ADMINISTRATION OF CHAPTER; RULEMAKING

(a) The Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner shall administer, implement, and enforce this chapter. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner may: (1) bring enforcement actions for: (A) violations of rules adopted under Subsection (c); (B) failures to make disclosures required by Section 398.051; or (C) failures to register as required by Section 398.053; (2) terminate or suspend registrations; and (3) assess civil penalties. (c) The Finance Commission of Texas shall adopt rules applicable to providers and commercial sales-based financing brokers that identify unlawful, unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices related to a transaction subject to this chapter. Rules adopted under this subsection must identify and prohibit specific acts or practices by providers or brokers that: (1) the commission considers unfair because: (A) the act or practice causes or is likely to cause substantial injury to a recipient that the recipient cannot reasonably avoid; and (B) the injury outweighs the benefits to recipients or to market competition; (2) are material acts or practices that will or likely will mislead a recipient who, given the circumstances, has a reasonable interpretation of the act or practice; (3) materially interfere with a recipient's ability to understand a term or condition of a commercial sales-based financing transaction; or (4) take unreasonable advantage of: (A) a recipient's lack of understanding of the material risks, costs, or conditions of the commercial sales-based financing transaction; or (B) a recipient's inability to protect the recipient's interest in selecting or using a commercial sales-based financing product. (d) The Finance Commission of Texas may not adopt a maximum annual percentage rate, finance charge, or fee for commercial sales-based financing transactions.