AB329: Bill Text

AB329, s. 18 Section 18. 422.417 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,6,5 422.417 (1) (c) Real property to which the property sold is affixed, or which is maintained, repaired or improved as a result of the sale of the property or services, if the obligation secured is $1,000 or more; and

AB329, s. 19 Section 19. 422.417 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,6,11 422.417 (1) (d) Goods of the consumer which were the subject of a prior transaction with the seller which is consolidated (s. 422.206) with the consumer credit sale, or if the consumer credit sale is made pursuant to an open-end credit plan, goods previously purchased by the consumer pursuant to the plan, subject however to s. 422.418; and.

AB329, s. 20 Section 20. 422.417 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

AB329, s. 21 Section 21. 422.417 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,6,19 422.417 (2) With respect to a consumer lease, except as otherwise provided in s. 429.205 with respect to a motor vehicle consumer lease, a lessor may not take a security interest in any property owned or leased by the customer other than the leased goods to secure the lessor's obligations under the lease. This subsection does not prohibit a security interest in a cash security deposit for a consumer lease of motor vehicles or agricultural equipment.

AB329, s. 22 Section 22. 422.418 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,7,5 422.418 (2) For the purpose of determining the extent to which a consolidated obligation is secured after a consolidation of consumer sales other than sales primarily for an agricultural purpose, and after a consolidation of consumer loans in which one or more of the loans consolidated is secured by a purchase money security interest in property of the type described in s. 422.417 (3) (a), payments received by the creditor after a consolidation agreement are deemed to have been first applied to the payment of obligations arising from the transactions first made. To the extent that obligations are paid pursuant to this section, security interests in items of property terminate as the obligation originally incurred with respect to each item is paid.

AB329, s. 23 Section 23. 422.421 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,7,12 422.421 (6) (a) Except as provided in s. 422.201 (12), for For any variable rate transaction, other than one pursuant to an open-end credit plan, entered into before November 1, 1984, the maximum rate of finance charge for any payment period may not exceed the limit set forth in s. 422.201 (2) (bm) as determined on the earlier of the first day of the payment period or the day notice is given under sub. (5) for the payment period.

AB329, s. 24 Section 24. 422.501 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,7,16 422.501 (3) "Extension of credit" means the right to defer payment of debt or to incur debt and defer its payment, that is offered or granted for debt that is incurred primarily for personal, family, or household or agricultural purposes.

AB329, s. 25 Section 25. 423.201 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,8,4 423.201 Definition. "Consumer approval transaction" means a consumer transaction other than a sale or lease or listing for sale of real property, or a sale of goods at auction, the sale or lease of goods for an agricultural purpose or a loan made to finance the sale of goods at auction for an agricultural purpose 1) which is initiated by face-to-face solicitation away from a regular place of business of the merchant or by mail or telephone solicitation directed to the particular customer and 2) which is consummated or in which the customer's offer to contract or other writing evidencing the transaction is received by the merchant away from a regular place of business of the merchant and involves the extension of credit or is a cash transaction in which the amount the customer pays exceeds $25. "Consumer approval transaction" shall in no event include a catalog sale which is not accompanied by any other solicitation or a consumer loan conducted and consummated entirely by mail.

AB329, s. 26 Section 26. 424.208 (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 424.208 (1) and amended to read:

AB329,8,11 424.208 (1) The initial amount of credit life insurance shall not exceed the total amount repayable under the contract of indebtedness however the indebtedness may be repayable, but: (a) In in cases where an indebtedness is repayable in substantially equal instalments, the amount of insurance shall at no time exceed the scheduled or actual amount of unpaid indebtedness, whichever is greater ; and.

AB329, s. 27 Section 27. 424.208 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB329, s. 28 Section 28. 424.301 (1) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

AB329, s. 29 Section 29. 425.103 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,9,5 425.103 (2) (a) With respect to a transaction other than one pursuant to an open-end plan; if the interval between scheduled payments is 2 months or less, to have outstanding an amount exceeding one full payment which has remained unpaid for more than 10 days after the scheduled or deferred due dates, or the failure to pay the first payment or the last payment, within 40 days of its scheduled or deferred due date; if the interval between scheduled payments is more than 2 months, to have all or any part of one scheduled payment unpaid for more than 60 days after its scheduled or deferred due date; or, if the transaction is scheduled to be repaid in a single payment, to have all or any part of the payment unpaid for more than 40 days after its scheduled or deferred due date; or in the case of a transaction for an agricultural purpose, the failure to pay the first or the only instalment when due or to pay any other instalment within 40 days of its original or deferred due date. For purposes of this paragraph the amount outstanding shall not include any delinquency or deferral charges and shall be computed by applying each payment first to the instalment most delinquent and then to subsequent instalments in the order they come due;

AB329, s. 30 Section 30. 425.114 of the statutes is repealed.

AB329, s. 31 Section 31. 425.206 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,9,10 425.206 (1) (b) Judgment for the merchant has been entered in a proceeding for recovery of collateral or leased goods under s. 425.205, or for possession of the collateral or leased goods under s. 425.203 (2); or

AB329, s. 32 Section 32. 425.206 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,9,13 425.206 (1) (c) The merchant has taken possession of collateral or leased goods pursuant to s. 425.207 (2); or.

AB329, s. 33 Section 33. 425.206 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB329, s. 34 Section 34. 425.207 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,9,25 425.207 (2) A merchant who reasonably believes that a customer has abandoned collateral or goods subject to a consumer lease may take possession of such collateral or leased goods and preserve it. However, the customer may recover such collateral or leased goods upon request unless at the time of request the customer has surrendered the collateral or leased goods, or judgment for the merchant has been entered in a proceeding for recovery of collateral or leased goods under s. 425.205 or in a judgment described in s. 425.203 (2). A merchant taking possession of collateral or leased goods pursuant to this section shall promptly send notification to the customer's last-known address of such action and of the customer's right to recover such collateral or leased goods under this section. If the collateral or leased goods are recovered by the customer pursuant to this section, it shall be returned to the customer at the location where the merchant took possession of such collateral or leased goods pursuant to this section or, at the option of the merchant, at such other location designated by the customer; and any expense incurred by the merchant in taking possession of, holding and returning the collateral or leased goods to the customer shall be borne by the merchant. If after taking possession of collateral or leased goods pursuant to this subsection, the merchant perfects the right to possession through a surrender by the customer or a judgment under s. 425.203 (2) or 425.205, the customer is liable for the expenses set forth in s. 409.504 (1). In determining such expenses, leased goods shall be considered collateral under s. 409.504 (1). However, a customer is not liable for expenses of holding the collateral or leased goods from the time the merchant takes possession until the merchant perfects the right to possession in the manner provided in this subsection. This subsection shall not apply to collateral recovered in accordance with s. 425.114.

AB329, s. 35 Section 35. 425.208 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,10,21 425.208 (1) (intro.) For a period of 15 days following exercise by the creditor of nonjudicial enforcement rights (s. 425.206) or issuance of process (s. 425.205) with regard to the collateral, the customer shall, except in a transaction for an agricultural purpose if otherwise agreed in writing after default, be entitled to redeem the goods by tendering:

AB329, s. 36 Section 36. 425.208 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,11,3 425.208 (1) (cm) If a writing evidencing the consumer credit transaction so provides, expenses the creditor is entitled to recover under s. 422.413 (2) and (2g) (a) and (b); plus

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