Amend HB 2594 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 2 of the bill, after added Section 393.626, Finance Code (page 5, between lines 58 and 59), by inserting the following:

Sec. 393.6265. ACCEPTANCE OF PARTIAL PAYMENT. (a) A credit access business may not obtain or assist in obtaining for a consumer an extension of consumer credit in the form of a deferred presentment transaction or motor vehicle title loan for which partial payment of the principal amount is not accepted.

(b) A lender must accept partial payment of the outstanding principal balance of an extension of consumer credit described by Section 393.602(a) at no penalty to the consumer at any time during the lender's regular business hours.