(b) As used hereunder, the term “Charges” shall mean all fees, charges and/or any other things of value, if any, contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by Lender in connection with the transactions relating to this Note and the other Loan Documents, which are treated as interest under applicable law.
17. | Procedural Obligations of Borrower. |
(a) In addition to the provisions of Section 12 above, Borrower hereby agrees that as a condition precedent to any claim seeking usury penalties against Lender, Borrower will provide written notice to Lender, advising Lender in reasonable detail of the nature and amount of the violation, and Lender shall have sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice in which to correct such usury violation, if any, by either refunding such excess interest to Borrower or crediting such excess interest against this Note and/or the Indebtedness then owing by Borrower to Lender. All calculations of the rate of interest contracted for, charged, taken, reserved or received by Lender for the use, forbearance or detention of any debt evidenced by this Note and/or any other Loan Documents, that are made for the purpose of determining whether such rate exceeds the Maximum Lawful Rate, shall be made, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by amortizing, prorating, allocating and spreading, using the actuarial method, all interest contracted for, charged, taken, reserved or received by Lender throughout the full term of this Note and/or any other Loan Documents (including any and all renewal and extension periods).
(b) In no event shall the provisions of Chapter 346 of the Texas Finance Code (which regulates certain revolving credit loan accounts and revolving triparty accounts) apply to this Note and/or any Indebtedness.
(c) Not later than the sixty-first (61st) day before the date Borrower files suit seeking penalties for Lender’s violation of the usury law (or not later than the time of Borrower filing a counterclaim in an original action by Lender), Borrower is required to give Lender written notice stating in reasonable detail the nature and amount of the violation. Lender is then entitled to correct such violation within the sixty (60) day period beginning with the date such notice is received. If the usury violation is raised on a counterclaim, Lender can petition the court to abate the proceedings for sixty (60) days to allow Lender to cure the violation. If Lender timely corrects such violation, Lender will not be liable to Borrower for such violation, except to reimburse Borrower for reasonable attorneys’ fees in the event the issue is raised by Borrower in a counterclaim. Lender is also not liable to Borrower for a violation of the usury penalty statute if Lender gives written notice to Borrower of Lender’s usury violation before Borrower itself gives written notice of the violation or files an action alleging the violation, and provided Lender corrects such violation not later than the sixtieth (60th) day after the date Lender actually discovered the violation that applies to the Note and/or any of the Indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, it is not the intention of Lender to accelerate the maturity of any interest that has not accrued at the time of such acceleration or to collect unearned interest at the time of such acceleration.
To the extent that Lender is relying on Chapter 303 of the Texas Finance Code to determine the Maximum Lawful Rate payable on the Note and/or any other portion of the Indebtedness, Lender will utilize the weekly ceiling from time to time in effect as provided in such Chapter 303, as amended. To the extent United States federal law permits Lender to contract for, charge, take,
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