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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="23-307.1" title_number="23" title_name="Premium Financing" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Premium Finance Agreements; Charges and Fees">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Electronic check” means a form of payment in which a fund transfer is made electronically from a payer’s bank account to a premium finance company’s bank account.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Electronic check” does not include a written check that is delivered to a premium finance company or an agent by hand delivery, regular mail, or other form of personal delivery.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Electronic payment” includes payment by credit card, debit card, or electronic check.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A premium finance agreement may require the insured to pay an electronic payment fee if the insured elects to pay a premium finance company by means of an electronic payment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A premium finance company may charge an electronic payment fee, which may not exceed $8, for actual expenses incurred by the premium finance company for the electronic payment.</text>
  </level>
</section>
