One big difference from the failed 2008 ballot measure is that HB 2161 would require lenders to use a “commercially reasonable method’’ to verify that an applicant for a new payday loans does not have an outstanding one somewhere else. And borrowers would be able to back out within two business days without owing anything.
Prior to 2000, loans with annual interest rates of more than 36 percent were illegal. That year, industry lobbyists convinced lawmakers to approve what are technically called “deferred presentment transactions.’’
In essence, a borrower writes out a check for up to $500 plus a fee, a check both parties know is not good. The lender advances the money, minus that fee, with a promise not to cash it for a fixed period, usually up to two weeks.
But lawmakers, cautious about the new loans, agreed to only a temporary trial: The legal exemption from that 36 percent interest cap disappears June 30. The 2008 industry-sponsored measure would have made that exemption permanent.
The industry’s efforts to keep payday lending legal despite that 2008 vote is getting mixed reaction among Republicans who control the Legislature.
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