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Tex. Fin. Code § 342.602

DISCLOSURES TO MILITARY BORROWERS

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 394 (S.B. 1479), Sec. 1, eff

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.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.