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TITLE 7BANKING AND SECURITIES
PART 5OFFICE OF CONSUMER CREDIT COMMISSIONER
CHAPTER 83REGULATED LENDERS AND CREDIT ACCESS BUSINESSES
SUBCHAPTER ARULES FOR REGULATED LENDERS
DIVISION 6ALTERNATE CHARGES FOR CONSUMER LOANS
RULE §83.605Limitation on Acquisition Charge

(a) As an alternative to the maximum acquisition charge specified in Texas Finance Code, §342.252(a) and §342.259(a)(1), an authorized lender may collect an acquisition charge that does not exceed the lesser of:

  (1) 10% of the cash advance of the loan; or

  (2) $100.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a loan for which the cash advance is less than $30.

(c) For a Texas Finance Code, Chapter 342, Subchapter F loan, an authorized lender may not contract for, charge, or collect an acquisition charge more than once during a month to the same borrower for that loan, any refinancing of that loan, or any new loan made to the borrower within the same month.


Source Note: The provisions of this §83.605 adopted to be effective November 9, 2006, 31 TexReg 8992; amended to be effective September 5, 2013, 38 TexReg 5704

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