Sec. 303.006. QUARTERLY CEILING. (a) A written contract, including a contract that involves an open-end account, may, as an alternative to the weekly ceiling, provide for an interest rate or an amount of time price differential producing a rate that does not exceed the applicable quarterly ceiling.
(b) A variable rate contract authorized under Section 303.015 may not provide for use of both the weekly ceiling and the quarterly ceiling.
(c) Notwithstanding other provisions of this subchapter, the rate of interest on an open-end account authorized under Section 342.455 or 346.003, or an amount owed for a credit card transaction under another type of credit card agreement, in connection with which a merchant discount is imposed or received by the creditor may not exceed the applicable quarterly ceiling.
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