Federal Reserve Board

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

12 CFR Part 213

[Regulation M; Docket No. R-0892]

Consumer Leasing

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Final Rule.

SUMMARY: The Board is publishing a final rule to amend Regulation M, which implements the Consumer Leasing Act. The Act requires lessors to provide uniform cost and other disclosures about consumer lease transactions. The Board has reviewed Regulation M, pursuant to its policy of periodically reviewing its regulations, and has revised the regulation to carry out more effectively the purposes of the Act. The final rule adds disclosures, primarily in connection with motor vehicle leasing, including, for example, disclosures about early termination charges and how scheduled payments are derived (which requires disclosure of such items as the gross capitalized cost of a lease, the vehicle's residual value, the rent charge, and depreciation). General changes in the format of the disclosures require that certain leasing disclosures be segregated from other information. Revisions to the advertising provisions implement a statutory amendment, allowing a toll-free number to substitute for certain disclosures in radio and television advertisements, and make other changes to the advertising rules. A lessor is not required to disclose the cost of a lease expressed as a percentage rate; however, if a rate is disclosed or advertised, a special notice must accompany the rate. Further, a rate in an advertisement cannot be more prominent than any other Regulation M disclosure.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective October 31, 1996, but compliance is optional until October 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyung H. Cho-Miller, Obrea O. Poindexter, or W. Kurt Schumacher, Staff Attorneys, Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551, at (202) 452-2412 or 452- 3667. For matters concerning the Regulatory Flexibility Analysis contact Thomas A. Durkin, Office of the Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551, at (202) 452-2326. Users of Telecommunications Device for the Deaf only may contact Dorothea Thompson, at (202) 452-3544.

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