Sec. 348.120. AMOUNT OF REFUND CREDIT FOR MONTHLY INSTALLMENT CONTRACT. (a) This section applies only to a refund credit on the prepayment of a retail installment contract that is payable in substantially equal successive monthly installments beginning one month after the date of the contract.
(b) On a contract for a motor vehicle the minimum amount of the refund credit is computed by:
(1) subtracting an acquisition cost of $25 from the original time price differential; and
(2) multiplying the amount computed under Subdivision (1) by the percentage of refund computed under Subsection (d).
(c) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 117, Sec. 26(3), eff. September 1, 2011.
(d) The percentage of refund is computed by:
(1) computing the sum of all of the monthly balances under the contract's schedule of payments; and
(2) dividing the amount computed under Subdivision (1) into the sum of the unpaid monthly balances under the contract's schedule of payments beginning:
(A) on the first day, after the date of the prepayment or demand for payment in full, that is the date of a month that corresponds to the date of the month that the first installment is due under the contract; or
(B) if the prepayment or demand for payment in full is made before the first installment date under the contract, one month after the next monthly anniversary date of the contract occurring after the prepayment or demand.
(e) A refund credit is not required if the amount of the refund credit is less than $1.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 117 (H.B. 2559), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 117 (H.B. 2559), Sec. 26(3), eff. September 1, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - Regulation of Interest, Loans, and Financed Transactions
Subtitle B - Loans and Financed Transactions
Chapter 348 - Motor Vehicle Installment Sales
Subchapter B. Retail Installment Contract
Section 348.101. Retail Installment Contract General Requirements
Section 348.1015. Contract Conditioned on Subsequent Assignment Prohibited
Section 348.102. Contents of Contract
Section 348.103. Time Price Differential for Retail Installment Contract
Section 348.104. Time Price Differential for Contract With Equal Monthly Successive Payments
Section 348.105. Use of Optional Ceiling
Section 348.106. Time Price Differential for Other Contracts
Section 348.107. Charge for Default in Payment of Installment
Section 348.108. Charges for Collecting Debt
Section 348.109. Acceleration of Debt Maturity
Section 348.110. Delivery of Copy of Contract
Section 348.111. Buyer's Right to Rescind Contract
Section 348.112. Buyer's Acknowledgment of Delivery of Contract Copy
Section 348.113. Amendment of Retail Installment Contract
Section 348.116. Confirmation of Amendment
Section 348.117. Contract After Amendment
Section 348.118. Prepayment of Contract
Section 348.119. Refund Credit on Prepayment
Section 348.120. Amount of Refund Credit for Monthly Installment Contract
Section 348.121. Amount of Refund Credit for Other Contracts
Section 348.122. Reinstatement of Contract After Demand for Payment
Section 348.123. Refinancing of Large Installment
Section 348.124. Debt Cancellation Agreements
Section 348.125. Trade-in Credit Agreements Offered in Connection With Retail Installment Contracts