Full Text of SB1667 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987 is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 1-3 and 4-2 and adding Section | 6 | | 7-15 as follows: | 7 | | (205 ILCS 635/1-3) (from Ch. 17, par. 2321-3) | 8 | | Sec. 1-3. Necessity for License; Scope of Act. | 9 | | (a) No person, partnership, association, corporation or | 10 | | other entity
shall engage in the business of brokering, | 11 | | funding, originating, servicing
or purchasing of residential | 12 | | mortgage loans without first obtaining a
license from the | 13 | | Secretary Commissioner in accordance with the licensing | 14 | | procedure
provided in this Article I and such regulations as | 15 | | may be promulgated by
the Secretary Commissioner . The licensing | 16 | | provisions of this Section shall not apply
to any entity | 17 | | engaged solely in commercial mortgage lending or
to any person, | 18 | | partnership association, corporation or other entity
exempted | 19 | | pursuant to Section 1-4, subsection (d), of this Act or in | 20 | | accordance
with regulations promulgated by the Secretary | 21 | | Commissioner hereunder. No provision of this Act shall apply to | 22 | | an exempt person or entity as defined in items (1) and (1.5) of | 23 | | subsection (d) of Section 1-4 of this Act. Notwithstanding |
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| 1 | | anything to the contrary in the preceding sentence, an | 2 | | individual acting as a mortgage loan originator who is not | 3 | | employed by and acting for an entity described in item (1) of | 4 | | subsection (tt) of Section 1-4 of this Act shall be subject to | 5 | | the mortgage loan originator licensing requirements of Article | 6 | | VII of this Act. | 7 | | Effective January 1, 2011, no provision of this Act shall | 8 | | apply to an exempt person or entity as defined in item (1.8) of | 9 | | subsection (d) of Section 1-4 of this Act. Notwithstanding | 10 | | anything to the contrary in the preceding sentence, an | 11 | | individual acting as a mortgage loan originator who is not | 12 | | employed by and acting for an entity described in item (1) of | 13 | | subsection (tt) of Section 1-4 of this Act shall be subject to | 14 | | the mortgage loan originator licensing requirements of Article | 15 | | VII of this Act, and provided that an individual acting as a | 16 | | mortgage loan originator under item (1.8) of subsection (d) of | 17 | | Section 1-4 of this Act shall be further subject to a | 18 | | determination by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban | 19 | | Development through final rulemaking or other authorized | 20 | | agency determination under the federal Secure and Fair | 21 | | Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008. | 22 | | (a-1) A person who is exempt from licensure pursuant to | 23 | | paragraph (ii) of item (1) of subsection (d) of Section 1-4 of | 24 | | this Act as a federally chartered savings bank that is | 25 | | registered with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and | 26 | | Registry may apply to the Secretary for an exempt company |
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| 1 | | registration for the purpose of sponsoring one or more | 2 | | individuals subject to the mortgage loan originator licensing | 3 | | requirements of Article VII of this Act. Registration with the | 4 | | Division of Banking of the Department shall not affect the | 5 | | exempt status of the applicant. | 6 | | (1) A mortgage loan originator eligible for licensure | 7 | | under this subsection shall (A) be covered under an | 8 | | exclusive written contract with, and originate residential | 9 | | mortgage loans solely on behalf of, that exempt person; and | 10 | | (B) hold a current, valid insurance producer license under | 11 | | Article XXXI of the Illinois Insurance Code. | 12 | | (2) An exempt person shall: (A) fulfill any reporting | 13 | | requirements required by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing | 14 | | System and Registry or the Secretary; (B) provide a blanket | 15 | | surety bond pursuant to Section 7-12 of this Act covering | 16 | | the activities of all its sponsored mortgage loan | 17 | | originators; (C) reasonably supervise the activities of | 18 | | all its sponsored mortgage loan originators; (D) comply | 19 | | with all rules and orders (including the averments | 20 | | contained in Section 2-4 of this Act as applicable to a | 21 | | non-licensed exempt entity provided for in this Section) | 22 | | that the Secretary deems necessary to ensure compliance | 23 | | with the federal SAFE Act; and (E) pay an annual | 24 | | registration fee established by the Director. | 25 | | (3) The Secretary may deny an exempt company | 26 | | registration to an exempt person or fine, suspend, or |
