YES:
MR. SPEAKER:
Your Committee on Financial Institutions , to which was referred House Bill
1206 , has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
before filing a certification to participate in the program.
(C) The creditor does not have a director or an executive
officer who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo
contendere to a felony involving fraud, deceit, or
misrepresentation under the laws of Indiana or any other
jurisdiction, as of the date of the creditor's certification. If
the creditor is not certain whether it meets the criterion set
forth in this clause, the creditor shall consult with the
department before filing a certification to participate in
the program.
(4) To qualify as a five star mortgage under the program, a
mortgage must include the following terms and conditions:
(A) If the mortgage involves a purchase money transaction,
the mortgage must require a down payment by the debtor,
or a person acting on behalf of the debtor, of at least ten
percent (10%) of the purchase price of the dwelling that is
the subject of the mortgage. If the mortgage involves the
refinancing of an existing mortgage, the customer must
have equity of at least ten percent (10%) in the dwelling
that is the subject of the mortgage.
(B) The mortgage must have a fixed rate of interest.
(C) The mortgage must provide for an escrow account
that:
(i) is established by the creditor, or a person acting on
behalf of the creditor, for the benefit of the debtor;
(ii) is maintained by the creditor, or a person acting on
behalf of the creditor, during the life of the mortgage;
and
(iii) is used during the life of the mortgage to pay taxes
and insurance owed with respect to the dwelling that is
the subject of the mortgage.
However, this clause does not apply if, in the creditor's
ordinary course of business, the creditor does not regularly
establish and maintain, or contract for the establishment
and maintenance of, escrow accounts for the payment of
taxes and insurance, on behalf of the creditor's customers.
(D) The term of the mortgage may not exceed thirty (30)
years.
products that were offered by the creditor to Indiana
customers during the applicable reporting period,
including any five star mortgages reported under clause
(C).
(B) The total number of residential mortgages described in
clause (A) that were closed by the creditor during the
applicable reporting period, including any five star
mortgages that were closed during the reporting period, as
reported under clause (D).
(C) The number of mortgage products that:
(i) qualified as five star mortgages under the program;
and
(ii) were offered by the creditor to Indiana customers;
during the applicable reporting period.
(D) The number of five star mortgages offered to Indiana
customers that were closed by the creditor during the
applicable reporting period.
(3) A requirement that a creditor that qualifies as a five star
mortgage lender and files a certification with the department
shall periodically submit to the department a renewal
certification, on a form prescribed by the department, in
conjunction with a report filed under subdivision (2), or at
such other time as the department determines appropriate. In
any renewal certification required under this subdivision, a
creditor must attest that the creditor:
(A) continued to meet the criteria necessary to qualify as
a five star mortgage lender; and
(B) complied with all program requirements;
during the applicable reporting period.
(4) Subject to the procedures set forth in IC 4-21.5, the
imposition of a civil penalty of not more than one thousand
dollars ($1,000) per violation for a creditor that:
(A) holds itself out as a five star mortgage lender if:
(i) the creditor has not filed an accurate certification,
including any required renewal certification, with the
department under this chapter; or
(ii) the creditor has filed a certification or a renewal
certification with the department under this chapter and
subsequently ceases offering at least one (1) mortgage
product that qualifies as a five star mortgage; or
(B) fails to comply with any program requirement.
(5) A fee fixed by the department under IC 28-11-3-5 for each
certification and recertification submitted by a creditor under
this chapter. However, any fee fixed by the department under
this subdivision may not exceed the department's actual costs
to:
(A) process certifications and renewal certifications;
(B) publish the list described in subsection (c) on the
department's Internet web site; and
(C) otherwise administer the program.
(6) Any other program requirements, criteria, or incentives
that the department determines necessary to implement and
evaluate a program to encourage creditors to offer stable
mortgage products to qualified Indiana customers.
(c) The department shall publish on the department's Internet
web site a list of all creditors that have a current and accurate:
(1) certification under this chapter; or
(2) renewal certification under this chapter;
on file with the department. The Indiana housing and community
development authority and the securities division of the office of
the secretary of state shall provide a link to the list described in this
subsection on their respective Internet web sites.
(d) The program guidelines established by the department
under subsections (a) and (b) must be made available:
(1) for public inspection and copying at the offices of the
department under IC 5-14-3; and
(2) on the department's Internet web site.
(e) The department shall investigate any credible complaint
received by any means alleging that a creditor has committed a
violation described in subsection (b)(4). If the creditor that is the
subject of a complaint under this subsection is not subject to
regulation by the department, the department shall forward the
complaint to the appropriate federal regulatory agency or to the
office of the attorney general, as appropriate.".
Delete pages 9 through 11.
Page 12, delete lines 1 through 24.
(Reference is to HB 1206 as introduced.)
and when so amended that said bill do pass.