Tex. Finance Code § 345.053
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 345.053, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 345.053. DISCLOSURE OF PROMISE TO COMPENSATE FOR REFERRAL.
Official statutory text
(a) A written or oral promise of a retail seller to compensate a retail buyer for referring customers or prospective customers to the seller or for referring the seller to customers or prospective customers must be disclosed in a retail installment contract if the promise is:
(1) part of the contract;
(2) made to induce the buyer to become a party to the contract; or
(3) made incidental to negotiations between the seller and the buyer with respect to the sale of the goods or services that are the subject of the contract.
(b) A contract that contains a provision required by Subsection (a) must provide that the amount owed under the contract at any time is reduced by the amount of compensation owed under the promise.
(1) part of the contract;
(2) made to induce the buyer to become a party to the contract; or
(3) made incidental to negotiations between the seller and the buyer with respect to the sale of the goods or services that are the subject of the contract.
(b) A contract that contains a provision required by Subsection (a) must provide that the amount owed under the contract at any time is reduced by the amount of compensation owed under the promise.
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