Tex. Finance Code § 342.001: DEFINITIONS.

In this chapter:

(1) "Irregular transaction" means a loan:

(A) that is payable in installments that are not consecutive, monthly, and substantially equal in amount; or

(B) the first scheduled installment of which is due later than one month and 15 days after the date of the loan.

(2) "Regular transaction" means a loan:

(A) that is payable in installments that are consecutive, monthly, and substantially equal in amount; and

(B) the first scheduled installment of which is due within one month and 15 days after the date of the loan.

(3) "Regulated loan license" means a consumer loan license.

(4) "Secondary mortgage loan" means a loan that is:

(A) secured in whole or in part by an interest, including a lien or security interest, in real property that is:

(i) improved by a dwelling designed for occupancy by four or fewer families; and

(ii) subject to one or more liens, security interests, prior mortgages, or deeds of trust; and

(B) not to be repaid before the 91st day after the date of the loan.

Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.19(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 909, Sec. 2.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.