Tex. Fin. Code § 342.602 · Subchapter M. DEFERRED PRESENTMENT TRANSACTIONS
DISCLOSURES TO MILITARY BORROWERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Before engaging in a deferred presentment transaction, a lender shall provide to a customer who is a member of the United States military or the member's spouse a written statement that clearly and conspicuously states that:
(1) the lender is prohibited by law from:
(A) garnishing the wages of any borrower, including a borrower who is a member of the United States military;
(B) conducting any collection activity against a borrower who is:
(i) a member of the armed forces of the United States who is deployed to combat or a combat support posting, for the duration of the posting;
(ii) a member of the Texas National Guard who is called to federal active duty, for the duration of the duty;
(iii) the spouse of a person described by Paragraph (i), for the duration of the posting; or
(iv) the spouse of a person described by Paragraph (ii), for the duration of the duty; or
(C) from contacting the employer of a member of the United States military about a deferred presentment debt of the member or the member's spouse;
(2) the lender shall honor the terms of a repayment agreement entered into with a member of the United States military or the member's spouse, including a repayment agreement negotiated through military counselors or third-party credit counselors; and
(3) the lender shall honor any statement made by a commanding officer of a member of the United States military declaring any location where deferred presentment transaction business is to be conducted by the lender to be a place at which a member of the United States military or the member's spouse is prohibited from transacting business.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 394 (S.B. 1479), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.342.htm
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