prospective
purchaser of the property or services enter into a rental
purchase agreement as a condition to purchasing the property
or services; and
(C) clearly discloses in writing to the lessee or prospective
lessee before the purchase is completed that:
(i) the purchase of the property or services is not a condition
to entering into a rental purchase agreement; and
(ii) entering into a rental purchase agreement is not a
condition to purchasing the property or services.
(2) The lessor does not charge the lessee or prospective lessee
more for the property or services than the lessor charges members
of the general public for the property or services.
(3) The transaction for the purchase of the property or services is
conducted separately from any rental purchase agreement, and the
cost for purchasing the property or services is not made a part of
any rental purchase agreement.
(c) If a lessor offers for sale the property or services described in
subsection (a) to lessees or prospective lessees in compliance with the
conditions set forth in subsection (b), the business is not considered as
being conducted for the purpose of evasion or circumvention of this
article.
(d) This section does not relieve a lessor from:
(1) obtaining licenses, permits, authorizations, or consents
required by law;
(2) filing or providing notifications as required by law; or
(3) otherwise complying with any other statute, rule, regulation,
or ordinance of:
(A) this state;
(B) the United States; or
(C) any governmental unit of this state or the United States;
applicable to a lessor or the lessor's business activities permitted
by this section.