Sec. 303.001. USE OF CEILINGS. (a) Except as provided by Subchapter B, a person may contract for, charge, or receive a rate or amount that does not exceed the applicable interest rate ceiling provided by this chapter. The use of a ceiling provided by this chapter for any contract is optional, and a contract may provide for a rate or amount allowed by other applicable law.
(b) A contract that is subject to Chapter 342, 345, 347, 348, or 353, including a contract for an open-end account, may, as an alternative to an interest rate or amount of time price differential allowed under that chapter, provide for a simple or precomputed rate or amount of time price differential that does not exceed the applicable ceiling provided by this chapter or by the equivalent yield authorized by Chapter 342, 345, 347, 348, or 353.
(c) Except as inconsistent with this chapter, a party to a contract that is subject to Chapter 342, 345, 347, 348, or 353, or the party's assignee, has all rights, duties, and obligations under the applicable chapter, including those relating to refund credits on prepayment or acceleration.
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.18(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 117 (H.B. 2559), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - Regulation of Interest, Loans, and Financed Transactions
Chapter 303 - Optional Rate Ceilings
Subchapter A. Rate Ceilings: Applicability, Computation, and Publication
Section 303.001. Use of Ceilings
Section 303.002. Weekly Ceiling
Section 303.003. Computation of Weekly Ceiling
Section 303.004. Monthly Ceiling
Section 303.005. Computation of Monthly Ceiling
Section 303.006. Quarterly Ceiling
Section 303.007. Annualized Ceiling
Section 303.008. Computation of Quarterly and Annualized Ceiling
Section 303.009. Maximum and Minimum Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, or Annualized Ceiling
Section 303.010. Computation of Ceiling if Information Unavailable
Section 303.011. Publication of Rate Ceilings
Section 303.012. Judicial Notice
Section 303.013. Determination of Ceiling for Contract to Renew or Extend Debt Payment
Section 303.014. Rate for Lender Credit Card Agreement With Merchant Discount
Section 303.015. Variable Rate
Section 303.016. Charging of Rate Lower Than Agreed Rate
Section 303.017. Various Charges on Consumer Loans Made by Particular Lenders