South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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S. 58

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Malloy
Document Path: l:\s-res\gm\014defe.sp.gm.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3462, 5137

Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance

Summary: Deferred presentment or deposit of checks

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2020  Senate  Prefiled
   12/9/2020  Senate  Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
   1/12/2021  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 152)
   1/12/2021  Senate  Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance 
                        (Senate Journal-page 152)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 34-39-180(E) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEFERRED PRESENTMENT OR DEPOSIT OF CHECKS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE EFFECTIVE ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE CHARGED ON A DEFERRED PRESENTMENT TRANSACTION CANNOT EXCEED THIRTY-SIX PERCENT.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 34-39-180(E) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "(E)    A licensee shall not charge, directly or indirectly, a fee or other consideration in excess of fifteen percent of the principal amount of the transaction for accepting a check for deferred presentment or deposit, provided that the effective annual percentage rate is not in excess of thirty-six percent. The fee or other consideration authorized by this subsection may be imposed only once for each written agreement. Records must be kept by each licensee with sufficient detail to ensure that the fee or other consideration authorized by this subsection may be imposed only once for each written agreement."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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