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| 1 | | revoke an exempt company registration if the Secretary | 2 | | finds one of the following: | 3 | | (A) that the exempt person is not a person of | 4 | | honesty, truthfulness, or good character; | 5 | | (B) that the exempt person violated any applicable | 6 | | law, rule, or order; | 7 | | (C) that the exempt person refused or failed to | 8 | | furnish, within a reasonable time, any information or | 9 | | make any report that may be required by the Secretary; | 10 | | (D) that the exempt person had a final judgment | 11 | | entered against him or her in a civil action on grounds | 12 | | of fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, and the | 13 | | conduct on which the judgment is based indicates that | 14 | | it would be contrary to the interest of the public to | 15 | | permit the exempt person to manage a loan originator; | 16 | | (E) that the exempt person had an order entered | 17 | | against him or her involving fraud, deceit, or | 18 | | misrepresentation by an administrative agency of this | 19 | | State, the federal government, or any other state or | 20 | | territory of the United States, and the facts relating | 21 | | to the order indicate that it would be contrary to the | 22 | | interest of the public to permit the exempt person to | 23 | | manage a loan originator; | 24 | | (F) that the exempt person made a material | 25 | | misstatement or suppressed or withheld information on | 26 | | the application for an exempt company registration or |
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| 1 | | any document required to be filed with the Secretary; | 2 | | or | 3 | | (G) that the exempt person violated Section 4-5 of | 4 | | this Act. | 5 | | (b) No person, partnership, association, corporation, or | 6 | | other entity
except a licensee under this Act or an entity | 7 | | exempt from licensing
pursuant to Section 1-4, subsection (d), | 8 | | of this Act shall do any business
under any name or title, or | 9 | | circulate or use any advertising or make any
representation or | 10 | | give any information to any person, which indicates or
| 11 | | reasonably implies activity within the scope
of this Act. | 12 | | (c) The Secretary Commissioner may, through the Attorney | 13 | | General, request the circuit
court of either Cook or Sangamon | 14 | | County to issue an injunction to restrain
any person from | 15 | | violating or continuing to violate any of the foregoing
| 16 | | provisions of this Section. | 17 | | (d) When the Secretary Commissioner has reasonable cause to | 18 | | believe that any
entity which has not submitted an application | 19 | | for licensure is conducting
any of the activities described in | 20 | | subsection (a) hereof, the Secretary Commissioner
shall have | 21 | | the power to examine all books and records of the entity and | 22 | | any
additional documentation necessary in order to determine | 23 | | whether such
entity should become licensed under this Act. | 24 | | (d-1) The Secretary Commissioner may issue orders against | 25 | | any person if the Secretary Commissioner has reasonable cause | 26 | | to believe that an unsafe, unsound, or unlawful practice has |
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| 1 | | occurred, is occurring, or is about to occur, if any person has | 2 | | violated, is violating, or is about to violate any law, rule, | 3 | | or written agreement with the Secretary Commissioner , or for | 4 | | the purposes of administering the provisions of this Act and | 5 | | any rule adopted in accordance with this Act.
| 6 | | (e) Any person, partnership, association, corporation or | 7 | | other entity
who violates any provision of this Section commits | 8 | | a business offense and
shall be fined an amount not to exceed | 9 | | $25,000. | 10 | | (f) Each person, partnership, association, corporation or | 11 | | other entity
conducting activities regulated by this Act shall | 12 | | be issued one license.
Each office, place of business or | 13 | | location at which a residential mortgage
licensee conducts any | 14 | | part of his or her business must
be recorded with the Secretary | 15 | | Commissioner pursuant to Section 2-8 of this Act. | 16 | | (g) Licensees under this Act shall solicit, broker, fund, | 17 | | originate,
service and purchase residential mortgage loans | 18 | | only in conformity with the
provisions of this Act and such | 19 | | rules and regulations as may be promulgated
by the Secretary | 20 | | Commissioner . | 21 | | (h) This Act applies to all entities doing business in | 22 | | Illinois as
residential mortgage bankers, as defined by "An Act | 23 | | to provide for the
regulation of mortgage bankers", approved | 24 | | September 15, 1977, as amended,
regardless of whether licensed | 25 | | under that or any prior Act. Any existing
residential mortgage | 26 | | lender or residential mortgage broker in Illinois
whether or |
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| 1 | | not previously licensed, must operate in accordance with this | 2 | | Act. | 3 | | (i) This Act is a successor Act to and a continuance of the | 4 | | regulation
of residential mortgage bankers provided in, "An Act | 5 | | to provide for the
regulation of mortgage bankers", approved | 6 | | September 15, 1977, as amended. | 7 | | Entities and persons subject to the predecessor Act shall | 8 | | be subject to
this Act from and after its effective date. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 96-112, eff. 7-31-09; 96-1216, eff. 1-1-11; | 10 | | 97-143, eff. 7-14-11.)
