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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="12-128" title_number="12" title_name="Credit Regulations" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Interest and Usury">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A lender may not accept a tip from a consumer or give a consumer the option to provide a tip.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A lender may not directly or indirectly suggest that providing a tip will influence:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The lender’s willingness to provide a loan to a consumer at any time; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The terms of any loan offered to the consumer by that lender.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A lender who receives a tip may not be found in violation of this subtitle if the lender returns all of the tip within 7 days after receiving the tip.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A lender shall prominently disclose that it is prohibited from accepting a tip from a consumer.</text>
  </level>
</section>
