87R6620 MLH-D
By: Ordaz Perez H.B. No. 2624
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a restriction on total charges charged for certain
extensions of consumer credit that are facilitated by credit access
businesses and entered into by consumers residing in disaster
areas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 393.602(b), Finance Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Subject to Section 393.629, a [A] credit access business
may assess fees for its services as agreed to between the parties.
A credit access business fee may be calculated daily, biweekly,
monthly, or on another periodic basis. A credit access business is
permitted to charge amounts allowed by other laws, as applicable. A
fee may not be charged unless it is disclosed.
SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 393, Finance Code, is
amended by adding Section 393.629 to read as follows:
Sec. 393.629. RESTRICTION ON CHARGES CHARGED IN CONNECTION
WITH DEFERRED PRESENTMENT TRANSACTIONS OF CONSUMERS IN DISASTER
AREAS. (a) In this section:
(1) "Designated disaster period" means the period
beginning on the date of the proclamation or executive order of the
governor declaring the disaster and ending on the 30th day after the
date the disaster declaration expires or is terminated.
(2) "Disaster area" means an area of this state that is
subject to a declaration of disaster by the governor under Section
418.014, Government Code.
(b) The annual percentage rate of an extension of consumer
credit in the form of a deferred presentment transaction that is
entered into by a consumer residing in a disaster area and that a
credit access business obtains for the consumer or assists the
consumer in obtaining may not exceed 30 percent during the
designated disaster period and the two-year period immediately
following that period.
(c) For purposes of this section, the annual percentage rate
of an extension of consumer credit in the form of a deferred
presentment transaction is calculated including the total charges
charged to the consumer in connection with the extension of
consumer credit, including interest, lender charges, and any fees
or any other valuable consideration received by the credit access
business or a representative of the credit access business.
SECTION 3. Section 393.629, Finance Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to an extension of consumer credit made on or
after the effective date of this Act. An extension of consumer
credit made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law in effect on the date the extension of consumer credit was made,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.