| 11 | | (205 ILCS 635/4-2) (from Ch. 17, par. 2324-2)
| 12 | | Sec. 4-2. Examination; prohibited activities.
| 13 | | (a) The business affairs of a licensee under this Act shall | 14 | | be examined
for compliance with this Act as often as the | 15 | | Secretary Commissioner deems necessary and
proper. The | 16 | | Secretary Commissioner shall promulgate rules with respect to | 17 | | the frequency
and manner of examination. The Secretary | 18 | | Commissioner shall appoint a suitable person
to perform such
| 19 | | examination. The Secretary Commissioner and his appointees may | 20 | | examine the
entire
books, records, documents, and operations of | 21 | | each licensee and its subsidiary, affiliate, or agent, and may | 22 | | examine
any of the licensee's or its subsidiary's, affiliate's, | 23 | | or agent's officers, directors, employees and agents under | 24 | | oath. For purposes of this Section, "agent" includes service | 25 | | providers such as accountants, closing services providers, |
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| 1 | | providers of outsourced services such as call centers, | 2 | | marketing consultants, and loan processors, even if exempt from | 3 | | licensure under this Act. This Section does not apply to an | 4 | | attorney's privileged work product or communications.
| 5 | | (b) The Secretary Commissioner shall prepare a
| 6 | | sufficiently
detailed
report of each
licensee's examination, | 7 | | shall issue a copy of such report to each
licensee's | 8 | | principals, officers, or directors and shall take appropriate
| 9 | | steps to ensure correction of violations of this Act.
| 10 | | (c) Affiliates of a licensee shall be subject to | 11 | | examination by the Secretary
Commissioner on the same terms as | 12 | | the licensee, but only when reports
from, or examination of a | 13 | | licensee provides for documented evidence of
unlawful activity | 14 | | between a licensee and affiliate benefiting, affecting or
| 15 | | deriving from the activities regulated by this Act.
| 16 | | (d) The expenses of any examination of the licensee and | 17 | | affiliates shall
be borne by the licensee and assessed by the | 18 | | Secretary Commissioner as established
by regulation.
| 19 | | (e) Upon completion of the examination, the Secretary | 20 | | Commissioner shall issue a
report to the licensee. All | 21 | | confidential supervisory information, including the | 22 | | examination report
and the work papers
of the report, shall | 23 | | belong to the Secretary's Commissioner's office and may not be
| 24 | | disclosed to anyone other than the licensee, law enforcement | 25 | | officials or other
regulatory agencies that have an appropriate | 26 | | regulatory interest as determined by the Secretary |
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| 1 | | Commissioner , or to a party presenting a lawful subpoena to the | 2 | | Office of the Secretary
Commissioner . The Secretary | 3 | | Commissioner may immediately appeal to the court of | 4 | | jurisdiction the disclosure of such confidential supervisory | 5 | | information and seek a stay of the subpoena pending the outcome | 6 | | of the appeal. Reports required of licensees by the Secretary | 7 | | Commissioner under this Act
and results of examinations | 8 | | performed by the Secretary Commissioner under this Act shall
be | 9 | | the property of only the Secretary Commissioner , but may be | 10 | | shared with the licensee. Access under this
Act to the books | 11 | | and records of each licensee shall be limited to the Secretary
| 12 | | Commissioner and his agents as provided in this Act and to the | 13 | | licensee and its
authorized agents and designees. No other | 14 | | person shall have access to the
books and records of a licensee | 15 | | under this Act. Any person upon whom a demand for production of | 16 | | confidential supervisory information is made, whether by | 17 | | subpoena, order, or other judicial or administrative process, | 18 | | must withhold production of the confidential supervisory | 19 | | information and must notify the Secretary Commissioner of the | 20 | | demand, at which time the Secretary Commissioner is authorized | 21 | | to intervene for the purpose of enforcing the limitations of | 22 | | this Section or seeking the withdrawal or termination of the | 23 | | attempt to compel production of the confidential supervisory | 24 | | information. The Secretary Commissioner may impose any | 25 | | conditions and limitations on the disclosure of confidential | 26 | | supervisory information that are necessary to protect the |
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| 1 | | confidentiality of such information. Except as authorized by | 2 | | the Secretary Commissioner , no person obtaining access to | 3 | | confidential supervisory information may make a copy of the | 4 | | confidential supervisory information. The Secretary | 5 | | Commissioner may condition a decision to disclose confidential | 6 | | supervisory information on entry of a protective order by the | 7 | | court or administrative tribunal presiding in the particular | 8 | | case or on a written agreement of confidentiality. In a case in | 9 | | which a protective order or agreement has already been entered | 10 | | between parties other than the Secretary Commissioner , the | 11 | | Secretary Commissioner may nevertheless condition approval for | 12 | | release of confidential supervisory information upon the | 13 | | inclusion of additional or amended provisions in the protective | 14 | | order. The Secretary Commissioner may authorize a party who | 15 | | obtained the records for use in one case to provide them to | 16 | | another party in another case, subject to any conditions that | 17 | | the Secretary Commissioner may impose on either or both | 18 | | parties. The requestor shall promptly notify other parties to a | 19 | | case of the release of confidential supervisory information | 20 | | obtained and, upon entry of a protective order, shall provide | 21 | | copies of confidential supervisory information to the other | 22 | | parties.
