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2005 House Bill 4834 (License and regulate “payday lenders” ) (Senate Roll Call 403)
Amendment offered by Sen. Martha G. Scott (D) on September 13, 2005, to lower the maximum allowable payday loan to $500, and cap the interest rate at 10 percent plus a $5 fee. The amendment failed in the Senate (16 to 21) on September 13, 2005. [History, Amendments & Comments]
The vote was 16 in favor, 21 opposed, and 1 not voting
(Senate Roll Call 403 at Senate Journal 78)
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The following legislators supported the amendment:
| Barcia (D) | Basham (D) | Bernero (D) | Brater (D) | Cherry (D) | Clark-Coleman (D) |
| Clarke (D) | Jacobs (D) | Leland (D) | Olshove (D) | Patterson (R) | Prusi (D) |
| Schauer (D) | Scott (D) | Switalski (D) | Toy (R) |
The following legislators opposed the amendment:
The following legislators did not vote on the amendment:
| Hammerstrom (R) |
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1) payday loans [by Anonymous Citizen on September 23, 2005]Please check the facts. If this bill passes, these people will truly have no where to go. Would you loan a complete stranger $200 for 3 weeks for $32 dollars? I do every day. Try to find one of my customers to say a bad thing about me...you won't. Regulate this and these people will get hurt.
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QuickCash Payday Advance
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You need to check the facts. If this bill passes, there will be no place for these people to get money. They will turn to true loan sharks and people will get hurt. Would you loan a stranger $200 for 3 weeks for $32 dollars? I think not. I do. Try to find one customer in Pontiac of QuickCash payday advance to say a bad thing about me.
bob
QuickCash Payday Advance
Pontiac, MI
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Senator Thomas' statement is as follows:
Like my colleague, the previous speaker, I also rise in support of House Bill No.4834 not because I'm a fan of the payday advance industry, but because since 1999, we have struggled in Michigan to find a solution to the growing expansion of this industry.
Like my colleague from Highland Park, I represent one of those districts where just about on every street corner now there is a payday advance place opening. You can't keep track of how many times these places do open. We've been trying to regulate this industry in Michigan now for six years. This finally gets us on a level playing field where we can regulate this industry and provide true consumer protection.
This bill, frankly, is one of the best and toughest bills any state has passed in the nation. We will have the lowest fees of any state in the Great Lakes region, and certainly, the nation. We will have a limited number of advances that a customer can have at one time, which is dramatic improvement from where this legislation was six years ago when it was first introduced. We will have real and full disclosure of all costs, which we've never had, a complaint process for consumers, and very important, an extended payment plan so that when folks do over leverage themselves, there is a realistic opportunity to get out from under this debt.
While this legislation is not perfect, it is the best we could get at this time. It is reasonable and prudent consumer protection, and I'm very pleased that the Legislature is taking this action now to regulate this industry. It's simply not going. Away, we have to make sure that all people have fair protections, and this legislation ensures that.
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