Bill Text: TX HB2459 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the limitation on the amount that may be charged for certain debt cancellation agreements.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB2459 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2459-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 2459

AN ACT
relating to the limitation on the amount that may be charged for
certain debt cancellation agreements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 348.601(b), Finance Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The amount charged for a debt cancellation agreement
made in connection with a retail installment contract may not
exceed five percent of the amount financed pursuant to the retail
installment contract [must be created in good faith and be
commercially reasonable]. Section 348.124(c) does not apply to a
debt cancellation agreement regulated under this subchapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2459 was passed by the House on April
25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 4, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2459 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor