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ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS SETTING <br />FORTH REGISTRATION REQUIRMENTS AND CREDIT <br />EXTENSION REGULATIONS FOR CREDIT ACCESS <br />BUSINESSES BY ADDING ARTICLE 5.12, "CREDIT ACCESS <br />BUSINESSES," TO CHAPTER 5, `BUSINESS REGULATIONS," OF <br />THE CITY OF PARIS CODE OF ORDINANCES; AMENDING <br />APPENDIX A, ARTICLE A1.000, "MISCELLANEOUS FEES," TO <br />ADD SECTION A1.005, "FEES RELATED TO CREDIT ACCESS <br />BUSINESSES;" MAKING OTHER FINDINGS RELATED TO THE <br />SAME; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY <br />CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE <br />DATE <br />WHEREAS, certain credit access businesses engage in abusive and predatory <br />lending practices, offering easy money with onerous terms and fees to those members of <br />our community who are in financial straits; and <br />WHEREAS, the practices of certain credit access businesses cause members of our <br />community to become trapped in a cycle of short term, high interest loans resulting in large <br />debt and huge payments; and <br />WHEREAS, in the case of motor vehicle title loans, such arrangements often lead <br />to the loss of borrowers' primary assets, their automobiles, which they require in order to <br />get back and forth to work; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the terms of this ordinance strike a <br />reasonable balance between the rights of the credit access industry to operate and prosper <br />and providing some minimal consumer protections and that it is in the best interest of the <br />citizens of the city to adopt same; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF PARIS, TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That Chapter 5, "Business Regulations," of the City of Paris Code of <br />Ordinances be amended to add a new Article 5.12, "Credit Access Businesses," to read as <br />follows: <br />"Article 5.12 CREDIT ACCESS BUSINESSES <br />5.12.001 Short Title and Purpose. <br />(a) This article may be known and cited as "Credit Access Businesses." <br />