Tex. Fin. Code § 349.501 · Subchapter F. CRIMINAL OFFENSES
OFFENSE OF CHARGES EXCEEDING TWICE AMOUNT AUTHORIZED.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person contracts for, charges, or receives interest, time price differential, and other charges that in an aggregate amount exceed twice the total amount of interest, time price differential, and other charges authorized by this subtitle.
(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $100.
(c) Each contract or transaction that violates Subsection (a) is a separate offense.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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.349.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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