Section 584-A. Contracts with debtors; fees  


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  • Each licensee shall submit to
      the department any form of written contract it intends  to  use  between
      itself  and  such  debtor.  Such  form  contract shall, at minimum, make
      provision for the following information:
        1. a complete  list  of  the  debtor's  obligations  to  be  adjusted,
      including the name of each creditor;
        2.  the  total  fees  agreed  to  for  such  services,  including  any
      adjustments for estimated available  rebates  from  creditors,  provided
      that  nothing  in  this  subdivision  shall  require a licensee to share
      rebates with its clients;
        3. the commencement and termination date of the contract;
        4. a pro forma statement of the total fees to  be  charged,  including
      expected  available rebates from creditors, expressed as a percentage of
      the total obligations, principal and interest to be adjusted under  such
      contract;
        5.  settlement  terms  in  case  of  cancellation  of  the contract or
      prepayment of the obligations;
        6. a notice to the debtor that the  debtor  may  cancel  the  contract
      until  midnight  of  the  third  business day after the day on which the
      debtor has signed the contract; and
        7. the terms under which the payments may be made by the debtor.  Upon
      execution, a copy of such contract shall be immediately furnished to the
      debtor.  Such contract may subsequently be amended to include additional
      creditors and debtors obligations.