(a) This chapter is adopted for the purpose of revising and restating the Industrial Loan and Thrift Companies Act, to the end that the people of this state may have available the facilities and resources of regulated lending institutions to meet their needs for loans at rates and charges reasonably commensurate with economic realities.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-5-101

  • Control: means possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities by contract or otherwise. See Tennessee Code 45-5-102
  • Interest: means compensation for the use, detention or forbearance to collect money over a period of time, and does not include compensation for other purposes, including, but not limited to:
    (A) Time-price differentials. See Tennessee Code 45-5-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its declared purpose, and to that end, no charge authorized under this chapter shall be construed as interest or a loan charge that is not defined and denominated as such.
(c) The procedural provisions of this chapter shall be construed in pari materia with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to the end that all proceedings under this chapter to which the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act applies shall be governed by the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, with this chapter construed as supplemental thereto. Only where there is an express conflict shall this chapter be deemed to control.