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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="12-1504" title_number="12" title_name="Credit Regulations" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Earned Wage Access">
  <text>A provider of earned wage access may not:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Share with an employer any charges received from a consumer for earned wage access;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Solicit or charge a tip;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Condition a consumer’s ability to obtain earned wage access on the consumer’s ability or willingness to pay the provider a tip;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Charge a consumer a late fee, interest, or other penalty for failure to pay any proceeds or fees;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>Report any information about a consumer’s failure to pay any proceeds or fees to any consumer reporting agency;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>Obtain a consumer’s credit report as a method of qualifying the consumer for earned wage access;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>Receive interest from a consumer; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>Compel or attempt to compel payment by a consumer of any proceeds, fees, tips, gratuities, or other donations through:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>A civil action against the consumer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>The use of a third party to pursue collection from the consumer on the provider’s behalf; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>The sale or assignment of outstanding amounts to a third–party collector or debt buyer for collection from the consumer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
