Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 23-307.1 - Electronic payment fee(a)(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.(2)(i) "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.(ii) "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.(3) "Electronic payment" includes payment by credit card, debit card, or electronic check.(b) 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.(c) 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.Amended by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 334,Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2013.