Prohibition On Prepayment Penalty

Sec. 302.102. PROHIBITION ON PREPAYMENT PENALTY. If the interest rate on a loan for property that is or is to be the residential homestead of the borrower is greater than 12 percent a year, a prepayment penalty may not be collected on the loan unless the penalty is required by an agency created by federal law. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.18(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 909, Sec. 2.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.