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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 537.2502, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code 1 2 1999, are amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. With respect to aprecomputedconsumer credit 1 4transactionsale, a consumer loan, or a home equity line of 1 5 credit under section 535.10, the parties may contract for a 1 6 delinquency charge on any installment or payment not paid in 1 7 full within ten days after its due date, as originally 1 8 scheduled or as deferred, in an amount not exceeding the 1 9 greater of either of the following: 1 10 a. Five percent of the unpaid amount of the installment or 1 11 payment, or a maximum oftwentyfifteen dollars. 1 12 b. The deferral charge that would be permitted to defer 1 13 the unpaid amount of the installment or payment for the period 1 14 that it is delinquent. 1 15 2. A delinquency charge under subsection 1, paragraph "a", 1 16 may be collected only once on an installment or payment 1 17 however long it remains in default.NoA delinquency charge 1 18mayshall not be collected with respect to a deferred 1 19 installment or payment unless the installment or payment is 1 20 not paid in full within ten days after its deferred due date. 1 21 A delinquency charge may be collected at the time it accrues 1 22 or at any time afterward. 1 23 3.NoA delinquency chargemayshall not be collected 1 24 under subsection 1, paragraph "a", on an installment or 1 25 payment which is paid in full within ten days after its 1 26 scheduled or deferred installment or payment due date even 1 27 though an earlier maturing installment or payment or a 1 28 delinquency or deferral charge on an earlier installment or 1 29 payment may not have been paid in full. For purposes of this 1 30 subsection payments on a consumer credit sale, a consumer 1 31 loan, or a home equity line of credit under section 535.10 are 1 32 applied first to current installments or payments and then to 1 33 delinquent installments or payments. 1 34 EXPLANATION 1 35 This bill amends Code section 537.2502 relating to 2 1 delinquency charges associated with certain consumer credit 2 2 transactions. The bill provides that the parties to a 2 3 consumer credit sale, a consumer loan, or a home equity line 2 4 of credit may contract for a delinquency charge on any 2 5 installment or payment not paid in full within 10 days after 2 6 its due date, as originally scheduled or as deferred, in an 2 7 amount not exceeding the greater of five percent of the unpaid 2 8 amount of the installment or payment, or a maximum of $15; or 2 9 a deferral charge that would be permitted to defer the unpaid 2 10 amount of the installment or payment for the period that it is 2 11 delinquent. Under current law, such delinquency charge 2 12 applies only to precomputed consumer credit transactions. 2 13 LSB 2155SV 78 2 14 mj/sc/14
Text: SF00317 Text: SF00319 Text: SF00300 - SF00399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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