Amend SB 317 by adding a new SECTION 24 to read as follows and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly: SECTION 24. Insert a new Sec. 342.007, Finance Code to read as follows: Sec. 342.007. CERTAIN ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED. No person shall transact a loan that is secured, in whole or in part, by a consumer's personal check or other instrument for the payment of money, or in exchange for the consumer's authorization to debit the consumer's deposit account, for any person or any entity, or assist in any way in the origination of any such loan on behalf of or in conjunction with any other person or entity.