TITLE 31. CREDIT TRANSACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 1. CREDIT TRANSACTIONS

Part 7. Montana Deferred Deposit Loan Act

Purpose -- Rules -- Fees

31-1-702. Purpose -- rules -- fees. (1) The purpose of this part is to protect consumers who enter into short-term, high-rate loans with lenders from abuses that occur in the credit marketplace when the lenders are unregulated.

(2) The department may adopt rules to implement the provisions of this part. The rules may include but are not limited to rules establishing forms and procedures for licensing, rules pertaining to acceptable practices at a business location, rules establishing disclosure requirements, and rules establishing complaint and hearing procedures.

(3) All fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this part must be deposited in the department's special revenue account to be used by the department in carrying out its supervisory functions under this part.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 404, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 451, L. 2007.