Sec. 339.002.  BILLING CYCLE INTEREST LIMITATION ON OPEN-END ACCOUNT WITHOUT MERCHANT DISCOUNT.  (a)  This section applies to an open-end account agreement that provides for credit card transactions:
(1)  in which the creditor relies on one of the ceilings authorized by Chapter 303 for the rate of interest;  and
(2)  in connection with which the creditor does not impose or receive a merchant discount.
(b)  Interest or time price differential may not be charged for a billing cycle of an open-end account credit agreement if:
(1)  the total amount of the obligor's payments during the cycle equal or exceed the balance owed under the agreement at the end of the preceding billing cycle;  or
(2)  an amount is not owed under the agreement at the end of the preceding billing cycle.
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.18(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.