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Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 116.0002: FEE FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS BY PAPER CHECK PROHIBITED.
Where this section sits in the code
- BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE
- TITLE 5. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICES
- SUBTITLE C. BUSINESS OPERATIONS
- CHAPTER 116. FEES FOR CERTAIN PAYMENT METHODS
(a) A person that makes a payment to a payee may not charge an additional fee to the payee because the payee elects to receive the payment by paper check instead of by an automated clearinghouse transaction or other electronic funds transfer.
(b) A provision in a contract permitting a person to charge or collect a fee from a payee in violation of Subsection (a) is void and unenforceable.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 230 (H.B. 876), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
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