Sec. 303.004. MONTHLY CEILING. (a) The monthly ceiling may be used as an alternative to the weekly ceiling only for a contract that:
(1) provides for a variable rate, including a contract for an open-end account; and
(2) is not made for personal, family, or household use.
(b) A contract that provides for the use of the monthly ceiling may not provide for the use of another rate ceiling provided under this subchapter.
(c) If the parties agree that the rate may be adjusted monthly, they may agree that the rate from time to time in effect may not exceed the monthly ceiling from time to time in effect, and the monthly ceiling is the ceiling on those contracts.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.18(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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