| 23 | | (f) The Secretary Commissioner , deputy commissioners, and | 24 | | employees
of the Office of Banks and Real Estate shall be | 25 | | subject to the restrictions
provided in Section 2.5 of the | 26 | | Division of Banking Act including,
without limitation, the |
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| 1 | | restrictions on (i) owning shares of stock or holding
any other | 2 | | equity interest in an entity regulated under this Act or in any
| 3 | | corporation or company that owns or controls an entity | 4 | | regulated under this
Act; (ii) being an officer, director, | 5 | | employee, or agent of an entity regulated
under this Act; and | 6 | | (iii) obtaining a loan or accepting a gratuity from an
entity | 7 | | regulated under this Act.
| 8 | | (g) After the initial examination for those licensees whose | 9 | | only mortgage
activity is servicing fewer than 1,000 Illinois | 10 | | residential loans,
the
examination required in subsection (a) | 11 | | may be waived upon submission of a
letter from the licensee's | 12 | | independent certified auditor that the licensee
serviced fewer | 13 | | than 1,000 Illinois residential loans during the
year
in which | 14 | | the
audit was performed.
| 15 | | (h) An exempt entity under subsection (a-1) of Section 1-3 | 16 | | of this Act shall cooperate with the Secretary in the | 17 | | examination and investigation of its sponsored and licensed | 18 | | mortgage loan originators at a frequency determined by the | 19 | | Secretary. The exempt entity under subsection (a-1) of Section | 20 | | 1-3 of this Act shall cooperate with the Secretary in providing | 21 | | mortgage loan originator documents and access to mortgage loan | 22 | | originator offices for the purposes of examination and | 23 | | investigation. The activities of the exempt entity shall not | 24 | | relieve a mortgage loan originator of his or her individual | 25 | | requirements under Section 7-15 of this Act. An exempt entity | 26 | | under subsection (a-1) of Section 1-3 of this Act shall pay to |
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| 1 | | the Department any examination fees invoiced by the Secretary | 2 | | for examination of its sponsored mortgage loan originators. The | 3 | | Secretary shall have the authority to make oral or written | 4 | | inquiries regarding the management of an exempt entity under | 5 | | subsection (a-1) of Section 1-3 of this Act and it shall be the | 6 | | duty of the exempt entity to promptly reply by telephone, in | 7 | | writing, or other means to the inquiry. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 96-112, eff. 7-31-09; 96-1365, eff. 7-28-10.)
| 9 | | (205 ILCS 635/7-15 new) | 10 | | Sec. 7-15. Examination and investigation of certain | 11 | | mortgage loan originators. The activities requiring a licensee | 12 | | of a mortgage loan originator that are sponsored by an exempt | 13 | | entity under subsection (a-1) of Section 1-3 of this Act are | 14 | | subject to examination and investigation by the Secretary. | 15 | | Mortgage loan originators sponsored by an exempt entity shall | 16 | | keep and maintain records of his or her loan activities for a | 17 | | period of 36 months and shall produce records on demand by the | 18 | | Secretary. The records shall include a loan log or loan | 19 | | production log as approved by the Secretary and any loan | 20 | | application entered, prepared, or created through or from the | 21 | | mortgage loan originator's activities. Mortgage loan | 22 | | originators sponsored by an exempt entity shall provide access, | 23 | | upon the Secretary's demand, to his or her offices for the | 24 | | purposes of the Department's examination and investigation. | 25 | | The Secretary shall determine the manner and frequency at which |
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| 1 | | the Department shall conduct examinations of the mortgage loan | 2 | | originators. Mortgage loan originators sponsored by an exempt | 3 | | entity shall cooperate at all times with the Department | 4 | | pursuant to requirements of this Section and shall be subject | 5 | | to penalties under Section 7-11 of this Act for failure to | 6 | | comply.
| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 8 | | becoming law.
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