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H. B. 2665


(By Delegates Hrutkay, Webster, Pino, Mahan and Ellem)
[Introduced February 24, 2005; referred to the
Committee on Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary.]


A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §46-9-410, relating to the use of checks, bank account debit authorizations, or share drafts as security for loans or cash advances made for personal, family or household purposes.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §46-9-410, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 9. SECURED TRANSACTIONS.

§46-9-41O. No use of checks or share drafts or electronic or other authorizations as security for cash advances, payday loans or other loans.

(a) No person may make, arrange, or act as a middleman, broker or agent for a cash advance or loan in this State for a personal, family or household purpose pursuant to an agreement as a part of which: (1) A check or share draft or an electronic or other authorization for debit of an account is executed by the borrower; (2) the check, share draft or authorization is capable of being presented or drawn on the date made or at some future date on a federally insured financial institution; (3) the check, share draft or authorization is used as security, collateral; guarantee or as any direct or indirect part of the transaction for an advance, loan or extension of credit; and (4) the presentment or payment of the check, share draft or debit is deferred.
(b) The provisions of this section do not apply to:
(1) A federally insured financial institution using accounts or funds on deposit in the financial institution as security or collateral for a loan made by the same institution holding the account or funds;
(2) The use of a postdated check as purchase money in a transaction which has as its primary purpose the bona fide purchase of bona fide goods or services; or
(3) Banks acting, as collecting banks under article four of this chapter.
(c) For purposes of this section, engaging in this State in the business described in subparagraph (a) of this section occurs if a signed writing or other authorized record evidencing the obligation or application of the consumer is made by the consumer while the consumer is present in this State.
(d) The provisions of this section apply notwithstanding the
provisions of sections four hundred six and four hundred eight of this article.
(e) Acting in violation of this section is unconscionable conduct for the purposes of section one hundred twenty-one, article two, chapter forty-six-a, of this code and is an unfair or deceptive act or practice for the purposes of section one hundred four, article six, chapter forty-six-a of this code. Any agreement in violation of this section is void and unenforceable.



NOTE:
The purpose of this bill is to prevent the taking of either checks, similar instruments, or authorizations for electronic account debits in order to guarantee loans or cash advances by payday lenders or others.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.

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