88R4068 MLH-D
 
  By: Ordaz H.B. No. 1384
 
 
 
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.
         (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, 2023.