{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-116.0002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 116.0002","heading":"FEE FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS BY PAPER CHECK PROHIBITED.","body":"(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.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 230 (H.B. 876), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 5. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICES","SUBTITLE C. BUSINESS OPERATIONS","CHAPTER 116. FEES FOR CERTAIN PAYMENT METHODS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.116.htm#116.0002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"6dee913a4922e046ab1ef37e6569a92ff112cb6918d77d9dc8d97d999425ecb7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-116.0001","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-117.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}