It is not a prohibited practice for a provider to, as an incidental consequence of managing the trust account and debt obligations, pay an obligation for a consumer that the consumer does not have a sufficient deposit to cover, when no fee is associated with the payment. A payment under these conditions does not constitute lending money to the consumer under Texas Finance Code, §394.212(3).     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §88.305 adopted to be effective January 5, 2006, 30 TexReg 8863; amended to be effective January 2, 2014, 38 TexReg 9488