An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 794 By: Coleman of the Senate
and
McEntire of the House
An Act relating to loans; amending 14A O.S. 2021,
Section 3-508A, which relates to loan finance charge
for supervised loans; allowing for certain loan rat e
for total calculation of loan finance charge;
defining term; and providing an effective date .
SUBJECT: Loans
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 14A O.S. 2021 , Section 3-508A, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 3-508A. (1) With respect to a supervised loan,
including a loan pur suant to a revolving loan account, a supervised
lender may contract for and re ceive a loan finance charge not
exceeding that permi tted by this section.
(2) The loan finance charge, calculated according to the
actuarial method, may not exceed the equivalen t of the greater of
either of the following:
(a) the total of:
(i) thirty-two percent (32%) plus the federal funds
rate per year on that part of the unpaid ba lances
of the principal which is Seven Thousand Dollars
($7,000.00) or less;
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(ii) twenty-three percent (23%) plus the federal funds
rate per year on that part of the unpaid bal ances
of the principal which is more than Seven
Thousand Dollars ($7,000.00) bu t does not exceed
Eleven Thousand Dollars ($11,000.00); and
(iii) twenty percent (20%) plus the federal funds rate
per year on that part of the unpaid balances of
the principal which is more than Eleven Thousand
Dollars ($11,000.00); or
(b) twenty-five percent (25%) plus the federal funds rate
per year on the unpaid balances of the principal.
(3) This section does not limit or restrict the manner of
contracting for the loan fina nce charge, whether by way of add-on,
discount, or otherwise, so long as the rate of the loan finance
charge does not exceed that permitted by this section. If the loan
is precomputed:
(a) the loan finance charge may be calculated on the
assumption that all scheduled payments will be made
when due; and
(b) the effect of prepaym ent is governed by the provisions
on rebate upon prepayment (Section 3 -210).
(4) In addition to th e loan finance charge permitted in this
section and other charges permitted in this act, a supervised lender
may assess a lender closin g fee not to exceed T wenty-eight Dollars
and eighty-five cents ($28.85) upon consummation of the loan.
(5) The term of a loan, for the purpose of this section,
commences on the date the loan is made. Di fferences in the lengths
of months are disregarded a nd a day may be coun ted as one-thirtieth
(1/30) of a month. Subject to classifications and differentiations
the lender may reasonably establish, a part of a month in excess of
fifteen (15) days may be tr eated as a full month if periods of
fifteen (15) days or less are disreg arded and if that procedure is
not consistently used to obtain a greater yield than would otherwise
be permitted.
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(6) Subject to classifications and differentiations the lender
may reasonably establish, he may make the same loan financ e charge
on all principal amounts within a specified range. A loan finance
charge so made does not violate subsection (2 ) of this section if:
(a) when applied to the median amount within each range,
it does not exceed the maximum permitted in subsection
(2) of this section; and
(b) when applied to the lowest amount within each range,
it does not produce a rate of loan finan ce charge
exceeding the rate calculated according to paragraph
(a) of this subsecti on by more than eight percent (8%)
of the rate calculated according to paragraph (a) of
this subsection.
(7) As used in this section, the “federal funds rate” means the
rate published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System in its statistical release H.15 Selected Interest Rates and
in effect as of the first day of each month immediately preceding
the month during which the loan is consummated.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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Passed the Senate the 22nd day of March, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 17th day of April, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __