Tex. Finance Code § 342.604
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 342.604, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 342.604. MILITARY BORROWER.
Official statutory text
(a) A lender may not engage in collection activity against a borrower who is:
(1) 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;
(2) a member of the Texas National Guard who is called to federal active duty, for the duration of the duty;
(3) the spouse of a person described by Subdivision (1), for the duration of the posting; or
(4) the spouse of a person described by Subdivision (2), for the duration of the duty.
(b) A lender may not garnish the wages of a borrower who is a member of the United States military or the member's spouse.
(c) A lender who engages in a deferred presentment transaction with a member of the United States military or a dependent of a member of the United States military must comply with 10 U.S.C. Section 987 and any regulations adopted under that law, to the extent applicable.
(1) 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;
(2) a member of the Texas National Guard who is called to federal active duty, for the duration of the duty;
(3) the spouse of a person described by Subdivision (1), for the duration of the posting; or
(4) the spouse of a person described by Subdivision (2), for the duration of the duty.
(b) A lender may not garnish the wages of a borrower who is a member of the United States military or the member's spouse.
(c) A lender who engages in a deferred presentment transaction with a member of the United States military or a dependent of a member of the United States military must comply with 10 U.S.C. Section 987 and any regulations adopted under that law, to the extent applicable.
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