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AL HB587

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/11/2014

Primary Sponsor

Terri Collins

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2014

AI Summary

HB587 Summary

  • Allows customers to repay deferred presentment transactions (payday loans) over a six-month period with equal monthly installments instead of lump-sum repayment.

  • Prohibits licensees from extending or rolling over deferred presentment transactions; permits only one additional rollover before requiring full repayment.

  • Reduces the extended repayment option from four months to three equal monthly installments when customers cannot repay the full balance after one rollover.

  • Permits licensees to collect a bad check fee for each individual bad check presented, and requires use of a supervisor-designated common database to verify customers do not have outstanding deferred presentment transactions exceeding $500.

  • Requires licensees to annually report business information to the supervisor by December 1, and mandates the supervisor to publish aggregated data analyzing deferred presentment service utilization; effective January 1, 2015.

Legislative Description

Deferred presentment transactions, customer repayment period revised, extensions prohibited, collection of a bad check fee under certain conditions, use of database by licensees required, Secs. 5-18A-2, 5-18A-12, 5-18A-13 am'd.

Deferred Presentment Services

Last Action

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Financial Services

3/11/2014

Committee Referrals

Financial Services3/11/2014

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